Brisbane’s Graphene Manufacturing Group has secured Queensland government backing for a proposed Automated Battery Pilot Plant for the manufacture of GMG’s Graphene Aluminium Ion Battery. The company signed a Queensland Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund Agreement with the state for a grant of $2 million. GMG is using graphene to produce aluminium-ion batteries utilising…
Solar cell manufacturer SunDrive Solar and ASX-listed AGL Energy have announced a Memorandum of Understanding exploring the possibility of building solar panels at AGL’s Hunter Energy Hub. The news coincided with Thursday morning’s announcement by prime minister Anthony Albanese of the $1 billion Solar SunShot scheme, aiming to grow a local supply chain for solar…
Sparc Technologies and the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) are to trial the company’s ecosparc graphene enhanced coatings on steel infrastructure such as bridges and jetties in the state. The parties have signed a Trial Agreement under which Sparc and the DIT will conduct collaborative field trials at the West Beach Bridge…
Strong employment outcomes for apprentices and trainees – NCVER The latest report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows that the proportion of apprentices and trainees who were employed after training remained high in 2023. The report, Apprentice and trainee outcomes 2023, shows that 95.6 percent of apprentices and trainees who completed…
Graphene Manufacturing Group announced this week that it has signed a Queensland Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund Agreement with the state government for a $2 million grant, supporting the company’s proposed battery pilot plant. Brisbane-based and Toronto-listed GMG is commercialising graphene aluminium ion batteries among other graphene-based products. GMG claims that their batteries, developed…
Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have allowed the federal government to spruik the economic benefits of defence spending in growing Australia’s defence industry. The Australian Defence Industry Account (ADIA) data for 2022-23 shows the contribution from Australia’s defence industry to the national economy grew by 4.1 per cent on the…
An RMIT University-led team has designed and manufactured a surface, made of silicon and covered in tiny “nanospikes”, which is showing promise in controlling transmission of potentially dangerous viruses. According to a statement from the university, the results of a study that made the cover of nanoscience journal ACS Nano show 96 per cent of…
By Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland Semiconductors are the basic building blocks of microchips. These technological marvels are in everything from lightbulbs and toothbrushes to cars, trains and planes, not to mention the vast array of electronics that have become integral to many people’s daily lives. The 21st century chip manufacturing industry has been…
The US Food and Drug Administration has told biotechnology company Mesoblast that it now has sufficient clinical data to support a submission to approve the company’s remestemcel-L drug for treatment of pediatric patients. Remestemcel-L is being developed for inflammatory diseases in children and adults, including steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease, and biologic-resistant inflammatory bowel…
Exports have resumed from dairy company Norco following a disruption caused by the 2022 Northern Rivers floods. Norco’s Lismore site was flooded in February 2022 and reopened in November last year. According to a statement from federal agricultural minister Murray Watt on Wednesday, the first international shipment from the Lismore factory since then is currently…
