By Ying Ian Chen, Deakin University and Srikanth Mateti, Deakin University In 2016, experts writing in Nature listed seven breakthroughs in how we process chemicals that could change the world for the better. We believe we’ve just ticked one of those off the list. We found a highly efficient and entirely novel way to separate,…
Mineral processing specialist Gekko Systems and Singaporean “Clean Mining” company Clean Earth Technologies have announced execution of an MoU that will see them join forces on gold processing projects. In a statement on Friday, the Ballarat-based Gekko said it would combine its Inline Leach Reactor (ILR) and associated equipment with CET’s cyanide and acid-free reagents…
Gone are the days when the federal government would cheer on Australia’s fossil fuel exports to the exclusion of all else, while seemingly doing everything in its power to hold back the switch to renewables.
Boundary Power, a Welshpool, Western Australia-based joint venture between Ampcontrol and Horizon Power, has announced that it contracted or deployed 190 of its stand-alone power systems in the last financial year.
A new University of Wollongong-headquartered training centre with a lengthy name and a focus on sustainable mining has been awarded $5 million in funding from the Australian Research Council to support a five-year term.
A recently-completed 12-month R&D project provides an example of how applied research between industry and academia can proceed successfully. By the Innovative Manufacturing CRC. Deakin University and Geelong-based manufacturing start-up FormFlow have forged a symbiotic business relationship, arguably not seen enough between research institutions and industry in Australia. It began in 2016 when Dr Matt…
BP and BOC have announced that a hydrogen refuelling station will be installed at BP’s Lytton truck stop and begin operating later this year, with its first customers to be the Queensland government’s fleet of five Hyundai NEXO vehicles.
By Bruce Mountain, Victoria University Earlier today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gave his first major climate change speech, touting Australia’s future as a renewable superpower and promising Labor’s ambitious new renewable target would “unlock $52 billion of private sector investment.” This follows Labor’s pre-election commitment to cut Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005…
Brain imaging technology company EMVision has named Liverpool Hospital in NSW and Royal Melbourne Hospital in Victoria as the first two sites as part of a planned multi-site clinical trial this quarter.
TAFE Queensland and the Ark Energy Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding on training for renewables, following the company’s recent announcement that it will develop a hydrogen hub at Sun Metals’ zinc refinery in Townsville focussed on decarbonising transport. Ark is the Australian subsidiary of Korea Zinc Co, and according to its website has…
