Latrobe Magnesium has commissioned the first phase of its 1,000 tonnes per annum, Stage 1 Demonstration Plant, successfully producing the world’s first environmentally sustainable magnesium oxide (MgO) from fly ash waste from brown coal power generation. This marks a significant milestone in pioneering a sustainable magnesium extraction method at an industrial scale, using the company’s…
Optiscan Imaging has entered into a collaboration through a know-how agreement with Mayo Clinic in the US to develop a digital confocal laser endomicroscopic imaging system for use in robotic surgery. The collaboration combines Optiscan’s engineering expertise in digital endomicroscopic hardware and software development with Mayo Clinic’s know-how in robotic surgery and quality patient care,…
Bosch to start “new chapter” for startups at Clayton site Gavin Smith, the President of Robert Bosch (Australia), has shared news of the opening of a co-working space at the company. “For the last 10years we have enjoyed working closely with startups and scaleups in many different ways,” Smith posted on Monday morning on Linkedin.…
ReNu Energy subsidiary Countrywide Hydrogen will become “Tasmania’s first major green hydrogen producer”, the state government announced on Monday, after an $8 million funding agreement. In a joint statement with energy minister Nick Duigan, Premier Jeremy Rockliff said that Countrywide “will produce hydrogen at multiple locations around the state,” and supply it to various users. …
Defence and emergency services contractor Alkath Group will launch a new Product Showcase Centre at its headquarters in Nowra on Wednesday this week. The launch is in collaboration with defence SME industry body the Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN), the veteran-owned company said in a statement. Alkath added that the centre is “designed to…
Next week is Australian Made Week, and it’s a chance to celebrate local ingenuity, according to organisers the Australian Made Campaign. Citing outdoor toilet roll holder the ‘Dunny Buddy’ and the ‘Strucket’ (an all-in-one strainer bucket) and beyond, Australians are “among the most ingenious makers and creators in the world”, said AMCL in a statement…
As we come towards the end of our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Professor Cori Stewart Founder and CEO ARM Hub explains the importance of commercialising hubs in turning research into economic outcomes. For the past two decades the capability generated by Australian R&D funding and the capability…
As we come towards the conclusion of our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – we turn to the critical issue of innovation in the use of renewables for industrial process heat. Dr Mahesh Venkataraman of thermal energy storage company 1414 Degrees outlines the way forward. The decarbonisation of process…
The federal government needs to make urgent changes to the financial incentives that support the employment of apprentices and trainees, according to the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing skills training providers. ITECA Chief Executive Troy Williams said: “Recent data shows a significant decline in apprentice and trainee commencements, which is…
By Giles Parkinson The receivers and managers appointed to the Australian fast-charging company Tritium DCFC after its financial collapse last month say they are confident of sale after receiving interest from a ‘number of parties’. Tritium appointed KPMG to act as its voluntary administrators after deciding that the business could no longer continue as is,…