The federal government has awarded Major Project Status to the Broken Hill Cobalt Project, which will produce an estimated 16,700 tonnes annually of high purity cobalt sulphate, a critical material used in lithium ion batteries.
French engineering software company Dassault Systemes has joined Darwin’s Amphibian Aerospace Industries in its plan to build Albatross amphibious aircraft. Dassault announced on Tuesday that it was joining “Team Albatross” with AAI, which announced plans in December to rebuild an upgraded version of the Albatross G-111 and to create an aviation manufacturing sector in the…
A Senate report has cast doubt on Australia’s ability to avoid a ship building industry “valley of death” because of uncertainty over whether nuclear powered submarines can be built locally or delivered before 2040.
Professor Mark Hutchinson of the University of Adelaide will address the enduring topic of improving research commercialisation at the National Press Club on Wednesday.
Close The Loop has announced positive half-year results, including earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation growth of 51 per cent versus the year before. Among results for the half-year ending December 31, were pro forma revenue of $40.7 million, pro forma EBITDA of $7.4 million and pro forma net profit before tax of $4.97…
Manufacturing recovered after a difficult holiday period, according to the Australian Industry Group’s Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index survey. The PMI result for February was 53.2, up 4.8 points from December-January. Any result above indicates expansion, below it contraction, and 50 indicating no change. According to a summary of the results, these indicated “mild improvements…
A UNSW Canberra-designed hypersonics experiment will feature at a NASA-run workshop in January next year.
Wire arc additive manufacturing technology company AML3D has announced its best quarterly result in terms of customer receipts since listing on the ASX, and expects the next quarter to be a further improvement.
I first heard the standard joke about fusion as an undergraduate physics student in the 1960s: Fusion power is fifty years away – and probably always will be.
The federal government has announced $65 million in funding to support new launch sites and space flights for the space sector.
