Metals company Nyrstar has begun early works at a new $23 million product recycling facility located at its Port Pirie multi-metals site in South Australia. The early works included construction of a new laundry and a new compressor. According to Nyrstar the new PRF will reduce lead concentrations in the air at the nearby community. …
The heroism of entering a burning building is amplified by the fact that, at any moment, it could collapse. During evacuations and rescue missions, every second counts. Imagine if we improved monitoring systems – for mines, bridges, towers – to gauge hazards more precisely. How many lives could be saved? University of Adelaide researcher Dr Noune…
Fortescue deploys green ammonia powered test locomotive After almost a year of development, one of Fortescue Future Industries’ green ammonia test locomotives (pictured) has been sent up to the Pilbara in Western Australia. The locomotive will undergo further testing, before heading to one of Fortescue Metals Group’s operational sites. FFI took to social media and…
Esper Satellite Imagery and Spiral Blue have qualified a payload containing a hyperspectral imager and an onboard computer ahead of a planned launch in May next year. In a statement on Tuesday, Esper said that a test in a thermal vacuum chamber simulating space conditions provided “more evidence for the space readiness” of the two…
By Jay Rutovitz, University of Technology Sydney; Chris Briggs, University of Technology Sydney, and Rusty Langdon, University of Technology Sydney To get Australia’s grid 82% powered by renewables by 2030 is a huge increase. At present, the electricity powering eastern and southern states is around 33% renewable. To get there means a lot of work.…
Due to an unexpected number of high-quality contributions, @AuManufacturing’s Australia’s place in the semiconductor world editorial series has been extended again. Here Mike Nicholls writes that Australia has the opportunity to build a thriving semiconductor industry without investing $20 billion to build a fab. But we do need to get started. It’s hard to imagine,…
An RMIT University team that has developed a new technique using sound waves to greatly boost the output of hydrogen from electrolysers is currently seeking industry partners to scale up the invention. According to a statement from the university on Tuesday, the researchers had achieved a 14-fold improvement in hydrogen production through electrolysis. The sound…
Saber space traffic microservices program certified in US Saber Astronautics’ microservices program, COSMOS, completed security reviews to deploy to military operators at the US Space Force (USSF). Saber said over the weekend that that program includes a number of microservices, including tools allowing operators to analyse and visualize the space domain using live data from commercial…
Research undertaken by the fertlisers division of Incitec Pivot has demonstrated what it says is a path to reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the form of nitrous oxide from nitrogen fertilisation. According to a statement from Incitec Pivot Fertilisers on Monday, their results demonstrated using a nitrification inhibitor formulation containing DMPG in combination with urea…
A team of researchers led by University of South Australia’s Professor Yan Zhuge will trial a world-leading solution to heal cracked concrete in pipelines, a maintenance problem worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually in Australia. The university said in a statement on Monday that the team – which also includes researchers from the University…
