The 2025 NSW & ACT Welding Excellence Awards, which “underscore the essential role of welding across every part of the economy”, have been held at an event at the Strathfield Golf Club. The annual event held, which was held by industry body Weld Australia on Thursday night, aims to “highlight how welders, educators and fabricators…
Algae-based food ingredients company SeaStock has been awarded $740,000 in funding from Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) for a project developing red pigment from asparagopsis seaweed. Australian asparagopsis research has led to numerous startups using the red algae to create food supplements, which in small dosages can greatly reduce the amount of methane (a…
The Queensland government has secured the rights to host the AusBiotech International Conference in 2026 and 2027, making the announcement at this year’s event at Melbourne on Thursday. Deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie said at the AusBiotech 2025 International Conference that the events would be held on the Gold Coast in 2026 and in Brisbane in…
Battery technology company Relectrify, which aims to provide “the operating system for the world’s best battery energy storage systems” (BESS), has been awarded $25 million through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to accelerate its AC1 BESS product. According to a statement from ARENA on Wednesday, the funding supports a project which will “deploy up…
RMIT University researchers have developed what they say are ultra-thin filters with promise for making chemical manufacturing and recycling more energy- and cost-efficient, and are looking to bring their invention into industrial use. A statement from the university on Thursday describes the filters as combining “super-thin layers of boron nitride” and aramid synthetic fibres, offering…
A new seven-year Cooperative Research Centre, the Additive Manufacturing CRC, was officially launched at an event at Boeing Aerostructures Australia’s Port Melbourne facility on Wednesday. The successful CRC bid was awarded $58 million in federal funding in April. According to the AMCRC, funding from partner organisations – with over 70 industry, research and other participants…
Latrobe Magnesium, which is commercialising a method of extracting magnesium and other useful material from brown coal fly ash, is one of seven Australian companies receiving Letters of Interest (LOIs) totalling over $US 2.2 billion (approximately $3.4 billion) from lender the U.S Export Import Bank (EXIM.) According to a statement from Latrobe Magnesium, EXIM’s financing…
By Amir Razmjou, Edith Cowan University Critical minerals are having a moment. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is at the White House to talk up Australia’s rich deposits with President Donald Trump. China, which has a global stranglehold on rare earth elements, recently imposed new export restrictions, much to Trump’s annoyance. It’s clear there’s an era…
A plan by Alcoa and others to produce gallium alongside alumina at an existing Western Australian refinery has received a boost, with the Australian government making a $307 million financial commitment in the Alcoa-Sojitz Gallium Recovery Project in Wagerup following the meeting of the US’s and Australia’s leadership. A Joint Development Agreement by the Japan…
Drone countermeasures company DroneShield has promoted its software engineering team leader Angus Harris to CTO, with Chief Product & Technology Officer Angus Bean moving into the role of Chief Product Officer. According to a statement from DroneShield, which recently became an ASX200 company, Harris’s appointment reflected the company’s “continued growth and organisational maturity” as it…