World-leading grinding media manufacturer Molycop will end steelmaking at its site at Waratah, near Newcastle, and make 250 positions redundant, according to a report on Thursday morning. According to The Newcastle Herald, steelmaking would be put on “care and maintenance” in a restructure and the workforce of 540 on site reduced by 250. Molycop, which…
By Flavio Macau, Edith Cowan University and Deepa Bannigidadmath, Edith Cowan University As Australia’s housing affordability crisis worsens, governments are spending more on housing. Victoria’s Andrews government has announced a suite of reforms (such as boosting social housing and making planning processes faster) in an effort to get 800,000 extra homes in Victoria over the…
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has recommended that the federal government be more ambitious with its decarbonisation goals and commit to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 rather than 2050 The Learned Academy representing almost 900 of Australia’s applied science, technology and engineering professionals announced a new position statement on…
While ABC Bullion is the official manufacturer of the Melbourne Cup, the making of the cup is a true team effort for precious metals producer Pallion Group and manufacturing silversmiths W.J. Sanders. The manufacturing journey starts with the doré (golden) bars, blocks of semi-pure gold and silver produced at the Newcrest Cadia Mine and then…
Bioprinted brain cell networks printed by researchers Monash University used what they say is a tissue engineering approach, two bioinks containing living nerve cells and non-living cells, and 3D printing to successfully create 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals. In a statement on Wednesday, Monash…
Global Defence Solutions (GDS), an Australian veteran-owned SME, has announced that manufacture has begun of its deployable container system for the M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Program Version 3 (SEPv3) main battle tank Immersive Tactical Trainer (ITT). The deployable ITT containers are being made at the company’s Nowra site, with the first scheduled for delivery in…
Electrical engineering manufacturer Ampcontrol has today announced the acquisition of Hunter-based underground mining equipment specialist Androck Engineering & Mining. The acquisition transaction, the first made by Ampcontrol since its takeover by investment group Washington H. Soul Pattinson, is expected to be completed on 31 May 2023. Hunter Valley, NSW based Ampcontrol’s Managing Director & CEO…
The department of defence has awarded US prime contractor L3Harris Technologies a contract to deliver new sub-surface tracking ranges for the Royal Australian Navy, valued at up to $328 million. In a statement on Wednesday, L3Harris said the SEA1350 Phase 3 Maritime Underwater Tracking Ranges (MUTR) program will provide undersea warfare support including “tracking capability…
Drilling equipment and services company Boart Longyear’s Veracio subsidiary is to buy scanning instrument manufacturer Minalyze boosting its instrumentation and software offerings. The company will buy the manufacturer of products which visualise geological data for US$29.3 million, made up of cash and promissory notes which will be convertible into shares. The company’s patented scanner and…
The Victorian government has announced new co-investment partnerships with five Victorian universities, with $87 million in total to be allocated through the Breakthrough Victoria – University Innovation Platform program The new partnerships are with Deakin University, La Trobe University, Monash University, RMIT University and Swinburne University, and according to industry minister Ben Carroll “will help…
