While Australia talks the big talk about being a critical minerals and battery metals superpower, backed by the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund, Australian metals companies continue to be lured overseas by deeper financial markets and more supportive government policies. Element 25 has become the latest to site in the United States where the Biden…
The constructor of the United States’ Virginia class submarines Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is the latest company to invest further in Australia on the promise of submarine construction under the AUKUS pact. Babcock International, which has been positioning itself to provide infrastructure for nuclear powered submarines in Perth and Adelaide has combined with Newport News-based…
The Queensland government has announced two new collaborations that link the state’s green energy plans more closely to Japanese research and demonstration capabilities. The government announced that the University of Queensland and the University of Tokyo had signed another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand on 25 years of collaborative research. And it revealed that…
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company Skyborne Technologies’ Cerberus GHL drone is to be deployed in Ukraine according to reports in Murdoch media channels. Brisbane based Skyborne Technologies, which has been exhibiting the drone in European defence shows in recent weeks, will export its flagship Tri-Tilt rotor UAV. The company describes the Cerberus GHL as ‘the…
Sparc Hydrogen has begun prototype testing of its photocatalytic technology to split water into green hydrogen and oxygen at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, NSW (pictured) The company, a joint venture between Sparc Technologies, Fortescue Future Industries and the University of Adelaide, has mounted its prototype photocatalytic reactor unit on the CSIRO’s solar tower…
Parliament House in Brisbane is to showcase strength of Queensland manufacturing with displays of manufacturer capabilities from across the state. The state’s Parliament House Showcase to celebrate Manufacturing Month will headline the launch of a new social media campaign to entice school leavers to the sector: ‘If you don’t make it, it’ll never exist’. To…
Metal additive manufacturing company AML3D has announced its second new US submarine construction contract in the same number of days. On Tuesday the company won a contract to develop and test 3D printing copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) components for the US Navy’s submarine programme. The contracts, in tune with the AUKUS agreement, will run parallel with the…
Pure Hydrogen Corporation subsidiary HDrive International will supply two electric mini-buses valued at more than $700,000 to Sapphire Coast Buslines in New South Wales. HDrive will deliver the two battery electric (BEV) 18-seat mini-buses during the first quarter of 2024 in a deal the first of its type for the company normally associated with hydrogen…
The Queensland government aims to stimulate bus manufacturing in the state, committing an initial $134 million to build 200 buses as part of a new Queensland built bus fleet. The sector, disappointed with a decision by Brisbane City Council to build its new Metro bus fleet overseas, is now set for a procurement process run…
Interests associated with the Chairman of packaging manufacturer and recycler PACT Group Raphael Geminder have moved to take over the ASX listed company and take it private. Privately owned Kin Group through subsidiary Brennamon Industries today launched an unconditional off market offer to buy all the PACT Group shares it does not own at 68…
