An Indo-Pacific Carbon Accounting Lab is to be established in Adelaide to help build the next generation data infrastructure and carbon accounting systems, creating trusted and accurate data across entire supply chains. The lab was announced by the state Department for Trade and Investment off the back of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27…
The federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic will introduce legislation to establish the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund – the centrepiece of the government’s approach to boosting manufacturing – promised during the recent federal election campaign. Husic told the national press club that the legislation would be introduced tomorrow which would set in…
BHP chooses Ampcontrol system for Canadian project Electrical systems manufacturer Ampcontrol has been named the supplier for conveyor control systems for Stage 1 at the BHP Jansen Potash Project in Saskatchewan, Canada, its first installation in that country. Predominantly used as a fertiliser, potash provides a rich source of potassium which keeps soils fertile and…
Building products group Brickworks has secured a long term supply of gas with an agreement to extend its current supply agreement with South Australian producer Santos for another 11 years. According to an announcement the agreement will provide long-term security of affordable gas for Brickworks industrial sites and support Santos’ investment in more gas supply…
Industrial process technology developer Calix and Pilbara Minerals have inked a joint venture agreement to develop a demonstration plant at Pilbara’s Pilgangoora Project in Western Australia (pictured) to produce lithium salts. The companies aim to demonstrate the production of lithium salts through an ‘innovative midstream value added refining process’ utilising Calix’s patented calcining technology, and…
BAE Systems Australia has announced ‘significant contract awards’ to six Australian SMEs as part of the delivery of hardware and software sub-assemblies for the global Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) programme. BAE Systems and Australian industry partners will deliver sub-assemblies into Block 2 of the ESSM programme under a new three-year full rate production contract with…
The Royal Australian Navy has signed contracts to acquire five Bluebottle unmanned surface vessels (USVs) from Australian manufacturer Ocius. In the last 15 months, five Bluebottles under a Defence Innovation Hub contract have already completed nearly 23,000 nautical miles at sea , the equivalent to around the world at the equator. The deal to deliver…
Contract pharmaceutical manufacturer and packaging specialist Probiotec is to consolidate its New South Wales pharmaceutical manufacturing and FMCG packaging operations to a new 30,000 sqm facility in Kemps Creek, NSW. The company, which has completed five acquisitions in NSW since 2018, said the new plant would increase capacity, capabilities and efficiencies and result in cost…
The Australian and Western Australian Governments have signed a 12-month Skills Agreement to address the current skills shortage and deliver Fee Free TAFE and more vocational education places for Western Australians. The Agreement will inject more than $112 million into the Western Australian skills and training sector, and includes approximately 18,800 Fee Free TAFE and…
Mars Bars, Snickers and Milky Way will debut locally-created sustainable packaging in 2023 with the launch of recyclable paper based wrappers. Manufacturer Mars Wrigley Australia today committed to transition all chocolate bars made at its Ballarat, Victoria site to a new paper-based packaging that can be recycled via traditional kerbside recycling. In a world first…
