Stephen Webster’s company has been developing composite railway sleepers from recycled plastic since 2014. He tells Brent Balinski that the development path hasn’t been easy, and that cooperation among companies and government will be essential if circular economy initiatives are going to flourish.
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It has not all been easy going for rice and value-added foods producer SunRice (ASX: SGL) since it listed on the ASX in April. While rice prices were high for its 623,000 tonne crop and the company moved forward on its business strategies, it was hit with an adverse $15 million in foreign exchange movements.…
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released its seventh Gas Inquiry report on Thursday morning, finding that a supply shortfall on the east coast market next year is unlikely, but supply remains tight.
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Skippy burgers and steaks could one day be on the menu with a $25,000 grant to a Western Sydney laboratory food start-up. Following in the footsteps of pioneers overseas VOW foods has used stem cells from kangaroo to cell-culture meat in a laboratory. The grant comes from a NSW Treasury scheme to help companies create…
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Fertiliser and industrial chemicals manufacturer Incitec Pivot (ASX: IPL) will be able to produce significantly greater quantities of gas, destined for the domestic market, from its 50/50 joint venture in Queensland. The company has been working with Central Petroleum (ASX: CTP) to develop coal seam gas opportunities at Project Range in the Suart Basin and…
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There have been media reports that Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance approached federal and state governments for a government guarantee to aid the Whyalla smelter’s restructure and expansion. Todays’s report, in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, reported sources who claim an informal approach was made to a joint Commonweath/South Australian taskforce about the possibility of…
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Brent Balinski spoke to Chris Larkin, CEO and co-founder at PolyLab, about the startup’s origins in humanitarian work and its plans to close the loop for rapid prototyping. 3D printing for prototyping can be expensive and wasteful, with a large amount of unused support material and the prototypes themselves binned after they’ve outlived their…
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Mining and rail products manufacturer Molycop has signed a power purchase agreement for 100,000 megawatt hours per year until 2030, which will see it source half its NSW electricity needs from regional renewable power generators in the state.
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Australasian dairy powerhouse a2 Milk (ASX: A2M) boosted revenue and profit in the 2019 year by more than 40 per cent as increased marketing expenditure took effect. The company spent 10 per cent of sales or NZ$135 million on marketing which helped China sales and pushed infant formula sales past $1 billion for the first…
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Railcar manufacturer Alstom will build a new railcar manufacturing facility at Bellevue in Perth following the award of a major new order from rail operator Metronet. Western Australian Premier Mark McGown made good his pledge to bring railcar manufacturing to WA with the naming of Alstom as preferred bidder to make 246 new C-series railcars…
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