Australia’s largest bus body manufacturer Volgren has has revealed its first hydrogen-powered bus (pictured), in collaboration with Wrightbus. A second hydrogen bus is already in production and will be delivered to the customer in the coming months, further expanding Volgren’s role in zero-emission transport solutions. The hydrogen bus follows the announcement earlier this month that…
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Derrimut-based Viridian Renewable Technology, which produces fertilisers and insect-based protein ingredients for pet and animal feed, has received a $2.5 million investment from state government-backed venture fund Breakthrough Victoria Located in Melbourne’s western suburbs, Viridian plans to up factory capacity over the next 12 months and take on 15 employees. The plant will supply “over…
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Chemical engineering company Hazer Group and Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co have extended their MoU, announced almost two years ago, regarding joint investigation of potential markets for graphite. The original November 2022 MoU covered an initial marketing survey – making use of Mitsui’s global network – for applications of graphitic carbon, which the Australian…
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Grants offered in latest round of Space Innovation Grant funding More money will be available to help get South Australian space technology on the market, when the second round of the SA Space Collaboration and Innovation Fund opens on 30 October 2024. In Round 2, one project will receive $320,000, triple the inaugural round. The…
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The federal government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard to underpin continuous naval shipbuilding and nuclear submarine maintenance and support in the order of 10,000 well-paid, high-skilled local jobs. The government will make an initial investment of $127 million over three years to progress planning, consultations, preliminary design and…
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Metals recovery business MTM Critical Metals has announced an oversubscribed capital raise worth $8 million as it seeks to commercialise its proprietary Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said it is now in “an even stronger position” to speed up development of a demonstration plant with a tonne-per-day capacity,…
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Cold spray additive manufacturing company Titomic says it has successfully upped its equity raise from $25 million to $30 million “due to strong investor demand” as its focus continues to shift to the US market. As reported earlier this week, Titomic shares went into a trading halt on Monday as the company sought to raise…
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Canadian rocket manufacturer Reaction Dynamics has signed a contract with Southern Launch to conduct the inaugural launch and flight of their RE-102 hybrid rocket engine and Aurora vehicle from the Koonibba Test Range in outback South Australia in 2025. The Aurora suborbital mission will serve as the maiden flight qualification test for Reaction Dynamics’ rocket…
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Engineering group Civmec has agreed on a framework for the transfer of ownership of German-owned Luerssen Australia, its partner in constructing six Arafura Class Offshore Patrol vessels for the Royal Australian Navy under the existing SEA1180 contract. Upon completion of the potential transaction, NVL B.V. & Co. KG (Naval Vessels Lürssen) will transfer all its…
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Battery materials company International Graphite has announced ‘outstanding results’ from bench scale micronising, spheroidising and purification testwork on graphite concentrates from the company’s Springdale Graphite Project in Western Australia. The testing, conducted by industry specialists ProGraphite GmbH, used 23kg of 95.3 percent loss on ignition (LOI) grade Springdale graphite concentrates to produce purified spheroidised graphite…
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