Lynas Rare Earths expects to produce its first Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate (MREC) in August from its new rare earths ore processing facility (pictured) now under construction at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The opening date for the Kalgoorlie facility is ‘within the range of ramp up scenarios’ according to the company, which mines rare earths ores…
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Door and gate operator maker Grifco has been invited by the NSW government to be an early adopter in the Pathways to Manufacturing education and skills initiative. The pilot initiative was announced last month by NSW Modern Manufacturing Commissioner, Lisa Emerson, at the Kariong Mountains High School on the Central Coast. Twelve students from Kariong…
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Perth international shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a $115 million fixed-price incentive contract option from the United States Navy for the construction of an additional Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (TATS 15, pictured). Austal USA is now under contract for five steel-hulled T-ATS in a programme that could be worth up to US$3.2 billion,…
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Molecular biologist Professor Doug Hilton (pictured) has been announced as the incoming Chief Executive of CSIRO, to begin on September 29. Hilton is currently Director at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, as well as head of the Department of Medical Biology at the University of Melbourne. He was made an Officer…
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Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) has announced it is doubling production capacity of its MASSLAM glue-laminated (GLT) mass-timber column and beam system. The family-owned company’s Heyfield, Victoria plant (pictured, below) is being expanded and new equipment added to boost throughput. MASSLAM is designed and manufactured for assembly on site for domestic and large commercial buildings. ASH…
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Biotechnology company Vaxxas in partnership with the Queensland Government, has announced the opening of its global headquarters and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Brisbane. The company, which is commercialising a needle-free vaccine patch platform, has opened its custom-built 5,500m² Vaxxas Biomedical Facility to support the scale-up of Vaxxas’ needle-free vaccine technology platform. The company’s high-density microarray…
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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Rio Tinto to bring iron ore rail car manufacturing to the Pilbara Mining company Rio Tinto will partner with Gemco Rail to bring local iron ore rail car manufacturing and bearing maintenance to the Pilbara region in…
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The federal government’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) has selected EM Solutions to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy’s SATCOM systems across its existing fleet of vessels, sparking a major expansion for the Brisbane company. Worth $150 million over seven years, this is by far the largest contract ever signed by EM Solutions which will…
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CSIRO and university and industry partners are testing an Australian-made CyanoSat hyperspectral imager which was recently launched into low Earth orbit on board a Skykraft satellite. Canberra-based Skykraft has had a number of satellites launched this year forming part of a constellation of Air Traffic Management satellites, with the latest launched two days ago. The…
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Hypersonix continues an eventful few months with news it has been awarded a US patent for technology used in its SPARTAN scramjet design. The company announced on Thursday (Australian time) that it had obtained US Patent Number US11639700B2, protecting certain key features of an “Airframe integrated scramjet with fixed geometry and shape transition for hypersonic…
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