By Melita Jazbec, University of Technology Sydney; Andrea Turner, University of Technology Sydney, and Ben Madden, University of Technology Sydney Most Australian food waste ends up in landfill. Rotting in the absence of oxygen produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. While some facilities capture this “landfill gas” to produce energy, or burn it off to…
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A feasibility study for manganese miner Element 25 has demonstrated ‘compelling economics’ for the proposed first ever US based battery grade high purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) facility planned by the company. HPMSM is required for the production of pre-cathode active materials (pCAM) used in EV batteries. The proposed facility would take manganese from the…
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SEA Electric delivers two trucks to Alsco Electric vehicle company SEA Electric has delivered a pair of trucks to Alsco Australia (pictured.) The SEA 85e model trucks are destined for Sydney and Melbourne, with each fitted with a SEA-Drive 120a power-system with maximum power and torque of 125kW and 1,500Nm, with the 138kWh battery capable…
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The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics (iLAuNCH) Hub has announced new partnerships between University of South Australia, University of Southern Queensland and Adelaide-based energy technology company entX. iLAuNCH announced two projects on Tuesday, with UniSA and entX (previously PhosEnergy) first focussing on the flow of thermal energy to ensure spacecraft can survive…
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The textile industry still exists in Australia, but it’s misunderstood and strengthening it will be essential in addressing environmental and social problems. Brent Balinski speaks to Meriel Chamberlin, founder of Full Circle Fibres. “TCF” is a peculiarly Australian, bureaucratic category for a misunderstood, thrown-together collection of industries, believes Meriel Chamberlin. “That is such a vast,…
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The latest Harvard Kennedy School Economic Complexity Index (ECI) rating has seen Australia’s ranking plummet to 93rd, placing us between Uganda and Pakistan in the bottom third of monitored nations for economic complexity. Here Jeffrey Lang points to the root of the nation’s industrial problems. The problem is Australia’s sovereign capabilities is centric to still…
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Energy Storage Industries’ iron-flow battery technology is one of the winners in a $24 million investment into flow batteries from local developers announced by the Queensland state government. A government-funded pilot project will deliver new locally developed iron and zinc flow batteries – a $12 million iron flow battery from ESI with a preferred site…
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With customers moving to bolster their supply chains following the Covid pandemic, Australian manufacturers are crying out for the skilled staff they need to expand. Every manufacturer whether they are producing industrial machinery, fabricating sheet metal, in the automotive sector or in high technology areas such as medical devices is short of 10, 20 even…
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Plant-based ingredient company Harvest B has announced a new distribution agreement with New Zealand’s Dunninghams, which will lead to the first exports for the start-up manufacturer. Dunninghams is a privately owned, fourth-generation family company supplying ingredients and other products to butchers and food manufacturers across NZ. In a statement on Tuesday, Harvest B said Dunninghams…
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Clinical-stage cancer therapeutics company PharmAust has announced that it is putting wholly-owned subsidiary Epichem, a contract research organisation, into voluntary liquidation. In a statement on Tuesday, ASX-listed PharmAust explained that a big contributor to Epichem’s success was a long-standing research contract with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi.) This was not renewed past March this…
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