The main focus for Melbourne electric vehicle drive train manufacturer Sea Electric has shifted to the United States – after all, you have to be close to your biggest markets. But its Melbourne plant is busy pumping out electric trucks as these pictures show. According to the company: “Our Melbourne factory is in full swing.…
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The federal government has awarded Major Project Status to the Broken Hill Cobalt Project, which will produce an estimated 16,700 tonnes annually of high purity cobalt sulphate, a critical material used in lithium ion batteries.
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Ed Husic spoke to the Sydney Institute last night and outlined his vision for industry and innovation should Labor be successful at the coming federal election. Here is a full transcript. Good industry policy isn’t just about economics – it helps build a sense of security as well. In tough, challenging times it’s as much…
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French engineering software company Dassault Systemes has joined Darwin’s Amphibian Aerospace Industries in its plan to build Albatross amphibious aircraft. Dassault announced on Tuesday that it was joining “Team Albatross” with AAI, which announced plans in December to rebuild an upgraded version of the Albatross G-111 and to create an aviation manufacturing sector in the…
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By Peter Roberts Fires last year, erosion on our beaches, floods this year. No-one could have predicted this is a phrase heard yet again. Yes they did predict it. As a young journalist in the 1980s I travelled to Antarctica’s Casey, Davis and Mawson bases and met the scientists studying the oxygen bubbles trapped deep…
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Chemist Warehouse ranges organic infant formula Future Gradulac Gentle and Organic A2 infant formula produced by Australian Dairy Nutritionals are to be sold through pharmacy retailer Chemist Warehouse. Initial orders have been received with the full range available in what is Australia’s largest infant formula retailer in early March. ADN reported it had improved its…
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A Senate report has cast doubt on Australia’s ability to avoid a ship building industry “valley of death” because of uncertainty over whether nuclear powered submarines can be built locally or delivered before 2040.
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Fortescue Future Industries and its newly acquired, UK-based arm Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) today announced the development of a world first, zero emission Infinity Train. The regenerating battery electric iron ore train project will use gravitational energy to fully recharge its battery electric systems without any additional charging requirements for the return trip to reload.…
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Professor Mark Hutchinson of the University of Adelaide will address the enduring topic of improving research commercialisation at the National Press Club on Wednesday.
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Close The Loop has announced positive half-year results, including earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation growth of 51 per cent versus the year before. Among results for the half-year ending December 31, were pro forma revenue of $40.7 million, pro forma EBITDA of $7.4 million and pro forma net profit before tax of $4.97…
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