Shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a second major contract in the United States to prepare itself for the construction of submarine modules and components to feed into the US Navy nuclear submarine construction programme. Austal USA has been awarded a $220 million (US$152 million) contract by the U.S. Navy to invest in infrastructure that supports…
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Chemical processing company ChemX Materials has announced a New Zealand patent for its HiPurA process for creating high-purity alumina (HPA), as well as delays on equipment for the build of its pilot plant. In a statement to the ASX on Monday, ChemX said it anticipated further international patents to be granted following the new notice…
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The federal government has said that it will open applications in November for Round 1 of the $50 million Quad Clean Energy Supply Chain Diversification Program. According to a statement posted on the federal department of climate change, energy, the environment and water’s website on Monday, the fund will offer up to $25 million in…
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Revenue for the local sheet metal manufacturing sector has declined at a compound annual growth rate of 1.2 per cent for the five years through 2024-25, and is currently worth $2.5 billion, according to a new update from IBISWorld. The market research firm’s Sheet Metal Product Manufacturing in Australia – Market Research Report (2014-2029) was…
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Mining and green hydrogen developer Iron Road has received Foreign Investment Review Board approval for its giant Cape Hardy hydrogen and metals manufacturing project on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. FIRB approval unlocks $4.5 million payments from its partner AMP Energy, with an initial $1.5 million Cape Hardy milestone payment from Amp Energy received,…
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The Western Australian government says a new biomedical industry and research precinct in Perth is closer following the signing of an MoU with CSIRO and the University of Western Australia to transform CSIRO’s Floreat site, northwest of Perth’s CBD. According to a statement from state innovation minister Stephen Dawson on Friday, the way is now…
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A just released study from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found that the cost of electricity generated from nuclear plants as proposed by the federal opposition would likely be 1.5 to 3.8 times the current cost of electricity generation in eastern Australia. The independent think tank estimated typical Australian households could…
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Women in Australia will be able to collect blood samples at home and mail them to a lab for analysis of their ovarian reserve or egg count using technology delivered by WHEN Fertility and Trajan Scientific and Medical. The WHEN Fertility Egg Count Check will use Trajan’s Neoteryx Mitra device (IVD, pictured)) with its patented…
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By Karen Raubenheimer, University of Wollongong It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres. It named the particles “microplastics”. The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published studies have shown the prevalence of microplastics in the environment,…
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A rubber crumb plant at Shoalhaven City Council’s West Nowra Recycling and Waste Depot, which the council says will help it increase tyre recycling capacity from 58 tonnes to 160 tonnes per year, was officially opened on Thursday According to a statement from the council, the site is currently making crumbed rubber and mesh powder,…
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