Metals manufacturer Nyrstar has celebrated its increased spending on local suppliers at Port Pirie, telling the public it had purchased $104 million worth of goods and services from regional businesses during the last financial year. In a short statement on Thursday, the company said spending through its Local Business Priority Program was up 73 per…
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Biotechnology and vaccine manufacturer CSL has licensed late stage self-amplifying mRNA vaccine platform technology from global vaccine developer Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings. Arcturus is developing next generation mRNA vaccines including a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that recently reported results from a major Phase 3 vaccine efficacy study. The vaccine candidate met its clinical goals in the study…
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The federal government has signed a Facility Services Deed worth more than $100 million with BAE Systems Australia to expand its F-35A fighter aircraft depot maintenance capability at Newcastle Airport. The deal will expand the facility from two to six maintenance bays, enabling BAE Systems Australia to ramp up to meet the forecast service and…
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Industrial gases specialist BOC has officially opened its second Application Technology Centre in Australia, with federal assistant manufacturing and trade minister Tim Ayres cutting the ribbon at a new site in south-west Sydney on Wednesday, According to a statement from BOC, part of the Linde group, the facility is world-class as “will showcase state-of-the-art welding…
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Perth international shipbuilder Austal will construct a further Guardian class patrol boat for the federal government’s Pacific Maritime Security Program, following a new order from the government. The additional order for the 39.5 metre long steel vessel, valued at $15.2 million, is in addition to the 21 Guardian class vessels previously ordered in 2016. Under…
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Provaris Energy’s plans to construct a 100,000 tonne a year green hydrogen export project on the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory are advancing with design concept completed and environmental approvals now scoped out by the NT EPA. The company’s Tiwi H2 project includes a solar PV farm, HV transmission cable, hydrogen electrolyser, and hydrogen…
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The Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index slipped below 50 in October, described as the third month of flat conditions and “broadly stable” in seasonally adjusted terms. The third month of overall flat conditions follows a positive start to the year and month-on-month growth across February to July. The PMI fell 0.6 points in October…
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Recycling technology company Samsara Eco has announced completion of a $54 million Series A round, ahead of plans to begin volume production next year. The Australian National University spinout officially launched in September 2021, and is commercialising an “enzymatic depolymerisation” approach to recycling. This uses engineered enzymes to break plastics into monomers which can be…
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Graphene technology developer Sparc Technologies and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have joined forces to develop hard carbon for the production of anodes for the nascent sodium ion battery market. As part of a wider Strategic Partnership Agreement between Sparc and QUT, they are developing a novel process for the production of hard carbon using…
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Major aluminium manufacturer Capral has announced the introduction of its new LocAl aluminium, a lower-carbon primary aluminium option available across Capral’s locally manufactured extruded aluminium products. The LocAl offer includes two lower carbon aluminium options – LocAl Green with carbon emissions of eight kg CO2e/kg Al and LocAl Super Green at four kg CO2e/kg Al…
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