Chief Executive Officer of technology incubator Cicada Innovations Sally-Ann Williams (pictured) will chair an independent expert review panel for the Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review announced today by the federal government. According to an announcement she was chosen as she is well aware of the environment that women entrepreneurs face and the importance of…
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Australian industrial technology developer Calix has confirmed that global building materials manufacturer Cemex is conducting three new carbon capture, utilisation and storage projects utilising its low emissions cement production technology. Cemex S.A.B de C.V had announced three front engineering (FEED) studies to scale CCUS projects at Cemex projects in Germany, Poland and the United States…
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Yesterday @AuManufacturing asked what next after Industry Growth Centres? Here John Sheridan looks at the national science organisation and asks, what if CSIRO were ‘let off the leash’? CSIRO is the Australian organisation responsible for scientific research in this country. The organisation was created in the early 20th century, to conduct scientific research to assist…
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BlueScope has renewed its commitment to decarbonise its primary steelmaking facilities at Port Kembla in New South Wales, but cautioned that a transition was an enormous challenge for the company. Chairman John Bevan told the company’s annual general meeting that the Port Kembla blast furnaces were a major manufacturing precinct of strategic importance to the…
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Universal Biosensors receives R&D tax incentive rebate Diagnostic test systems manufacturer Universal Biosensors has announced the receipt of $3.9 million in cash as a federal government R&D tax incentive rebate for the 2021 financial year. The company has been widening the capabilities of its flagship Sentia test system for winemaking which is used by winemakers…
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Rio Tinto has proven the effectiveness of its low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant, and is now planning a larger-scale pilot plant to further assess its potential to help decarbonise the steel value chain. The company’s BioIron process uses raw biomass – wheat straw, canola stalks,…
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R&D by RMIT University and Microtec Engineering Group has resulted in a way to convert starches – including from food waste – into a smooth, tasteless fibre that can make foods healthier when used as an additive. According to a statement from the university on Wednesday, “FiberX” can resist digestion in the gut, like normal…
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Today our Australia’s place in the semiconductor world series looks at ways Australia can address its precarious dependence on overseas chip suppliers, and the role of defence in this. There is no time to waste, argues Martin Hamilton-Smith. In March 2023 the Albanese government’s Defence Strategic Review will be handed down by Sir Angus Houston…
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By Peter Roberts Now that the federal government has released the review into the six Industry Growth Centres, the big question remains – what will be their replacement and will they become true application-oriented innovation organisations we see in the UK’s Catapult Centres and Germany’s Fraunhofer institutes? The recommendations of Industry Growth Centres Initiative: initial…
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By Peter Roberts The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has mapped out a pathway to achieving net zero emissions in the alumina refining sector by 2050. The Roadmap provides a framework for future policy and investment decisions and is a call to action for a transition of this ‘hard-to-abate’ sector into an industry capable of…
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