Australian Strategic Materials has successfully produced high purity dysprosium (Dy) metal in its pilot plant located at the Ziron Technology Corporation facility in South Korea. This work using the ASM metallisation process has confirmed the company’s ability to produce the key permanent magnet metals dysprosium, praseodymium and neodymium and alloys that will be sourced from…
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Bone reconstruction technology company has entered into a research collaboration with universities and hospitals in Singapore to develop 3D printed scaffold products to be used in mandibular reconstruction. The company, which already markets its Osteoplug and Osteomesh bioresorbable implants which encourage bone regeneration, hopes to be in a position to seek regulatory approval for the…
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ASC Shipbuilding has signed a contract with Infrabuild Steel Centre for 120 tonnes of steel, which will be used to make jig wagons for production of the Hunter Class frigates.
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Space, communications and defence manufacturer Electro Optic Systems has announced two contracts to sell its R400 remote weapons systems (RWS) which can be operated from inside an armoured vehicle. The two contracts, worth $4.5 million, are with two, unnamed, European NATO countries. The Canberra company said a number of the systems were optimised for fitting…
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Comment by Peter Roberts Today prime Minister Scott Morrison broke cover – yes Canberra is prepared to subsidise a totally uneconomic gas-fired power station in New South Wales, ostensibly to reduce energy prices. The Coalition has talked about cutting energy prices so often only to disappoint that we can discount that as the real reason.…
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The Queensland government has announced a target to make 25 per cent of its PPE purchases from manufacturers located within the state.
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The turbofan of the first Loyal Wingman autonomous aircraft has been powered up, Boeing Australia has announced.
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Naval Group Australia has today begun its largest apprenticeship intake to date with applications open for apprentice fabricators who will eventually work on construction of 12 Attack class submarines at Osborne in Adelaide. The French-owned group is looking for at least 13 new apprentices to begin work in early 2021 and follows the successful placement…
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Lithium chemicals business Lepidico is pressing ahead with plans to build a lithium processing facility at a site in the Khalifa free trade zone in Abu Dhabi. The Perth company has established a subsidiary Lepidico Chemicals Manufacturing Ltd which has been awarded a pre-operations industrial licence to proceed with its Phase 1 chemical plant development.…
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Ghian Oberholzer explains how artificial intelligence can help overcome the security challenges of industrial IoT IoT technology that enables the monitoring, control, and internet connection of physical devices of all kinds has had an enormous impact on the energy sector. High-profile examples of IoT applications include smart meters for electricity and water supplies that communicate…
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