A recycling plant at Caboolture, Queensland is turning glass bottles and polystyrene into building materials and next year will go further and begin producing masonry blocks from waste aggregate, removing quarried materials from the process. Queensland State Development Minister Grace Grace visited the Casafico operation at Caboolture which was backed by a $175,000 Queensland and…
Details
Electric vehicle charger manufacturer and fleet management specialist EVOS Energy is seeking an additional $6 million from investors, having already completed a $4 million raise from existing investors. The latest $10 million funding round, once completed, will fuel growth in the company’s sales and marketing teams selling their locally designed and manufactured EV chargers. The…
Details
Magnetite Mines has secured Japanese financial support for its plans to develop a massive green iron ore mine and potential green iron or steel production near Port Pirie in South Australia. The company has signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement with JFE Shoji Australia, a subsidiary of JFE Shoji Corporation and part of the JFE…
Details
Medical device manufacturer Nova Eye Medical has reported strong sales growth of its glaucoma surgical devices for the year ended 30 June 2024. Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2024, mainly for sales of its ITrack Advance glaucoma surgical device, is expected to be $23.5 million (US$15.3 million), up 37 percent on the previous…
Details
By Asma Aziz, Edith Cowan University Keeping the lights on in Australia is a complex task. Enough capacity must be ensured everywhere in the country, at every moment. Surplus in one location won’t solve shortages in another, unless we have the transmission infrastructure to transmit electricity between them. The transmission network largely consists of high-voltage…
Details
UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT) and IT asset management company Renew IT have announced that a new factory has begun turning hard plastics from e-waste into 3D printing feedstock. A Plastics Filament MICROfactorie module, developed by UNSW Sydney researchers, has been installed at Renew IT’s warehouse in Lane Cove, on…
Details
According to Tyre Stewardship Australia, government procurement and a stronger product stewardship approach are the keys to processing the estimated 500,000 tonnes of used tyres generated in Australia annually. The organisation’s CEO Lina Goodman said that markets for recycled tyre products had plateaued and could fail, during a recent address to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry…
Details
Robotics Australia Group and remote operations group AROSE have combined with the aim of strengthening Australia’s robotics and automation ecosystem. AROSE Director Space & Resources Michelle Keegan recently led the largest mining and METS sector mission to the NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The mission showcased the innovative approaches to exploration, novel…
Details
xReality Group is making waves in defence and law enforcement circles with its Operator XR range of virtual reality mission training systems. The company announced that it had sold multiple of its Operator XR Virtual Reality Training Systems to an Australian state government customer it did not name, presumably in law enforcement. The sale, worth…
Details
A new record high of over 153,800 publicly funded vocational course enrolments were recorded in Western Australia in 2023. Publicly funded course enrolments increased almost 10 per cent from 2022 bating the state’s previous record of 150,310 enrolments in 2021. According to an announcement, growth was stimulated by more than 153,800 publicly funded vocational course…
Details