Phoslock wins Rio contract Large-scale water treatment company Phoslock has won a $2 million contract to clean up one of Rio de Janiero’s main drinking water reservoirs. The company, which does most of its business in highly-polluted Chinese waterways, will bind and remove phosphorous from the reservoir operated by utility Cia Estadual de Águas e…
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The transformation of the national electricity market has “progressed at a remarkable pace and scale” over the last year as it moves towards renewables, but security is a critical issue, according to the Energy Security Board.
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Fibre-strengthened materials are not easy to recycle, but should this even be the goal? Brent Balinski spoke to Dr Anastassija (Stacey) Konash from Swinburne University’s Factory of the Future.
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Boomerang Labs is surveying entrepreneurs, as well as corporations, governments and other large organisations to take a snapshot of the Circular Economy landscape in Australia at present. They will gather this data for a Report ‘Australia and the Circular Economy: The Current Landscape and Opportunities Ahead’. They hope to replicate this each year to track progress.…
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It has been an unprecedented period of economic growth in Australia. Decades of continuous growth has made us little used to managing for the risks of an economic downturn or recession. But Australia’s economic good luck is running out, with the main economic indicators all running down since the global financial crisis, a salutary economic…
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Automation and electrical systems manufacturer Schnieder Electric has partnered with Adelaide software developer AZZO to incorporate its expert solutions into the company’s power monitoring systems. A manufacturer’s electrical power system incorporates millions of dollars worth of equipment and hundreds of data points, but making sense of it all and keeping power flowing safely and efficiently…
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A new Australian Stock Exchange index goes live today representing an all inclusive view of Australia’s technology companies – yet it fails to include any manufacturers.
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A new advanced manufacturing centre in South Australia will allow ballistics company XTEK to expand in to new markets, including the US, and new industries such as space.
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Gas technology group Australian Gas Networks has been awarded $1.3 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to study the feasibility of injecting renewable hydrogen into domestic gas supplies in Victoria and South Australia. With state government support the company will spend a total of $4.15 million studying the feasibility of injecting up to 10…
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Financial results from building giant, Boral point to an Australian economy that was already slowing rapidly last year only to be further hit by bushfires, extreme weather and major project delays. The company’s earnings before interest, tax and amortisation was down 18 per cent in the first half of the financial year on revenue up…
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