Magnis Energy Technologies (ASX: MNS) has reaffirmed its commitment to financing a $2 billion lithium-ion battery cell gigafactory in Townsville being developed by Imperium3. The company lodged its feasibility study for the an 18GWh mega factory to be built in three stages with the Queensland government in October. Magnis, which owns a third of Imperium3,…
Only a day after its shares plunged 18 per cent on bad news, hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear has been hit again by more adverse news. But instead of falling further, by late this morning the company’s shares had risen 0.85 per cent or $1.49 to reach $176. On Monday @AuManufacturing reported that Cochlear had abandoned…
Australian Vanadium’s ambitions to mine and process vanadium from its mine in Western Australia have brightened with the completion of a critical stage of pilot plant tests. The company’s pilot plant at Balcatta in Perth treated 20 tonnes of ore and validated and optimised the grinding, separation, thickening and concentration steps achieving up to 76…
Award-winning electronics business ICT International launched its new production facility in Armidale last week. Brent Balinski spoke to co-founder and CEO Susan Cull about keeping customers in 55 countries happy while operating from “a small country town”.
By Dr Jens Goennemann, Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre The wine industry is plagued by knockoffs. Piracy tactics range from mis-labelled bottles, over diluting of products to using similar-but-different brands – a glass of Benfolds, anyone? You can talk about “the sincerest form of flattery”, but don’t do it around Treasury Wine Estates. We can’t be sure of…
Adelaide’s Redarc Defence Systems has demonstrated the wisdom of its growth from automotive supplier to defence contractor with a new order from Norwegian contractor, Kongsberg Defence Australia. The company has selected Redarc Defence to supply electro-mechanical components for the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) capability for the Australian Army. Redarc, which has…
Only some river-side cladding work remains to be done on one of the largest buildings ever constructed in Australia – the Outfitting and Ship Erection Hall at the Osborne South shipyard on the banks of the Port River in Adelaide. The hall – 187 metres long, 87.4 metres wide and 50 metres high (main picture,…
Defence shipbuilder ASC has been forced to shutdown some of its Adelaide operations following confirmation that one of its staff tested positive for coronavirus. ASC is responsible for sustaining the Collins Class Submarines, employing 1,400 people across three facilities in South Australia and Western Australia. ABC news reported that a building at the company’s Osborne…
Comment by Peter Roberts The federal government has added to frustration about its stance on potential exports of green hydrogen, announcing $40 million in funding to establish a Future Energy Exports (FEnEx) Cooperative Research Centre. The FEnEx CRC, announced alongside a new CRC for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME), will develop ‘technologies to improve…
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre has joined efforts by a group of Queensland companies to develop new lightweight composite rocket tanks. Gilmour Space, the University of Southern Queensland, Protonautics and Graphene Manufacturing Group are hoping to cut the weight of Gilmour’s rockets to deliver payloads of up to 250 kg such as small satellites into…
