Widespread adoption of breakthrough low-emission steelmaking was a “considerable way off,” the CEO of Bluescope has said. According to The Australian Financial Review, Mark Vasella said the steelmaking industry was striving to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, and there were alternatives to using fossil fuel-based energy, but the traditional use of carbon required to…
Holden Boss Dave Buttner has departed only 16 months into his tenure in the top job as consumers continue to desert the once top selling local manufacturer. Buttner, a former top executive of Toyota Australia, came out of retirement to create a new image for Holden post-manufacture, but will now be replaced by the sales…
Productivity growth matters. In advanced economies over the past 15 years it has fallen by half.
Comment by Peter Roberts There is increasing evidence that Australia’s decision to ditch its indigenous experience building the Collins Class submarine and buy a completely new design from France is turning out to be a costly mistake. I have always argued that the best path for Australia would have been to build a modified Collins,…
By Stuart Corner of Iot Australia Lawyers have suggested compliance with the voluntary code of practice for suppliers of consumer IoT devices, issued by the Government last month, could be enforced by the ACCC. Home Affairs minister, Peter Dutton released a for-comment draft of the code of practice on November 19 saying it had been…
The federal government has granted major project status for the development of new medicinal cannabis facilities in South East Queensland and regional Victoria. Major project status has been granted to Hydroganics for a multi-stage $333 million medicinal cannabis facility in Queensland and Canopy Growth for a $70 million facility in Victoria. Hydroganics is expected to…
Construction has begun on a pioneering hydrogen production facility in Adelaide, which will play a major role in South Australia’s bid to become a global leader in certified green hydrogen.
Berendsen Fluid Power and H.H Machine Tools Australia (H&H) will partner with two international companies to deliver and sustain major presses and mlling machines for the Attak Class sumarines. The two local companies will supply the Medium Capacity Press, High Capacity Press and Large Capacity Milling Machines (LCMM). The contracts are worth $20 million to…
Carbon Revolution on the ASX One-piece carbon fibre wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution (ASX:CBR) made its much-anticipated listing on the Australian share market on Friday. Carbon Revolution employs 346 and is based at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus. It was founded by a group of Deakin engineering students in 2007, and makes wheels for Ferrari, Ford…
It’s the beginning of December, meaning it’s time for news websites and others to look back and make sense of the year that’s nearly through, or to speculate about the one coming up. We have the same access to a functioning crystal ball as anybody else, but will take a punt on four developments for 2020.
