Hydrogen can cause steel to tank. New Australian research offers a solution
University of Sydney researchers have shown the way for new steel alloy designs to combat brittleness caused by exposure to hydrogen.
Gleciem to demonstrate renewable powered cooling
Glaciem Cooling Technologies is to demonstrate its refrigeration, thermal energy storage and heat transfer technologies which are designed to integrate with solar PV electricity generation. The Adelaide company has received $2 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of a $4.9 million trial at three locations. The company will install…
Monadelphous to build Rio mine
Engineering and industrial powerhouse Monadelphous (ASX: MHD) is to take part in the construction of the new Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 mine operated by Rio Tinto in the Pilbara. The company’s 60 per cent owned subsidiary, Mondium won the contract valued at $400 million for the engineering, procurement and construction of the mine and…
Wattle Health reorganises in infant formula
Nutritional dairy product manufacturer Wattle Health Australia (ASX: WHA) has announced changes to its businesses to speed market penetration for its locally made products. The organic certified company simultaneously announced a new venture, new arrangements with shareholder Chemist Warehouse, and new production arrangements. Wattle Health has signed a shareholders agreement with Nouriz (Shanghai) Fine Food…
Elsight provides Halo to Israeli Aerospace
Wireless video and data transmission technology company, Elsight Limited (ASX:ELS) has successfully conducted proof of concept field trials of its Halo communications platform with Israeli Aerospace Industries. Halo has been selected as a component of IAI’s communications solution for its robotics and unmanned vehicles business. The company will deliver an initial order of 50 Halo…
EcoGraf moves on new WA battery graphite plant
EcoGraf Australia (ASX: EGR) has signed a letter of intent with GR Engineering Services for the procurement and construction of its planned 20,000 tonnes per annum battery graphite facility at Kwinana in Western Australian. The milestone follows the development of a new chemical process tested on imported flake graphite to manufacture spherical graphite (SpG). EcoGraf’s…
Hemp soup on the menu for ECS Botanics
You could soon be eating hemp infused soup with the news Tasmanian producer and manufacturer ECS Botanics Holdings (ASX: ECS) has secured shelf space for its products in Woolworths supermarkets. The company’s distributor, Just Foods, has secured distribution into Woolworths for ECS’s Mexican Spiced Bean Soup with Hemp and Indian Masala Lentil Soup with Hemp.…
What employers need to know: the legal risk of asking staff to work in smokey air
Amid thick bushfire smoke in cities including Canberra and Melbourne, employers need to consider their legal obligations.
Recycling imperative to create winners, but Australians have been reluctant to back innovators
It can take extreme levels of patience to convert nifty inventions into prosperity within Australia. Brent Balinski spoke to Trevor Bayley of GDT about hard it’s been to turn tyres into gold.
Of natural and greenhouse gases – comment
Comment by Peter Roberts The recent news that Australia has surpassed Qatar to become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) would normally be a thing to be celebrated. Australia’s 10 LNG projects exported an estimated 77.5 million tonnes of LNG in calendar 2019 earning $49 billion, according to data from consultancy EnergyQuest.…