Five Moon to Mars Supply Chain Capability Improvement grants worth a total of $3.6 million have been awarded, with industry minister Ed Husic commenting that these will “further embed us in the global space supply chain”. In a statement on Sunday, it was announced that the following companies will receive funding under the program: Advanced…
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has announced $20.7 million in funding for a new Future Industries Facility at the University of Newcastle, with a focus on “accelerating resource sustainability, workforce training and productivity solutions”. According to a statement on Monday, funding for the centre is through the regional Precincts and Partnerships program, and will see two…
Andrew Reeves to retire from Inghams as CEO and MD Inghams Group has announced that its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Andrew Reeves (pictured) will retire from the role in mid-2025, to be replaced by the CEO of its New Zealand business, Edward Alexander. The Chair of Inghams, Helen Nash, said: “Andrew has done…
ARE receives $5m grant for rare earths development Australian Rare Earths has received a $5 million grant from the federal government’s International Partnerships in Critical Minerals Program. The funding will support additional metallurgical test work, completion of a pre-feasibility study and building/operating a demonstration plant at the company’s Koppamurra project, a frontier ionic clay rare…
The West Australian government has committed $6.6 million to drive the digital transformation of the state’s small to medium businesses.
Iluka Resources and the federal government have come to a funding agreement which will see the construction of a rare earths refinery at Iluka’s mine at Eneabba in Western Australia, a key part of the government’s critical minerals and Future Made in Australia plans. Following a positive outcome to the funding discussions on Friday, both…
The South Australian government has launched a new, $1 million program to accelerate manufacturers uptake of advanced tech.
Perth’s Hazer Group has secured a $6.2 million Western Australian government grant, enabling it to speed up the development of a commercial scale plant to produce hydrogen from biogas utilising its proprietary Hazer process. The company was awarded the grant from the state’s Lower Carbon Grants Program – Gorgon Fund which supports transformational technology platforms…
Four grant winners have been announced under the NSW Physical Sciences Fund: Envision Systems, Lab 360 Solar, MicroTau and Syenta. The grant winners were named at an event on Tuesday marking five years of the PSF, which is administered by the Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer. The PSF is a competitive development…
The Tasmanian government has opened applications for grants worth up to $20,000 – covering “a variety of productivity enhancing activities” – through its Advanced Manufacturing Productivity Grant program. In a statement on Thursday, Tasmania’s premier and trade minister Jeremy Rockliff said up to $450,000 had been allocated to the program through the recently-released Advanced Manufacturing…