ACOR welcomes container deposit scheme expansion The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) has welcomed new commitments by New South Wales and South Australia to include glass wine and spirit bottles in container deposit schemes (CDS) from 2027. ACOR said in a statement on Wednesday that it has long supported the move, and that these bottles…
Bioengineering firm ByoMax has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Green Steel WA to supply ByoCoke made from waste biomass as a sustainable replacement for coal and coke at the company’s Collie, Western Australia green steel plant. Green Steel WA is developing an electric arc furnace to recycle scrap and the state’s first…
Aurora Labs lands third defence PO Metal additive manufacturer Aurora Labs has received its third direct order from the Australian Department of Defence for advanced 3D-printed metal components. The order valued at $50,000 strengthens the strategic relationship between A3D and Defence, according to an announcement. The CEO of Aurora Labs Rebekah Letheby said: “This third…
ClearVue secures second solar window order from US customer Building-integrated photovoltaics company ClearVue Technologies has secured a repeat order from System USA for a solar greenhouse demonstrator showroom. The $175,000 project will create a demonstrator greenhouse exhibiting ClearVue technology which generates electricity from its solar glazing. The project will be eligible for incentives under the…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) New battery strategy to drive battery manufacturing The federal government has released Australia’s first National Battery Strategy, supporting a Future Made in Australia as global demand for batteries is set to quadruple by 2030. According to a joint…
Green Steel of WA, which plans to have a steel recycling plant at Collie running in 2026, has said it has been granted State Planning Approval. GSWA officially began its project in July last year and lodged a development application in December last year. According to an announcement on Linkedin by the company on Tuesday,…
DroneShield moves to profit on increasing global tensions Drone countermeasure company DroneShield has confirmed it moved to profit in FY23 on the back of rising global tensions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The company reported record contracts and growing cash receipts which reached $73.5 million in FY23, five times the previous year. More than 68…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. 5) Green Steel forging ahead with WA green steel plants Green Steel of WA has taken to social media to commit to completing what it hopes will be Australia’s first hydrogen based steel plant by 2028. The company has…
Green Steel of WA has taken to social media to commit to completing what it hopes will be Australia’s first hydrogen based steel plant by 2028. The company has been quietly developing two projects – an electric arc furnace to recycle scrap and the state’s first green hydrogen direct-reduced iron (DRI) plant with a total…