Wesfarmers has secured ground for a new lithium refinery in southern Perth as part of its joint venture to control the full value chain of lithium hydroxide, a chemical...
Advanced Manufacturing
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The Tasmanian government has announced a new government initiative dedicated to climate, renewables and “future industries” as part of the state budget handed down on Thursday, which also included...
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We spoke to local leaders in electrified transport, additive manufacturing and quantum technologies in an attempt to understand what the future holds for each. By Brent Balinski. “We wanted...
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GT Recycling has been awarded a $3 million state/federal grant for a $4.7 million expansion project, which will see the Geelong company able to process an extra 8,000 tonnes of...
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There seems to be no pleasing demanding shareholders with biotechnology giant CSL punished by the market despite announcing a greater than ten per cent rise in both revenues and...
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The southern Adelaide industrial suburb of Lonsdale has been going through hard times recently with the closure first of Mitsubishi then Holden and a nearby oil refinery leading to...
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The Industry department has unveiled guidelines for Australian manufacturers to apply for a share of $800 million under the big-ticket Collaboration Stream of the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative....
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Labor has successfully launched a Senate inquiry into Australia’s domestic advanced manufacturing capability, as support for the sector and sovereign capability shape up to be a key election issue....
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When Nova Systems strategy chief Rebecca Humble stood up at a Defence Teaming Centre breakfast in Adelaide early this year, she was angry. I was one of the panelists...
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We all know that Australia lags on any measure of collaboration between science and industry, but changes are underway in the defence field. Defence science as we know it...
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A new quantum focused startup hub will be established at Sydney’s Tech Central, with the New South Wales government on the hunt for founding members. Known as The Quantum Terminal,...
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The Western Australian government has granted $2 million to young company International Graphite which plans the state’s first micronising and graphite foil manufacturing facility for the former coal mining...
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Researchers at Sydney University and quantum control startup Q-CTRL have detailed a new way to identify sources of error in quantum computers using machine learning techniques which they say...
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A number of companies are now lining up in a race to secure major orders for electric buses from states such as New South Wales determined to electrify their...