Analysis by Peter Roberts One of the most innovative renewables projects planned anywhere globally has got a second lease of life with energy storage company 1414 Degrees (ASX: 14D) purchasing Solar Reserve Australia for a nominal price. For $2 million 1414 Degrees will take control of the company’s Aurora Solar Energy Project at Port Augusta…
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Perth materials technology group FYI Resources (ASX: FYI) is completing a definitive feasibility study for the development of a high purity alumina plant to feed global battery industries. The company is planning a $238 million plant to produce 8,000 tonnes per annum of HPA over 25 years based on its Cadoux, WA kaolin resource. HPA…
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By Stuart Corner of IoT Australia Deloitte Australia has teamed up with California based IoT startup ioTium to exploit opportunities in industrial IoT. The two say they will jointly deliver the foundational infrastructure to support technology implementation and services that enable end-to-end secure digitisation of industrial IoT (IIoT) platforms for Australian organisations in healthcare, energy,…
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Maggie Beer Products are emerging as the star of multi-brand premium food group Longtable (ASX: LON) whose results continue to be held back by other brands in the business. Now in its first full year of ownership, Beer’s iconic Barossa Valley fine foods are continuing their turnaround following 2019 when they cut fixed and overhead…
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Australian thermal energy storage company 1414 Degrees will buy SolarReserve’s ill-fated Aurora site in Port Augusta to build a solar farm and large-scale storage system.
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Vertically integrated lithium ion battery metals and component manufacturing and recycling company Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) has announced that its Envirostream subsidiary has produced its first metals from a new Melbourne recycling plant. The plant is capable of recycling 3,000 tonnes of battery waste a year with first production of nickle, cobalt, lithium and carbon…
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A Victorian and a NSW-based company have been announced as the first Australian partners on major equipment design contracts for the new fleet of submarines. Defence industry minister Melissa Price announced on Thursday that H&H Machine Tools of Melbourne and Berendsen Fluid Power of Seven Hills had been selected for work “estimated at $20 million,…
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Two University of NSW researchers are looking to commercialise research using banana harvest waste to create packaging material that is recyclable, biodegradable and non-toxic. Chemists Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot and Professor Martina Stenzel have used bananas grown at Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens to examine ways to use of material that is usually discarded. Arcot…
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Cutting edge 3D-printed training models are the star attraction at the world’s largest hands-on sinus surgery course in South Australia this week.
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New consumer research from Roy Morgan shows Australians prefer Australian Made products across a wide range of product categories. The research found that 80 per cent of Australians have a preference for Australian Made food and beverages, 77 per cent for Australian Made agricultural and gardening products, 73 per cent for children and baby care…
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