Engineering group Civmec has agreed on a framework for the transfer of ownership of German-owned Luerssen Australia, its partner in constructing six Arafura Class Offshore Patrol vessels for the Royal Australian Navy under the existing SEA1180 contract. Upon completion of the potential transaction, NVL B.V. & Co. KG (Naval Vessels Lürssen) will transfer all its…
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Battery materials company International Graphite has announced ‘outstanding results’ from bench scale micronising, spheroidising and purification testwork on graphite concentrates from the company’s Springdale Graphite Project in Western Australia. The testing, conducted by industry specialists ProGraphite GmbH, used 23kg of 95.3 percent loss on ignition (LOI) grade Springdale graphite concentrates to produce purified spheroidised graphite…
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Gravitational energy storage developer Green Gravity has secured $9 Million in funding with strong backing from existing and new major strategic and financial investors. The company, which is repurposing legacy mineshafts for utility scale long-duration energy storage, secured financing from investors including HMC Capital, BlueScopeX, Pacific Channel and Sumisho Coal Australia Holdings (SCAP H, a…
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Paladin Space will use a $100,000 South Australian government grant to progress its work into reducing the risk posed to spacecraft by space debris including defunct satellites, rocket parts and much smaller items floating in the Earth’s orbit. Harrison Box, the founder of Paladin Space, is developing an advanced reusable space debris remover that will…
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By Peter Draper, University of Adelaide Finally, Australia’s rock lobster industry will be able to export to China again, following a deal struck on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Laos last week. It will take some weeks to finalise the paperwork, but Chinese diners can expect to eat our high-quality crustaceans as we…
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The federal government has announced a $5 million grant to Australian Strategic Materials (ASM), covering up to 50 per cent of a project to identify “alternative, capital efficient and nearer term options” for producing rare earth elements at its Dubbo Project. The funding announced by resources minister Madeline King (pictured in middle) on Tuesday is…
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Clean energy technology company AnteoTech has received the first commercial order for its proprietary Ultranode battery anode technology containing 70 percent low cost silicon. The order comes from a leading European EV manufacturer ‘EV1’ that has trialled the Ultranode product. EV1 is seeking step change in silicon content for their next generation EV batteries, and…
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Mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has made the first shipment of an Armadillo electric rope shovel dipper bucket, following its acquisition of bucket specialist Mainetec in 2022. In a statement on Tuesday, Austin said the bucket was on its way to an unnamed customer for use on a US copper mine. The order was claimed…
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Four-wheel-drive tray and canopy manufacturer Norweld says it has more than doubled its workforce in the last two years, and is emphasising work-life balance-related perks to attract the right tradespeople. The half-century-old company said on Tuesday that it is “pulling out all the stops” to ensure staffing demands are met at its eight locations, and…
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A total of 12 Australians have graduated from the United States Navy Nuclear Power School including the first seven Royal Australian Navy (RAN) enlisted sailors who joined RAN officers also graduating. The 12 are the pioneers towards Australia acquiring and ultimately constructing a sovereign conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) fleet in the early 2030s, according…
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