By Peter Roberts Christian Porter has had a lot of stick in recent weeks, but there is no doubt the new industry minister needs to quickly put recent controversies behind him and get on top of critical decisions that must be made in the portfolio. Not only must he implement the modern manufacturing initiative of…
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AnteoTech joins Future Battery Industries CRC Surface chemistry company AnteoTech has joined industry and academic participants in the super anode project under development at the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre. AnteoTech will provide silicon composite materials to the project, based on its AnteoCoat nano-film binder technology. The binders aim to increase storage capacity and…
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Ipswich City Council has launched an ambitious locally driven pilot program aimed at supporting SME businesses to become defence industry ready. Known as Operation Scale-Up 2021, SMEs will be mentored by defence industry partners including Australian arms of Rheinmetall Defence, Boeing Defence, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, Airbus and RUAG. The free program will offer 24 regional…
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GFG Alliance’s Sanjeev Gupta has expressed confidence in the future of the Whyalla steelworks and reassured locals of his ability to refinance his global businesses. Following moves by Citibank to wind up Liberty Primary Steel, owner of the mill, and Tahmoor coal, Gupta wrote an open letter to South Australians published today in Adelaide’s Sunday…
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Defence, communications and space technology manufacturer Electro Optic Systems Holdings has announced a breakthrough in the use of lasers for space communications and to track and move orbiting space debris that threatens satellites and other space assets. The Canberra company said the use of a Guide Star Laser and adaptive optics had been shown to…
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A collaboration by a team of scientists and Venus Shell System has identified biomolecules from seaweed that can be used in 3D printed ink and aid in wound healing.
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The federal government has announced construction of a $23.9 million facility to build the Nulka anti-ship missile decoy rocket system. BAE Systems Australia is prime contractor for NUlka, one of Australia’s most successful defence exports, which carries an electronic warfare payload sourced from the United Sates. The missiles, mounted on Australian, United States and Canadian…
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That the tech sector should somehow disengage from industry policy because it is unhappy with Christian Porter’s appointment as the new Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science is a terrible idea. By James Riley.
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A leading Latin American international designer and manufacturer of mining equipment Conymet Duratray International has chosen Victoria for its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and global headquarters (pictured). The company, which makes dump truck bodies and steel and rubber components for haulage in the mining industry will grow its current Victorian footprint by onshoring overseas manufacturing…
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Perth materials technology group FYI Resources has increased estimates of the net present value of its Western Australian high purity alumina (HPA) projects by 87 per cent to $1.33 billion (US$1.014 billion) The company plans a kaolin mine and processing at Cadoux, WA and an HPA production plant at Kwinana south of Perth. FYI said…
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