Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has made good with its initial promises to pivot its iron-ore business to build what the company hopes will become the world’s powerhouse...
Advanced Manufacturing
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Swinburne University of Technology has launched an aerospace research hub to help develop lighter planes, cheaper spacecraft and flying taxis, after receiving $12 million in Victorian government support. Known...
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Miner Rio Tinto and steel producer BlueScope will work together to explore low-carbon steelmaking pathways using Pilbara iron ores, including the use of clean hydrogen to replace coking coal...
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Industry department officials have denied a “bias” against Victoria and local pharmaceutical giant CSL as part of the ongoing efforts to stump up an mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability, with...
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Hydrogen-powered aerospace company Hypersonix Launch Systems has announced that it has placed an order with Amiga Engineering for a claimed world-first: a 3D printed, fixed-geometry scramjet engine. According to...
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New South Wales has the potential to be a global leader in using surplus renewable energy to create and export clean fuels and chemicals like green hydrogen and ammonia,...
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We take a look at Sleeptite, a contender in the Medtech and Biotechnology category of the InnovationAus 2021 Awards for Excellence, as well as a People's Choice Award finalist.
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The AUKUS agreement to build nuclear powered submarines in South Australia will bring a “huge multiplier effect” to local industries and technology development in Australia, according the US company...
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IDT Australia will go ahead with manufacturing an mRNA vaccine developed by Monash University as the long awaited technology finally reaches Australian shores. The basic technology behind the Pfizer...
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Professional drivers and elite race teams are turning to simulators to stay on track and in peak racing condition as Covid continues to disrupt global motorsports events from Formula...
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Opinion: A marked upward trend in Australian manufacturing jobs to more than 900,000 occurred this month. Add to this manufacturing’s value-add in software programming, R&D, design and other supply...
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The federal government has handed US consulting giant McKinsey a further $1.5 million to provide advice on mRNA vaccines, as the wait continues for a decision on who will...
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A European Union funded consortium has released the final project report that the entire constriction sector is waiting for – official confirmation that the technology developed by Australian company Calix...
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An electric motorcycle builder and a company that uses a seaweed oil extract as a feed additive to reduce livestock methane emissions are two of the latest recipients of...