Economic factors focused on recycling and restricting use of plastics as well as local action were among the most effective ways to reduce plastic waste on Australia’s beaches, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal One Earth, builds upon CSIRO coastal litter survey completed in 2013, and includes 563 new coastal…
Mining equipment and engineering services provider Schlam has delivered its 1,500th Hercules dump truck body built in Australia. The Welshpool, Perth company reached the milestone last month delivering the body (pictured) to a client in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Now in its 14th design iteration, the Schlam Hercules is supplied to many…
Mining and metals company Rio Tinto has called for proposals for large-scale wind and solar power to decarbonise its aluminium operations in Queensland The company wants companies to develop large-scale wind and solar power in Central and Southern Queensland to power its aluminium assets, help meet its climate change ambitions and further encourage renewable development…
Australian small businesses will have access to a range of tools and services to help them stay safe online thanks to a collaboration between the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (A3C) and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA). Together they have developed a free cybersecurity toolkit that is now available to small businesses across Australia. The toolkit…
Medical device manufacturer Nova Eye Medical has made the first shipments to surgeons of its new iTrack Advance consumable device (pictured, below) to be used in glaucoma surgery. The device has an illuminated fibre optic tip, and is designed to improve the efficacy of canaloplasty surgery in treating glaucoma, and can be utilised by ophthalmologists,…
Arnhem Space Centre operator Equatorial Launch Australia has announced that NASA will make history when it makes Australia’s first commercial space launch on the evening of Sunday 26 June 2022. Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), the operator of the Gove Peninsula, Northern Territory launch site said the launch would also be NASA’s first launch from a…
Defence contractor Thales Australia’s Lithgow Arms business in regional NSW has opened its doors to greater collaboration to help grow the capabilities of its Australian SME and industrial partners. Lithgow Arms has established a Small Arms Collaboration and Cooperation Centre (C3) housed inside the Lithgow Arms small arms factory. It is designed to break down…
Drone delivery company Swoop Aero has completed a $16 million Series B venture capital raise, building on the success of more than two years of continuous drone delivery services of medical supplies across Africa. The company, which had delivered more than 800,000 urgently needed supplies by drone, will use the funds to enter into new…
Composite and advanced material group Matrix Composites & Engineering has won a $14 million contract for the supply of a deepwater drilling riser buoyance system. The contract, with Himile Mechanical Manufacturing Co. Ltd of Shandong, China, follows a letter of intent announced in December last year. The system (similar to the one pictured) will be…
Canadian hydrogen fuel cell developer and Loop Energy and Sydney bus manufacturer Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company (ARCC) have announced they will enter the burgeoning low emissions bus market. ARRC will offer its Australian first lightweight bolted aluminium city bus chassis (main picture) mated with a pure electric or hydrogen fuel cell drive train. ARCC Managing…