By Peter Roberts Major announcements of federal grants and financing support are coming thick and fast with the news over the weekend of cash and support for industrial developments in regional cities Maryvale, Whyalla and Port Augusta. Opal Australian Paper is getting cash to support its energy from waste project at its Maryvale mill in…
Labor pledges to build electric buses in Perth The federal opposition and Western Australian government have joined together to pledge a facility will be built to manufacture electric buses in the state should Labor win the upcoming national election. The pledge, which follows the recent inauguration of railcar manufacture in WA, would see Canberra contribute…
@AuManufacturing’s occasional editorial series on the real issues in the 2022 federal election continues today with this article by Allan Roberts. What is blindingly absent from this election campaign, and politics, in this country is any recognition that an economy is a system. Each part of the economy has an impact on every other part,…
Cold spray metal additive manufacturing group Titomic is progressing its development away from selling machines towards a more diverse business model. The company told investors that during the latest quarter it has integrated initiatives including its recent acquisition of Dycomet, now named Titomic Europe, the arrival of Repkon as a strategic investor and an agreement…
Battery minerals company Lava Blue has received a $5.2 million grant under the federal Government’s Critical Minerals Accelerator Initiative to develop processes for refining critical minerals used in the lithium-ion battery supply chain. Managing Director of Lava Blue Michael McCann said the grant would contribute to a $12 million Queensland project over the next two…
Green Industries SA sees future in lithium ion battery waste Green Industries SA has funded a report by The McKell Institute outlining a vision for South Australia to emerge as an Australian lithium ion battery waste resource management hub. The report finds that the state is in a strong position given existing refining and metals…
Defence industry technology group Nova Systems has revealed plans for an inaugural SME summit to grow and scale sovereign Australian defence capability. The company has invited Australian owned and operated defence Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to attend the inaugural SME Summit which will coincide with the Indo Pacific maritime defence conference in Sydney next…
The federal opposition has promised an Australian Strategic Research Agency in the style of highly successful overseas research models should it win the upcoming federal election. Opposition frontbencher Brendan O’Connor said the new agency would work closely with its counterparts, the ground-breaking US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the newly created UK Advanced…
Industrial technology groups Environmental Clean Technologies and GrapheneX will jointly develop Australia’s largest lignite (or brown coal) syngas into hydrogen and low emission electricity demonstration project at ECT’s site at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria. The companies have signed a joint venture agreement to rollout phase 2 of ECT’s Baccus March Coldry technology demonstrator which will…
Green hydrogen production and manufacturing company Fortescue Future Industries is powering ahead with expansions across the globe and plans to maintain yearly investment of between US$400 and US$600 million, inclusive of US$100 to US$200 million of capital expenditure and US$300 to US$400 million of operating expenditure. According to the third quarter results of parent company…