BHP is planning to enter into renewable energy supply arrangements to enable the giant Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South Australia to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero for 50 per cent of its electricity consumption by 2025. Energy will be supplied by clean energy supplier Iberdrola Australia, including from the…
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A new partnership between mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering and a Mexican manufacturer is set to strengthen the company’s market position in the United States and central and northern South American markets. The partnership, part of a new ‘hub-and-spoke’ market strategy adopted by Austin after a strategic review, will see Mexico’s Melter manufacture Austin heavy-haul…
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By Denham Sadler Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price will take control of the CSIRO and the Australian Space Agency while Energy Minister Angus Taylor will oversee the $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative under their new roles following this month’s reshuffle. Last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the position of Minister for Industry, Science and…
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Fertiliser, chemicals and explosives group Orica today announced its ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, eclipsing its previously announced medium-term target to reduce scope 1 and 2 operational emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2030. The new ambition covers the company’s scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its…
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By Michael Sharpe It truly is a privilege to walk the floors of factories all over Australia, build collaborative partnerships and help companies to go for growth. The talk often turns to the cost of energy. To build a manufacturing business you need to look at all your costs, including energy. In times long passed,…
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CSL has confirmed it will continue manufacturing AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine into next year, following reports it would cease production early due to local preferences for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The full contract with the federal government to produce approximately 50 million doses of Vaxzevria will be met, with any unused doses donated to countries…
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Engineers from UNSW have helped to discover a cheap new way to capture and convert CO2 greenhouse emissions into a useful, solid carbon form using liquid metal. The process can be done at room temperature and uses liquid gallium to convert the carbon dioxide into oxygen and a solid carbon product that can later be…
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Mining group Rio Tinto is progressing an innovative new technology to deliver low-carbon steel, using sustainable biomass in place of coking coal as a reductant in the steelmaking process, in a potentially cost-effective option to cut industry carbon emissions. Rio Tinto has spent 10 years to develop a laboratory-proven process that combines the use of…
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Energy storage developer 1414 Degrees has signed agreements with Woodside Energy Technologies to support further development and potential partnership in the future commercialisation of 14D’s SiBox silicon energy storage technology. 1414 Degrees have been working with Woodside to establish a suitable validation project that will assess the commercial potential of 14D’s thermal energy storage technology,…
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The structural manufacture of the first steel prototype unit for the Hunter Class Frigate Program, the largest surface shipbuilding project in Australian history, has been completed at the Osborne naval shipyard in Adelaide. BAE Systems Maritime Australia completed the conversion of more than 28 tonnes of Australian steel into the 217sqm unit (pictured), which has…
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