Industry News
Latest Industry Growth Program round awards $28.7 million
Innovative small businesses that can help build manufacturing capability can share in $28.7 million from the Industry Growth Program. [ + ]
ARENA launches battery manufacturing grant program
ARENA says the $500 million BBI grant program aims to supercharge battery manufacturing in Australia. [ + ]
WA hot briquetted iron plant gets EPA approval
The EPA of Western Australia has delivered a report on the proposed Boodarie iron ore processing facility. [ + ]
Rockwell appoints Applied Robotics as AMR partner
Rockwell Automation has announced it has appointed Applied Robotics as the first South Pacific partner for OTTO Motors. [ + ]
Carbon280 launches pilot plant for hydrogen storage technology
Australian startup Carbon280 has unveiled its Hydrilite pilot plant designed to produce a safe and cost-effective method of storing and transporting hydrogen. [ + ]
ARENA supports rail charging solution for heavy mining vehicles
ARENA has announced a $9 million grant to BluVein in support of a dynamic charging technology to reduce emissions in the Australian mining sector. [ + ]
Covalent Lithium achieves first product at Kwinana
Covalent Lithium has announced that in July it produced its first battery-grade lithium hydroxide at its refinery in Kwinana, Western Australia. [ + ]
Vic Government funding 11 manufacturers for defence supply chain
The Victorian Government has awarded more than $800,000 to 11 manufacturing businesses to help them compete for defence contracts. [ + ]
NSW Government backs hydrogen safety research at UoW
The NSW Government has announced a $650,000 grant to the University of Wollongong (UoW) for it to lead research into hydrogen pipeline safety. [ + ]
Nozomi Networks and Schneider Electric embed security sensor in RTUs
A fully integrated security layer in an RTU aims to deliver cybersecurity protection for field control system data and devices. [ + ]
NRF invests $50m in Liontown Resources for lithium production
The National Reconstruction Fund has announced it will invest $50 million in Liontown Resources to ramp up lithium mining and refining. [ + ]
Construction begins on Eyre Peninsula desalination project
Key contractors announced as desalination project moves forward. [ + ]
Queensland biomanufacturing facility nearing completion
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) will soon open a cGMP biomedical manufacturing facility in Queensland. [ + ]
Nexobot wins Australia's first robotics sprint
Melbourne-based Nexobot has been named the winner of Australia's inaugural Propel-AIR accelerator. [ + ]
Industrial-scale thermal storage project in WA reaches milestone
A pre-feasibility study has shown that MGA Thermal's TES technology is economically competitive with traditional fossil fuel technologies at an industrial scale. [ + ]
