Rio Tinto boosts stake in Australia’s second-largest smelter Rio Tinto has acquired Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation’s interest in the Boyne Island aluminium smelter. It bought the 11.65 per cent interest in Boyne Smelters, which owns and operates the Gladstone, QLD based smelter, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition follows Rio Tinto’s agreement to purchase shares in…
A new survey of 251 individual businesses by the Ai Group’s Centre for Education and Training (CET) has highlighted the impact of the current skills shortage, with 77 per cent of respondents reporting an increased need for technicians and trades workers, and 79 per cent having trouble finding these. The shortage of technicians and trades…
Titomic has marked an Australian first, with its cold spray, additive manufacturing tech to be used on Woodside Energy’s offshore gas platform.
The Queensland Government is funding the University of Queensland’s development of methods for earlier detection and screening, treatment, and return-to-work processes for workers suffering from dust lung diseases. The research is focused on people suffering from early stage, occupational lung diseases such as silicosis and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, predominately in the mining and artificial stone…
The Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) has invited Australians to join in recognising quantum, a branch of science which “seems mysterious” but underpins much of modern life. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology on June 7, chosen due to the century anniversary “since the initial…
Funding has been granted to ten organisations across Victoria to help support more women entering the manufacturing and energy industries.
Composites manufacturer Quickstep is gaining new successes in the drone manufacturing business, recently passing its 100th drone delivered for customers Swoop Aero and Carbonix. The Sydney company is more used to manufacturing critical aerospace parts such as wing trailing edges for Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules transporter and tail components for the F-35 Lightning fighter…
The federal and Western Australian governments are jointly investing $70.5 million over five years to establish Australia’s first TAFE Clean Energy Skills National Centre of Excellence in WA. The centre will operate across the WA TAFE network and be a skills leader in clean energy science, engineering, construction, and operation, supporting the net zero transformation…
Australia has not approved any new defence exports for use Israel since ‘high intensity conflict’ began in Gaza, according to the Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy. On ABC Radio National Conroy was asked about Greens claims that Australia had entered into a contract with Israel’s Elbit Systems worth $917 million. He said that the…
