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Lucas Heights, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) raised.
Companies Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| David Vittorio | General Manager for the OPAL Reactor | @AuManufacturing |
| Dr Mark Ho | Reactor Heat Transfer Specialist | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australia's federal government has awarded Australian Strategic Materials a $5 million grant, via its International Partnership in Critical Minerals program, to assess nearer-term rare earth production options for the company's Dubbo Project in NSW.
Manufacturing roundup: Noizend's grants and UTS work, PPK's planned Li-S share distribution, a Bathurst recycling trial, Aurecon's CETRI role, an ELA regulatory hire, BioPak's OzHarvest support, and ANSTO's reactor restart.
Manufacturing briefs roundup: LBT Innovations launches a $4.5m shareholder offer, AnteoTech collects a $3.77m research tax payment, with updates from Pact, Evnex, First Graphene, Austal, ASM and the University of Adelaide's space course.
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ANSTO's nandin Innovation Centre and startup Ouranos Systems are developing a radioisotope heating unit for Australian lunar missions, supported by an Australian Government Moon to Mars grant and NSW-funded scholarships.
A new national network to certify space-bound hardware has launched with a $2.5m federal grant, with six organisations including Wollongong and Saber Astronautics contributing; Saber's control centre earlier received a similar grant.
Australian Strategic Materials has secured $65 million in investor commitments to advance its Dubbo rare earths project and a Korean metals plant, while an entitlement offer seeking further funds remains open to shareholders.
Also @AuManufacturing
Perth's Lithium Australia seeks partners to commercialise its LieNa extraction process, with a pilot plant backed by a government grant, while other companies build battery-material refineries nearby.
Lithium Australia and its research partners have won a Cooperative Research Centre Projects grant for a $3.6 million lithium extraction project, with the company receiving $1.3 million to advance its LieNA process.
Australian Vanadium has received a $1.25 million federal CRC-P grant to fund vanadium processing research with partners including Curtin University and ANSTO, supporting its battery storage ambitions.