Category: Technology & Innovation

Brisbane-based industrial technology company MOVUS has appointed Sanjeev Kumar as chief executive officer to lead the company’s next phase of growth in asset reliability and industrial AI innovation.

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has commenced commissioning of two new battery electric locomotives on its rail network as it moves to decarbonise its Pilbara iron ore operations.

Operations at the Port of Ashburton, a critical link in Mineral Resources’ (ASX: MIN) Onslow Iron supply chain, are now running entirely on natural gas.

The Queensland Government has awarded $1.5m to Coreo to progress a study aiming to unlock critical minerals from coal mine tailings.

The collaboration between Rio Tinto, Gemco Rail and CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock will see 100 railcars being manufactured to support local production capacity in WA.This railcar marks the completion of 40 WA-made iron ore railcars manufactured in Gemco Rail’s Perth facility, with the remaining 60 expected to be manufactured in the new, purpose-built facility in Karratha. The Karratha facility is expected to create up to 25 local jobs.

The release of generative AI chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022 marked a turning point in technology as a previously fictional concept became readily available to the public.Though AI as it stands is a far cry from Skynet — The Terminator’s highly-advanced AI hellbent on launching a nuclear attack on humanity — it may still be wise for society to proceed with caution.

A national initiative to make steel production greener and more sustainable has launched at Monash University with the establishment of the ARC Research Hub for Smart Process Design and Control.

Fortescue (ASX: FMG) has delivered its first large-scale BYD Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to North Star Junction (NSJ) in a move to decarbonise its Pilbara iron ore operations.

Alcoa and Aurizon (ASX: AZJ) will run a world-first trial on Alcoa’s Pinjarra–Kwinana rail route in WA, testing battery-electric technology to cut emissions from heavy rail operations.