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The Victorian Government has approved a new work plan for VHM Limited’s Goschen Rare Earths and Mineral Sands Project, a move expected to create jobs and expand the state’s critical minerals sector. 

A new study from Mecalux and the MIT Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics reports that artificial intelligence is now embedded in a majority of warehouses worldwide, signalling a rapid shift toward intelligent logistics operations.

The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has reported the successful launch of a new hypersonic flight experiment developed under the iLAuNCH Trailblazer Fast Track Program, marking what the university describes as a significant milestone for Australia’s growing space research capability. 

Welding professionals, educators and manufacturers gathered in Perth as Weld Australia announced the winners of its 2025 Western Australia Welding Excellence Awards, recognising leadership and innovation across the state’s fabrication and manufacturing sectors.

RMIT University researchers have reported new findings showing that biochar derived from spent coffee grounds can help produce lower-carbon concrete, following what the university describes as the first life-cycle analysis of its kind examining the material’s environmental impacts from production through to end of life.

Researchers at the University of Sydney have demonstrated a new way to suppress noise in microchip-scale Brillouin lasers by introducing nanoscale “speed bumps” inside the devices’ optical cavity. 

London-based additive manufacturing specialist 3D People is calling on manufacturers to rethink how they evaluate 3D printing, emphasising in a new insight piece that an exclusive focus on “price per part” risks overlooking the broader value additive manufacturing brings to modern production.

TXM Lean Solutions, an international lean consulting company headquartered in Australia, has released its Manufacturing Global Snapshot Report, outlining what it describes as a challenging operating environment for manufacturers across Australia, the UK, New Zealand, the US and Canada over the past year.

Aurora Labs has expanded its manufacturing capability with the arrival of two new advanced machining assets, according to a LinkedIn announcement from the company. 

Australia’s manufacturing sector featured prominently in the latest increase in business investment, with new capital expenditure rising 6.4 per cent in the September quarter, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).