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Construction kicks off on $6b Pilbara gas manufacturing project

AU Manufacturing

million tonnes of urea, a widely used form of fertiliser for food production, annually. A projected 2.3 million tonnes of urea per year will be produced by the project using natural gas from Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project in Western Australia. Australia currently imports 2.4

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Proposed solar farm restrictions would slap £5bn energy bill on UK households

E&T

Tom Lancaster, land analyst at the ECIU, said: “There has never been a cheaper form of energy than solar, and putting even more barriers in place to its roll-out will cost the public dear, whilst locking in dependence on imported gas. Today, it is less than $0.50 (£0.40) per watt – a 98 per cent reduction in cost over just four decades.

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Continuous Emphasis on Food Safety for Health and Well Being

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

This poses a problem when food products are one of the most exported/imported commodities. While these ensure the safety of imported and locally sold food products, it can make global trade and exports a laborious undertaking.

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GMP Pharmaceuticals adds new manufacturing capabilities to Huntingwood HQ

AU Manufacturing

In addition to the new enhancements, GMP recently received a license from the US Food and Drug Administration for Food Facility Registration. “These improvements will enhance the efficiency and productivity of our operations, bringing enormous benefits to our customers and staff alike.

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Global sulphur shortages could stop green tech revolution in its tracks

E&T

A vital part of modern manufacturing, sulphuric acid is required for the production of phosphorus fertilisers that help feed the world, and for extracting rare metals from ores essential to the rapidly required green economy transition, like cobalt and nickel used in high-performance Li-ion batteries. per cent.

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Perdaman starts work on $6 billion urea plant in Western Australia

AU Manufacturing

The Perdaman facility will convert natural gas from Woodside’s Scarborough Gas Project into urea, a form of fertiliser used in food production, to create 2.3 million tonnes of it yearly.

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Columbia University engineers 3D-print seven-ingredient dessert for the first time

AU Manufacturing

Mechanical engineers in the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University have designed a 3D printing system that constructs cheesecake from edible food inks — including peanut butter, Nutella, and strawberry jam. They discovered that the most successful design used a graham cracker as the core element for each tier of the cake.