* Nyrstar to study production of antimony, bismuth at Port Pirie * Will consider producing geranium, indium at Hobart zinc plant * Funding will allow for studies into modernising plants (Adds context, detail throughout) By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday that it will provide A$135 million ($87.4 million) in financial support for two smelters...

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Defense technology startup Anduril Industries said on Tuesday it has become the third supplier of solid rocket motors (SRMs) to the United States, breaking a decades-long duopoly and addressing a critical bottleneck in missile production as global conflicts drive up demand. Rising geopolitical tensions - including the Russia-Ukraine war and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian government-owned internet network hired Amazon's untested startup satellite service to provide connectivity to people who cannot access its terrestrial network rather than Elon Musk's Starlink. From next year, low-Earth orbit satellites owned by Amazon's Project Kuiper will start replacing two Australian government-owned satellites due for decommissioning in 2032, NBN Co and Amazon said in a joint...