In June last year, it was announced that Australia’s manufacturing sector had achieved year on year expansion recording the longest unbroken period of growth in a decade. Although that sounds like good
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Alcoa Portland will need assistance to stay open, says AWU
The Alcoa aluminium smelter at Portland will need government assistance to keep operating, the Australian Workers Union has said.
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Pilz launches new online presence
Pilz Australia launched its new website which incorporates a new E-Shop for its customers.
E-Shop will allow customers to not only browse the company’s vast portfolio of products, it enables them to
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Cochlear loses US patent appeal
ASX-listed Australian hearing implant manufacturer Cochlear has lost a court case in the US over two disputed hearing aid patents.
In a ruling delivered last Thursday, the [US] Court of Appeals for the
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3D printed organ company to open in Brisbane in 2017
OPINION: Should Australian companies set executive pay to a US benchmark?
It’s the time of the year when company boards and executives face their shareholders at annual general meetings. Boards will be asked to explain the pay packages of executives. Already some have
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Slow motion inspection camera for packaging plants
The X-Stream XS-720p slow motion camera by IDT offers continuous frame streaming via the PCI express 2.0 x4 interface with a sustained transfer speed of 1.75GB/sec.
I has been designed for checking and
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The real issues with the 457 visa aren’t being addressed
Australia’s car industry ignored the elephant in the room: carbon emissions
Ford’s closure of its Geelong manufacturing plant last month is part of a broader story about Australia’s
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SA power prices need federal, state government action, say businesses
South Australian businesses, including miner BHP Billiton and a number of the state’s manufacturers, have urged government action in response to high electricity prices.
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900 jobs to go as announcement to close Hazelwood expected this week
An announcement on the closure of the brown coal-fired Hazelwood power plant is expected tomorrow, with around 900 jobs to be lost.
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Hazelwood’s closure won’t affect power prices as much as you might think
The ongoing uncertainty over the future of the Hazelwood power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley has raised the prospect that the ageing generator will be shut down in the near future.
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Formal decision to close Hazelwood still not made, insists minister
No final decision to shut the La Trobe Valley’s Hazelwood power plant, energy minister Josh Frydenberg has insisted today, as reports continue that its French majority owner is set to close the site by April if a buyer doesn’t come forward.
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Xenophon slams SA’s renewables adoption
Senator Nick Xenophon has blamed renewables for the state-wide blackout in South Australia yesterday.
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Victoria bans fracking, but leaves questions over gas supply
The Victorian government has announced it will permanently ban unconventional gas, often produced through the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking”. Legislation to implement the ban will be introduced this year.
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Modern adhesives – a key manufacturing technology of the future
In recent years, the use of modern adhesive technologies has become increasingly prominent in the industry. There is a good reason for this, as high-performance adhesives deliver numerous advantages for
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We are squandering our abundant natural gas reserves
It is easy to draw analogies this week between Australia today and Eastern European countries during the 1970s and 1980s when they exported anything and everything to earn foreign income while their citizens starved at home.
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Industrial users want gas market to function properly
Concerns by industrial users over supply have been vindicated by the ACCC report on the eastern Australian gas market.
Launched in April last year and releasing its report last week, the ACCC inquiry report
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NT government rules out gas reservation policy
The Coalition Northern Territory government has dismissed the idea of a gas reservation policy, claiming that it would make the territory less attractive to investors.
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