Komatsu is celebrating 50 years of operation in Australia.
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Bradken gets takeover offer, says growth not dependent on commodities recovery
Bradken shares soared last Friday on news of a takeover offer from a private equity consortium.
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Bradken Adelaide foundry to close, up to 119 jobs to go
Workers have been told in a letter that the Bradken foundry at Kilburn, Adelaide will be “phased out” late next year.
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QGC opens micro-LNG plant
QGC has partnered with BOC to open a new LNG plant near Chinchilla, QLD.
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Arrium backs growth in grinding media demand
Arrium has said there is good potential for growth in the company’s grinding media during an investor’s day yesterday.
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The top 100 manufacturers in Australia
This time each year IBISWorld delivers Manufacturers’ Monthly a list of the top 100 manufacturers in Australia. Alan Johnson investigates how the various sectors ranked on this year’s list.
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Orica sees growth in NPAT
Orica has recorded a positive NPAT in its latest results, but is still eyeing off 700 job cuts in the coming year.
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Orica sells chemical division
Orica has sold its chemicals business to private equity groups for $750 million.
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Turkish explosives business weighs down Incitec profit result
Explosives and fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot has posted a net profit decrease of 33 per cent for the year to September 30.
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Boart Longyear receives $300m financial bail out
Boart Longyear has had its financial future secured following Centerbridge Partners' decision to increase its investment in the company.
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Caterpillar appoints new head of resources division
Caterpillar’s mining division head Steve Wunning has announced his retirement from the company, and will step down early next year.
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Manufacturers’ Monthly Material of The Month Part 2: Graphene
Graphene, physically isolated only a decade ago, has the potential to change the world. Brent Balinski reports on what it is, why it’s creating so much excitement, and what it might offer Australian industry.
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A thinking country’s guide to competing on the global stage
With its fateful decision not to support car assembly in Australia, we might be forgiven for thinking the federal government has written off manufacturing. But we could be in for a surprise, as options narrow in the wake of the mining boom.
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Ecopropp Pilot Plant running to schedule
The construction of Coretracks’s Ecopropp pilot-scale proppant manufacturing plant should be completed on time and within budget.
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Hunter Valley manufacturing workers rally to save jobs
Workers from a Hunter Valley manufacturer of reinforcement products for the mining sector held a mass meeting this morning to stop expected redundancies.
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Australian Aluminium Council appoints Rio head as chief
Rio Tinto bauxite and alumina president Phillip Strachan has been appointed as the new head of the Australian Aluminium Council.
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Queensland-based Austin Engineering manufactures largest excavator bucket
Manufactured at Austin’s Brisbane Operation, the bucket was designed based on the site specific material specifications to maximise the excavator’s productivity.
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Honeywell Users Group 2014 wraps up
The Asia Pacific Honeywell Users Group has wrapped up for another year.
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Australian manufacturers can and should compete globally
Keech Australia CEO, Herbert Hermens, says the Bendigo-based company is able to successfully compete on a global scale, and others can too.
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Looking at the future through graphene goggles
Laying out the potential of graphene as a new super-metal.
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