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Huge industrial waste management potential with new chemical process: CSIRO
A new method for creating super-absorbent, sponge-like crystals could finally make the local manufacture of these viable, according to the CSIRO.
July 29, 2015 0 comment
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Orica cuts production at Gladstone
Explosives manufacturer Orica has announced a reduction in production and jobs at its Gladstone Yarwun site.
July 8, 2015 0 comment
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Dow’s Liveris visits Canberra
The high-profile, Australian-born leader of Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, visited Canberra yesterday.
June 2, 2015 0 comment
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Incitec Pivot reports profit jump
Incitec Pivot increased its profit for the six months to March 31 by 27 per cent after a better performance from its Australian fertiliser business.
May 11, 2015 0 comment
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Manufacturing our Future with Gas – Australian Domestic Gas Conference keynote address
CEO of PACIA, Ms Samantha Read, delivered a keynote speech at the Australian Domestic Gas Conference 2015 yesterday.
March 25, 2015 0 comment
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Public needs to better understand the importance of natural gas: PACIA
CEO of the Plastics and Chemical Industry Association, Samantha Read, will argue the need for a better public appreciation of the importance of natural gas
March 24, 2015 0 comment
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Orica names interim CEO
Mining explosives company Orica has announced its new interim CEO, following Ian Smith’s departure last week.
March 23, 2015 0 comment
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Nufarm looks to hire new CEO, make $100 m savings as Rathbone exits
Doug Rathbone, chief executive and managing director of agricultural products company Nufarm, has stepped down.
February 5, 2015 0 comment
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Manufacturers’ Monthly Material of The Month Part 4: Titanium
Tapping Australia’s titanium ore resources and turning them into the valuable light metal has been something we’ve wanted to do for a long time. Are we any closer to making more from our ore? Brent Balinski reports.
January 27, 2015 0 comment
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EPA investigating gas leak at Sydney industrial site
The NSW EPA is investigating the leak of the potentially lethal gas, Ethylene Oxide at an industrial site in south eastern Sydney on Sunday.
January 7, 2015 0 comment
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Rydalmere chemical factory fire contained this morning
Approximately 20 were evacuated from nearby buildings after a pool products factory and showroom in Rydalmere caught fire early this morning.
January 7, 2015 0 comment
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BASF, ACARP announce $1m funding to develop spray-on steel mesh substitute
Joint funding has been announced for a project to develop a polymer-based alternative to steel mesh sheet reinforcements in underground mines.
November 20, 2014 0 comment
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Orica sells chemical division
Orica has sold its chemicals business to private equity groups for $750 million.
November 19, 2014 0 comment
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Australian-born Dow Chemical boss inducted into IndustryWeek Hall Of Fame
Darwin-born Andrew Liveris, global chair and CEO of the Dow Chemical Company, has been inducted into the IndustryWeek manufacturing hall of fame.
November 11, 2014 0 comment
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Deregulation in competitiveness agenda welcomed by medical device, chemical industries
The federal government’s Industry Innovation and Competitiveness Agenda has included an initiative to remove red tape around product approvals.
October 15, 2014 0 comment
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“Innovation can’t be driven without the right skills”: an interview with BASF’s Ross Pilling
The role of STEM skills in economic prosperity has been a hot topic lately. Brent Balinski spoke to BASF’s Australia and New Zealand boss Ross Pilling about the importance of science and of asking the right questions.
September 24, 2014 0 comment
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Coogee Chemicals buys into gas and oil explorer Buru Energy
Coogee Chemicals has taken an 8.9 per cent stake in explorer Buru Energy.
September 22, 2014 0 comment
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Initiative links top PhD students with chemicals industry
A new training program led by Monash University and the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association was announced yesterday.
September 18, 2014 12 comments
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Bob Baldwin to address PACIA’s Manufacturing Our Future conference tomorrow
The Plastics and Chemicals Industry Association’s national conference begins tomorrow.
September 16, 2014 0 comment
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WA may lose planned fertiliser plant to Victoria
Perdaman Industries may build its fertiliser plant in Victoria instead of WA as first planned because it has yet to reach an agreement about coal supply.
September 4, 2014 0 comment