Although only around 500 entities will be directly affected, a recent report by the accounting firm – Managing the commercial implications of a price Read more
Bearing producer in Chinese venture
Together with Italy?s La Leonessa, Brevini has formed Leonessa Brevini Yangcheng, a new company that is currently constructing a dedicated manufacturing centre in Yangcheng, Read more
New high efficiency fuel is low emission
Shell?s new diesel fuel is now available in Kalgoorie in Western Australia, and Pinkenba and Townsville in Queensland, as well as Newport in Victoria Read more
Leak undermines Orica’s reopening
The New South Wales State Government demanded Orica shut down its plant near Newcastle after a serious ammonia spill last month. Now, according to Read more
Residents rally against Gold Coast quarry
Members of the activist group Stop the Gold Coast Quarry held a public meeting earlier this month at a local school, where around 250 Read more
Former quarry is hemisphere’s largest tip
New South Wales Premier Barry O?Farrell unveiled the new Genesis Xerowaste facility at Eastern Creek last week. The quarry is 150 metres deep, has Read more
Quarry fined $80K for disturbing artefacts
In the process of building a gravel track between its existing quarry at Moranbah and a sand extraction quarry nearby, MCG Quarries moved between Read more
Workers unearth WWII bombs in WA quarry
Sensibly, workers immediately notified authorities, who quickly dispatched an ordnance team to analyse the munitions. Upon inspection, all the bombs were found safe and Read more
Powerscreen launches industry-first app
iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry owners can now pore over their next Cone Crusher or Logwasher wherever they may be.
In what the company calls Read more
Optometrists urge vigilance on eye safety
Despite the high incidence of injury, according to the Optometrists Association Australia, most workers are unaware of vision problems that are putting them at Read more