Engineering skills initiative the UK Electronics Skills Foundation has added three more universities to its programme. The initiative is working with universities to address the declining number of electronic engineering degree students ...
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UK-based bakery firm Greggs is set to establish a frozen savories facility in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, with an investment of about £30m, a move which is expected to create 300 new jobs. The facility will manufacture a wide ...
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French dairy group Lactalis is in negotiations to acquire Canadian dairy processor Saputo's cheese manufacturing facility in Germany for an undisclosed amount. Saputo's German facility manufactures Italian specialty cheeses for the retail ...
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Smyths Toys stores across the UK and Ireland are playing host to the stars of WWE this weekend with in store appearances from the from the popular wrestlers. The series of appearances kicked off yesterday as WWE veteran Kane and Daniel ...
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The NSW Government has leased Port Botany and Port Kembla on a 99-year contract. Following a six-month competitive bidding process, the 99-year lease of state-owned port assets at Port Botany and Port Kembla has been awarded to the NSW ...
The Wool Market The market has turned down since the lift in prices in January, when the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 39¢ to 1111¢. Unfortunately, a series of downturns during March took the EMI back to 1059¢ ...
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China's imports of thermal coal could contract in 2013 as demand growth in the seaborne market is expected to moderate to 2% over the next four years, Goldman Sachs warned in a research note on Friday. "We believe 2013 will represent a ...
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The Tyne and Wear Metro - which opened in 1980 and serves Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland - has had 500 new LED lights installed across its network in a bid to bring its operational costs and ...
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In the week ended April 8, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 2.5 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of 16 percent ...
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High-Speed Rail (HSR) connecting the east coast capital cities “has the potential to be a game-changer, transforming the way Australians live, work and take holidays,” said Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese, but it ...
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Will $4 billion be allocated in the federal budget for upgrading the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor to carry more freight by rail? The New South Wales government has nominated no other source of funds for this upgrade, which must be ...
Thermal and semi-soft coking coal shipments from eastern Australia's Newcastle port fell 15.8% week on week to 2.54 million mt for the week ended April 7, and were loaded on to 28 ships, said Newcastle Port Corp in its latest weekly update ...
VODAFONE Australia boss Bill Morrow will flick the on switch to the telco's 4G mobile network in June, boasting that the recovering telecoms company will have the fastest 4G services in Australia. Speaking at a strategy update in North ...
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Some miners in Indonesia's East Kalimantan region have been deferring loadings of thermal coal cargoes by seven to 10 days amid rains, sources said Friday. Several vessels are being diverted to East Kalimantan from South Kalimantan, which ...
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Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 8.2 million mt in March this year, rising by 3.15 percent compared to February, according to the company's ...
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