Boulder Steel is chomping at the bit to build a steel plant in the Gladstone region and says there will be benefits for everyone. The plant, if built, will become one of the region's biggest employers with 1800 permanent operational staff. ...
Mantle Mining Corporation has returned high grade gold hits up to 24.9 grams per tonne from drilling at a prospect at the Granite Castle Gold and Silver Project in north Queensland. The best intercept from the Coronation prospect was in a ...
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Goodman Fielder, a manufacturer of bread and dairy products in Australia and New Zealand, plans to close three bakeries in Australia and cut nearly 115 jobs. This move is a part of the company's plan to lower costs and improve ...
BJ Ball Group is expecting around 1000 people to attend the opening of its new Queensland complex on 30 May. BJ Ball marketing and business development manager Tony Bertrand said the new offices and warehouse "launch a new phase in the ...
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Stationers Supply has named 3M as its best supplier of 2011. With distribution centres in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, the Melbourne-based company has also recognised the support of individual supplier representatives in each state. ...
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Cotton Australia has issued its first pre-season comment on prospects for the 2012-13 cotton season. CEO Adam Kay said the new crop year was pregnant with both problems and opportunities, but on balance the positives should outweigh the ...
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The Australian reported that for Mr Clive Palmer, the bonanza flowing from his purchase of the Yabulu nickel refinery in 2009 has become part of business folklore, if not the deal's actual terms. The irrepressible businessman has always ...
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Queensland’s clothing and textile industry has earned a much needed red tape reprieve after the State Government repealed the mandatory code of practice for clothing outworkers. Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said the decision ...
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The Worldwide Project Consortium has welcomed Sphinx Egypt Ltd. Co to its specialist global logistics network. WWPC General Manager, Kevin Stephens, based in Queensland, Australia, said today (December 11, 2006) Sphinx Egypt, with offices ...
Rio Tinto Alcan released the draft Commonwealth Environmental Impact Statement for the South of Embley Project. Mr Pat Fiore Rio Tinto Alcan president and CEO Bauxite and Alumina said that the project will extend bauxite mining operations ...
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Qantas will deploy wide-body Airbus A330s on all weekday Sydney-Perth and Melbourne-Perth services. A new Qantas A330, which landed in Sydney this week from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, will become the ninth A330 flying on the Qantas ...
ABC reported that a large scale bauxite mine expansion on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland is a step closer with the release of a new environmental impact statement. Public feedback for the proposed USD 1.5 billion South of ...
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The Australian Road Transport Industrial Organisation has welcomed the opportunity provided by the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to respond to its first draft annual work program,which was released earlier this month. ARTIO ...
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KooGa,the Queensland,Australia-based apparel manufacturing company,is planning to set up a production unit in Lautoka,the second-largest city in Fiji. Mr.Kim Brant,chief executive of KooGa Australia,said Fiji is a good platform for the ...
Wool organizations from around the world have united to research the environmental credentials of this natural fibre. The starting point is the publication of a scientific report assessing existing wool Life Cycle Analyses (LCA). The ...
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