As a membership warehouse club, everything we sell at Costco has to be of better value than our competitors in the marketplace,” Costco MD Patrick Noone told the audience at a Packaging Council of Australia Industry Leaders Forum in ...
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Toll’s revenue increased 1.1 per cent over the previous year to $8.8 billion. Total earnings before interest and tax (before individually significant items) were up 4.3 per cent to $444.4 million, and net profit after tax (before ...
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DB Schenker has opened its largest Australian supply chain and warehouse facility at the Redbank Motorway Estate in Ipswich, Queensland, which it says has created 70 new jobs. The German company will spend over $40 million over the next ...
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Recycling is great when it works. To make it work, recyclable glass has to be separated from all the other material that ends up in recycling bins. In the UK, glass manufacturer, Ardagh, has just signed a fifteen year agreement with ...
In February this year, The Lockyer Valley Farmers board announced plans for a new $40 million beetroot canning facility in Grantham, west of Brisbane. The cannery would also process locally grown peas, beans, potatoes and corn, and would be ...
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CareDx. which two weeks ago entered into an agreement to acquire ImmuMetrix Inc., has announced that it intends to make an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock with the intent of realizing $50 million. Brisbane, CA–based ...
More than half of Asia's gas needs will be supplied by LNG by 2030, Santos Ltd CEO David Knox said Thursday, adding that this will provide the Australian LNG exporter opportunities to grow. Speaking from the Brisbane Mining Club, Knox ...
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A national tribunal is to consider minimum safety standards for Australian petrol tankers, after nationwide research revealed 1 in 4 tanker drivers were pressured to speed and 1 in 2 drivers reported inadequate brake inspections. ...
Strong market fundamentals lead to 30 per cent rise in investment sales volumes. Investment activity has surged to produce a $1 billion result in the first half of 2014, up from $661 million recorded in second half of 2013, according to ...
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Qantas customers will have greater travel and freight options between Australia and China than ever before, with new code share services now available for sale. Qantas customers can now book and travel on China Southern services to four ...
The High-Speed Rail Project is a collaboration between Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), and the University of Melbourne Energy Research Institute. The report? is to be released on 30 April. Its key findings ...
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US over-the-counter thermal coal prices changed little Thursday, as competing natural gas futures got a boost from end-of-season gas storage stocks falling to 822 Bcf, a level not seen since 2003. The increased consumption of gas this ...
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Miner BHP Billiton expects India to lead future demand growth for coking coal, as Chinese imports steady while global competition from suppliers in Australia, Russia and North America intensifies. The world's biggest seaborne coking coal ...
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Post recession, the earthmoving and construction equipment industry is loOKing at rapid growth once again. Investments in new facilities, innovation, new developments in machinery are being encouraged globally. Hydraulic equipment and truck ...
Tate & Lyle, a leading global provider of specialty food ingredients and solutions, announces the expansion of its direct sales capabilities in Japan and the opening of a new office in Tokyo. This initiative, which is in line with Tate & ...
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