Australian iron ore development company BC Iron has announced its fiscal results for the first half ending December 31 of the financial year 2013-14, posting a net profit of A$70.3 million, significantly increasing compared to A$7.7 million ...
A new report released by NRMA Motoring & Services has shown Australia’s reliance on imported transport fuel has risen from 60 per cent in 2000 to 91 per cent in 2013, putting immense pressure on Australia’s liquid fuel security ...
Tags: imported transport fuel, medicine supplies, electric vehicles
A NEW technique being developed by West Australian chemists could provide crime investigators with a safer, simpler and more versatile method for extracting good quality fingermarks, even from non-porous surfaces and in wet or humid ...
Tags: extracting good quality fingermarks, NEW technology, toxic solvent
The major Telcos have launched dedicated web pages for consumers to pre-register interest for the Galaxy S5, including Optus, Telstra and Vodafone. Samsung took to the stage in Barcelona for its Mobile World Congress launch event this ...
Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced that it has suspended production at its smallest iron ore mine Yarrie in Western Australia as an additional productivity measure, until further notice. The company said that the employees at the ...
Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron Limited has announced its financial results for the first half ending on December 31 of the financial year 2013-14. According to the results, in the given period Atlas recorded a net profit of A$74 ...
Tags: Iron, net profit, iron ore shipments
It's been a good start to the financial year for Telstra,with half yearly results placing the telco giant on track to meet forecasted end-of-financial-year targets. Half-yearly results,released today,indicate that total income for Telstra ...
Tags: Telstra, Telstra Sales, Telstra mobile users
It's been a busy week for Panasonic Australia.Last Friday the company announced the impending retirement of managing director Steve Rust and the appointment of new MD Paul Reid,effective from April.Today,the appointment announcements ...
Tags: Panasonic, CEG director, CEG
An international team has analysed Jurassic arthropod-plant interactions from the Australian fossil record. Fossilised plants were inspected for insect 'bite marks' to determine insect-plant relationships during the Jurassic era. "We've ...
Tags: Interaction, Fossil Record, Carboniferous, Jurassic
The past week has seen the equivalent of the total world’s annual coffee product traded in a five-day period, creating panic buying. Origin producers have also begun withdrawing from the market in anticipation of higher prices ...
Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced a net profit after tax of $502.8 million, before significant items. Net profit after tax (including significant items) decreased by 82.5 per cent to $79.9 million for the twelve ...
Tags: operating cost structure, Results Decline, Capital Expenditure
February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Some yoghurts and cheeses may reduce risk of diabetes by one-third Higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, may reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28 per cent, according ...
Tags: Yoghurts, Diabetes, EPIC-Norfolk, MRC
February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Australian-based dairy businesses have coped differently with 'difficult' market conditions Food and beverage company Lion has announced its Dairy and Drinks business experienced “significant ...
Tags: Bega, Lion Dairy, WCB, RTD
At its foundations, The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is an educational body with a broad mission to impart packaging expertise to the wider industry. So, early in 2013, the AIP worked with the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) ...
A year after inking a deal with new machine partner Breville, Nespresso has unveiled its newest line-up of capsule coffee machines, due to hit the market in time for Mother’s Day. Produced for the Australian market in association with ...
Tags: Coffee Machines, light-weight design, design