The revitalization of the non-mineral economy is headed by manufacturing is the new Australian government's important policy goals. The federal government is hard working to strengthen the interaction with the state sector, activate the ...
Tags: Manufacturing Industry, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Showyin's OAM, he said, honoured and humbled him. That he was reinforces that Showyin deserved the recognition. Let's look at the honour. Before stepping down late last year, Showyin had served as the Aerosol Association’s ...
Tags: Showyin's OAM, Spray, Aerosol Industry, Packaging
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) are developing quality control systems for unprocessed and processed food items using infrared technology. Funded by an Australian Research Council grant, the project is aimed ...
Tags: Infrared Technology, Food Quality
Haier has claimed a 9.7 per cent global market share in home appliances during 2013, up from 8.6 per cent in 2012, to retain its Number One ranking for the fifth consecutive year, according to UK-based research firm Euromonitor ...
Tags: Haier, Yvonne Hong, Euromonitor, local market
Soniq, JB Hi-Fi’s exclusive retail brand, is on the front foot talking up its recent successes. The brand, which also sells directly online, has traditionally kept a low profile, though this is expected to change in 2014 with a series ...
Tags: LED TV, low cost models, Hisense
Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
Tags: thermal coal, Mineral
First production from the Papua New Guinea LNG project is now expected in the third quarter of this year, Australian joint venture partner Santos said Friday as it reported its financial results for 2013. Santos holds 13.5% of the ...
Tags: LNG project, Mineral
Sony made waves overnight with the company's head office announcing a global restructure that will see it shed 5,000 jobs, sell its Vaio PC business to Japanese company Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), and separate its TV business as a ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Sony, Electronics
Peers voted in favour of an amendment to the Children and Families Bill which would allow the quick introduction of plain packs if it became government policy. James Lowman, ACS chief executive, said: “If the government becomes ...
Tags: Tobacco Industry, Plain Packaging
Around a quarter of Australian metallurgical coal is sold on a spot basis following a significant increase in production and the fact that the primary buyer, China, prefers short-term pricing, an analysis of Platts data and a survey of ...
Tags: Coal Market, Spot Pricing
Pluristem Therapeutics, a developer of placenta-based cell therapies, has been granted a new patent by the Australian Patent Office. Patent #2007228341 covers the method and composition of matter for three-dimensional (3D) expansion of ...
Tags: 3D Cell Expansion, Pluristem
Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced its financial results for the first half of the financial year 2013-14 ended on December 31. During the half year, Fortescue's net profit amounted to US$1.72 billion, compared ...
Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) have announced that Robe River Iron Associates, the joint venture company formed by Australian miner Rio Tinto, Mitsui and NSSMC, will invest in ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mine, Mineral
Australian flat steel producer BlueScope has announced that it has agreed to acquire the downstream long product rolling and marketing operations of Fletcher Building's Pacific Steel Group (Pacific Steel), based in Auckland, New Zealand. ...
Tags: Pacific Steel, flat steel
Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2013. According to its financial statement, BHP Billiton posted a net profit of US$8.1 billion for the first half of the ...
Tags: BHP Billiton, mining