Barilla launches gluten free pasta in Australia One of the world's largest pasta producers, Barilla, has announced it will enter Australia's rapidly growing gluten-free foods category with the introduction of a new gluten-free pasta ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Australia's food and grocery body welcomes Government's deregulation moves The Australian food and grocery sector is supportive of the Australian Government's actions to reduce the regulatory burden on business, according to industry body ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Chinese buyers refrained from meeting the delivered-price expectations of seaborne cargo sellers in unsettled Asian trade Friday, as weak fundamentals in the domestic market prolonged a week-old standoff between buyers and sellers, said ...
Tags: China Cargo Market, coal producer, thermal coal market
Australia's Port Hedland is considering plans to increase its port capacity which could translate into an increase in the port's iron ore exports to 500 million mt per year through new terminals at Finucane Island and Lumsden Point, ...
Tags: iron ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA) condemns the decision by the Federal Government to cut all funding to ECA and to abandon its ethical procurement guidelines. This decision will harm vulnerable home workers and ethical Australian businesses ...
Tags: Ethical Clothing, Govt Funding, TCF industry
Certification and labeling schemes of products are an important factor of successful market surveillance. The Euporean union has enacted two important labellings schemes in the field of energy and resource efficiency, revealing the ...
Sydney’s fleet of food trucks will become a permanent fixture after a successful two-year trial period, the City of Sydney Council has announced. After strong support from Sydneysiders — and enquiries from more than 600 ...
Tags: food trucks, Trial Period
Grinders Coffee was not launched to become a large supplier of coffee and coffee equipment throughout the whole of Australia.It was begun because two Lygon Street Melbourne coffee roasters believed they could do better than what was ...
Tags: Grinders, Grinders Coffee, Coffee
Australians love to dine out as much as they love their takeaway, especially on fast food, with more than half the population visiting a major fast food chain in the past month, according to a new Out of Home Dining report released 11 March ...
Tags: fast food, Agriculture, Food
Over the last four years, a new crop of ‘Irish’ alcoholic beverage brands has gained popularity among Australian drinkers, while consumption of Guinness remains steady, according to market research organisation Roy Morgan ...
The focus in the Chinese spot market was back on domestic thermal coal prices, which buckled in Asia trade and caused buying interest on cargoes of imported fuel to sink below $75/mt CFR South China in many cases, said market sources. ...
Tags: Buckles, Thermal Coal
Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
Trader procurement continued to boost spot demand in the Asian iron ore market, as trades got concluded at increasingly higher levels on the day, supporting a firming market. The Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index rose $2.75/dmt to $111.50/dmt ...
Tags: Iron Ore Market, spot demand, steelmaker
Samsung has launched its 2014 line-up of appliances for the Australian market, with the brand reiterating its commitment to the cooking category and emphasising its focus on premium whitegoods. With products in seasonal, cooking, ...
Tags: Samsung, Consumer Electronics, refrigerator, Cook Oven, Microwave
New research from the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) has found that Australian SME exporters' confidence is on the up, with 36 per cent of active SME exporters expecting overseas sales to increase in the next 12 months. ...