Tag: mining
BHP’s South32 and Alcoa to suspend production at Alumar smelter
Global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing, Alcoa has announced that it will curtail the remaining 74,000 metric tons of smelting capacity...
New deal will allow GE’s Australia and New Zealand arm to focus on aviation...
GE Capital will sell its Australia and New Zealand Consumer Lending Business to leading global investment firm KKR, Värde Partners and Deutsche Bank for...
OZ Minerals to relocate to Adelaide – SA welcomes miner’s decision
Andrew Cole, the Chief Executive of OZ Minerals, Australia’s third largest copper producer, has announced that the company will be relocating its head office...
BetaSwage launches new product range
BetaSwage, a Victorian manufacturing firm and a leading producer of hose assembly equipment for the mining and manufacturing industry in Australia and internationally, has released...
South Australia to host world’s largest systems engineering event
The redeveloped Adelaide Convention Centre will house the International Council on Systems Engineering International Symposium in 2017 (IS2017), which is expected to be attended...
No permit, no problem – BHP Billiton plans to export US oil despite ban
Mining giant BHP Billiton has revealed plans to export ultra-light oil from the US without getting formal approval from Washington, testing the limits of...
BMA to let off 700 jobs at their Queensland mines
According to BMA, a major mine operator in Central Queensland, they plan to lay off 700 jobs from its Bowen Basin coal operations to...
New Efic Export Monitor focuses on rural exports, global supply chains and China’s urbanisation
Specialist financier and Australia's export credit agency, Efic, has released its latest Export Monitor that sheds light on the effect global supply chains have...
A $2.1m Newman Government boost for 5 priority resource exploration projects
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, The Honourable Andrew Cripps, has announced that the Newman Government will provide $2.1 million in funding for five...
Orica announces “demerger” of its chemicals division
Orica — the largest provider of commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining and infrastructure markets, a global leader in the provision of ground...