Tag: Tasmania
Tasmanian timber manufacturer to invest in new technology
Tasmanian manufacturer Timberlink has announced a $700,000 investment in its Bell Bay mill to expand its business and create new jobs in the State’s...
Team Sentinel’s prototype sparks hope for Burnie to transform into an advanced manufacturing hub
Team Sentinel, a consortium of companies primed by Elbit Systems of Australia, which is one of four groups that are bidding for the $2.7...
Metro Tasmania to seek EOI from major bus manufacturers to build 100 new buses
Rene Hidding, Tasmania’s Minister for Infrastructure, has announced that Metro Tasmania will be seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) this July from major bus manufacturers...
Nyrstar to exit mining
Mining and metals giant Nyrstar has announced that it intends to sell all of its mining business assets.
The Belgian company issued a press release...
Grange Resources to cut jobs due to plunging iron ore prices
Iron ore miner Grange Resources has warned that it might be forced to cut jobs in order to reduce costs and rescale operations this...
$1m CAT Transition Taskforce investment to boost Tasmanian manufacturing and generate jobs
Tasmanian Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff has announced that 5 advanced manufacturing companies will share $1 million in Government funding through the Caterpillar Transition Taskforce Advanced...
Murray Goulburn acquires Tasmanian Dairy Products
Australia’s largest agricultural co-operative Murray Goulburn has announced that it has finalised the acquisition of the $80 million Tasmanian Dairy Products (TDP) facility from...
Australia’s unemployment rate remains unchanged – SA worst performing state
According to official data released yesterday from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australia's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.2% in September, after recording...
12 Pacific-rim nations, including Australia, ink largest free trade agreement in history
Australia, Canada, the US, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam signed the historic Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta, Georgia,...
Incat secures large ship building contract for Danish Mols-Linien A/S
Tasmanian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has announced that it has won a contract to build a large fast vehicle ferry for Danish company...
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