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Manufacturing continues to expand in October 

The Australian manufacturing sector has expanded for a fourth consecutive month, falling 1.9 points to 50.2 in the month of October. "A strong export performance...

Aluminium giant Alcoa reports disappointing earnings for 3rd quarter

As a result of the fall in the price of aluminium, as well as the sharp slowdown of some markets in China, aluminium giant...

Alinta Energy to close Leigh Creek coal mine in November, Port Augusta power stations...

Alinta Energy has announced that it will shut down its Leigh Creek coal mine on 17 November 2015 and the Port Augusta power stations...

Alcoa wins $1bn Airbus deal

Aluminium giant Alcoa has announced that it has signed a $1 billion deal with Airbus Group SE – the largest deal for aerospace fastening...

Australian PMI expands for 3rd straight month

AiGroup has reported that Australia’s manufacturing sector expanded for a third straight month in September. The falling Aussie dollar has boosted the Australian manufacturing sector...

Alcoa to split into two separate companies

Alcoa has announced that it will split its global operations into two independent companies – one focused on specialist manufacturing operations, the other on...

Rio Tinto turns on Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant

Weipa Solar, a 1.7MW solar PV plant at Rio Tinto's Weipa bauxite mine and processing facilities in north Queensland, has officially begun operation. The plant –...

Caterpillar to axe 10,000 jobs

As part of an extensive cost-cutting program, machinery and manufacturing giant Caterpillar will be terminating 10,000 jobs. The company said that its full year sales...

Veolia’s new “Plug-In” solutions slash heavy industry costs

Australia's declining heavy industry sector is under great pressure to cut unit production costs but improve safety, environmental control and quality. Leading environmental solutions provider...

SA Iron Road inks deal with Chinese investment consortium

South Australian junior miner Iron Road has inked Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with five Chinese steel companies, including with Shandong Iron & Steel Group...
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