Tag: Tasmania
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...
Tasmanian Team Sentinel bids for $10bn LAND 400 project
Tasmanian manufacturer Elphinstone Group has partnered up with the Australian branch of Israeli-based Elbit Systems to bid for the multi-billion dollar defence project LAND...
Tasmanian Incat lands $50m contract to build 6 new ferries for Sydney Harbour
Hobart-based shipbuilder Incat has announced that it has won a $50 million contract to build 6 new ferries for Sydney Harbour.
In a media release,...
ACL Bearing car parts factory reopens – 40 new jobs to be created
Launceston car parts company ACL Bearing, which closed last year as a result of the slow demise of the Australian car manufacturing sector, will...