THREE metal companies have been inducted into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame.
08/06/2010 |
ONESTEEL says the Whyalla blast furnace will return to normal operations in three to six weeks, a delay on its original timing.
05/05/2010 |
THE AUSTRALIAN Steel Institute has added a third category to its annual Sustainable Steel Awards, recognising excellence in design using Australian steel.
23/04/2010 |
SIEMENS says it recently developed a new process which cuts the energy required to recycle steel and also lowers carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
16/02/2010 |
BIRCHWOOD Casey says its new MICROLOK AO Process forms a non-toxic, aluminium oxide conversion coating 0.000060 inches thick to the metal surface.
15/12/2009 |
HOBART Welding Products has released its IronMan 230 single-phase, MIG/FCAW welder to replace the IronMan 210 and 250 units by combining their features in a single unit.
03/12/2009 |
LINCOLN Electric has launched its Buy America welding consumables to meet related requirements for infrastructure rebuild projects related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
30/11/2009 |
MECHEL says it participated in the 15th Metal Expo' 2009 international industrial exhibition which was held from 10 to 13 November 2009.
17/11/2009 |
AUSMELT says it has won its seventh copper smelter contract in China, to which it will supply design services and core equipment for a copper smelter.
16/11/2009 |
ALCOA says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with RUSNANO to explore opportunities for applying nanotechnology in the aluminum industry.
03/11/2009 |
ACCORDING to Kent Duston from Autonomic Consulting, Kiwi tax payers will pay an equivalent of NZ$225,000 ($182,700) for each job at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.
28/10/2009 |
UNISON has supplied a second all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing Integrated Defence Systems’ facility in Philadelphia.
19/10/2009 |
RIO TINTO will not proceed with its Coega aluminium smelter project in South Africa, due to a lack of electricity.
16/10/2009 |
THE CONSTRUCTION, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union of Tasmania wants a government inquiry into safety at Nyrstar’s Hobart zinc smelter.
13/10/2009 |
OVERALL Forge has received $550,000 under the Re-tooling for Climate Change grants program for measures to improve furnace efficiency.
09/10/2009 |
RIO Tinto Alcan claims a fire at its Bell Bay aluminium plant is under control.
02/10/2009 |
STEEL maker and distributor OneSteel has reported encouraging improvements in the steel market in is annual report.
01/10/2009 |
CAST CRC has reported on the 2009 Aluminium Cast House Technology conference, which ran from 13 to 16 September.
25/09/2009 |
ACCORDING to RobotWorx, industrial robots are a safe and cost-effective alternative to the manual drossing process used to galvanise steel.
23/09/2009 |
OUTOTEC says it will be delivering engineering and smelter technology to Iran, after receiving two orders worth a total of approximately $16.9m.
18/09/2009 |