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NISSAN Australia is laying off 50 workers at its Dandenong South aluminium casting plant, in response to low demand for its engines and parts.
30/01/2009 |
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NIPPON Steel and other Japanese steelmakers are calling for cuts of the costs their raw materials, as the costs of natural resources plummet and demand for steel drops.
30/01/2009 |
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SANDVIK Materials Technology has amended its alloy surcharge model by reducing the time lag and by imposing the model on copper and titanium.
29/01/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND-based Coolshield International has won the inaugural Gaia Award gold medal for its pre-coated water-based acrylic coating for metal sheeting.
29/01/2009 |
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THE WORLD Steel Association says steel production figures from 2008 indicated a global decline of 1.2% on 2007.
28/01/2009 |
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EXECUTIVES of metal supplier Western Titanium have been indicted for fraud over weak titanium parts it supplied to Boeing and the US Air Force.
27/01/2009 |
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SIMS Metal Management says the weaker stainless and titanium markets means its half-year forecast profits will drop by around $40m.
27/01/2009 |
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THE AUSTRALIAN has a story on how metal working companies are now struggling to keep skilled workers employed, as work runs out and projects stall.
23/01/2009 |
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ROMHELD Automation says it has launched Australia’s first online ordering system for precision chuck jaws.
23/01/2009 |
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THE WAGGA Iron Foundry has been named runner up in the category of Excellence in Product and Service for the 2008 Wagga Wagga Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business awards.
22/01/2009 |
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RIO TINTO Alcan, bowing to the global financial crisis, says it will be further reducing production of aluminium, slashing the global workforce, and closing smelters.
22/01/2009 |
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CHINA’s largest steelmaker has raised prices for key steel products for March, halting decisively five months of price declines.
21/01/2009 |
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SWP INTEGRA, a division of Specialised Welding Products, claims to have developed new welding procedures which extend the life of crusher mantles.
21/01/2009 |
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FABRICATION and construction business Haywards has secured a $10m contract to provide roof framing for a new Victorian sporting stadium.
20/01/2009 |
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THE METAL working industry may recover its workforce, in an unexpected benefit from the financial storm cloud hanging over the Australian mining sector.
20/01/2009 |
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A CLASS Metal Finishers, with the help of Mason Gray Strange, is auctioning off surplus metal finishing and other metal working equipment.
20/01/2009 |
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US-BASED DTR Industries says it has improved its productivity by 25% after retrofitting its welding robots with Miller Electric systems.
19/01/2009 |
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EFFICIENCY Works and SkillsTech Australia have presented twenty metal workers from Stoddart Manufacturing with Certificates in Competitive Manufacturing.
19/01/2009 |
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SANDVIK Coromant’s January 2009 issue of Metalworking World has looked at how an Indian automotive subcontractor is employing visually impaired workers in its production line.
19/01/2009 |
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A NEW welding, fabrication and machining course in Clare, SA, will provide the unemployed and students with a flexible way of getting industrial skills.
16/01/2009 |
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QUICKSTEP Holdings says it has installed the most precise five-axis milling machine in Australia, as well as three autoclaves at its North Coogee headquarters in Western Australia.
15/01/2009 |
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CHINA will be bolstering its steel industry with tax cuts and subsidies in a $584b economy stimulus package based on boosting the automotive sector and infrastructure projects.
15/01/2009 |
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WORKSAFE Victoria is investigating a fatality at the Sims Metal Brooklyn metal recycling factory on 14 January 2009.
15/01/2009 |
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RCR ENGINEERING says it has completed the fabrication and welding of two massive composters for the Neerabup Resource Recovery Facility.
14/01/2009 |
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ACCORDING to Millsom, vacuum handling systems can aid in optimising metal working processes, whether the metal is in sheets, cut parts, finished, or semi-finished.
13/01/2009 |
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KIRBY Adams, former CEO of Bluescope Steel Australia, has taken on the role of CEO of Corus and Tata Steel Europe.
12/01/2009 |
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AN INTERNATIONAL study released by auditors KPMG indicates the automotive sector will experience multiplying levels of bankruptcies in the five years leading to 2014.
12/01/2009 |
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ALCOA has announced it will slash its global workforce by 13%, although aluminium workers in Australia will not be at risk.
09/01/2009 |
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THE SME Metalworking Fluid blog has outlined an alternative machining lubrication technology which is cleaner, cooler, and results in longer tool life.
08/01/2009 |
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RIO Tinto has restarted its iron ore mining operations in Pilbara, putting an end to a two-week closure it undertook towards the close of 2008.
07/01/2009 |
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RONSON Gears will be commissioning three new pieces of metal working machinery to help with gear manufacturing.
07/01/2009 |
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THE US steel industry is now pleading for the government to invest up to $1.42t in public infrastructure to stimulate demand for the metal.
07/01/2009 |
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ACCORDING to the World Steel Association, the November 2008 figures for world crude steel production have been collated, and indicate a 19% drop from November 2007.
06/01/2009 |
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THE COMPOSITES Centre within the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing has chosen to use Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system for its machining operations.
06/01/2009 |
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THE GLOBAL downturn of the steel business has been fingered as a key factor behind a $130m lawsuit being filed against Fortescue Metals by Greek shipping group Angelicoussis.
05/01/2009 |
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RIO TINTO has suspended operations at the Hismelt joint venture pig-iron plant near Perth for three months.
05/01/2009 |