NEW Zealand based MCK Metals Pacific is under investigation, after its New Plymouth factory fired its fulltime local metal workers, while keeping its Filipino welders.
23/03/2009
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
BLUESCOPE Steel has released a presentation about its New Zealand Steel operations, detailing its history, operations and upcoming projects.
05/06/2008
A NEW Zealand man was treated for burns to his arms and face, after a fuel tank he was welding on 22 March 2009 exploded.
24/03/2009
BUSINESS NZ’s new Performance of Manufacturing Index figures show New Zealand’s manufacturing sector has contracted, with recovery some time away.
21/04/2009
A NEW Zealand sub-contractor was killed after a storage tank he was welding exploded on 4 September 2009.
08/09/2009
COMPETENZ says new research shows manufacturers of metal products, machinery and equipment will have faster growth from now to 2013 than over the past five years.
11/08/2009
NEW Zealand-based Fletcher Building will buy the Australian steel fabricator Fielders in an effort to expand its production capabilities.
08/10/2008
ONESTEEL has stopped its takeover attempt of New Zealand’s Steel and Tube, as the adverse financial conditions hit home.
20/10/2008
STEEL and Tube, a New Zealand steel products manufacturer says its full year profit was 16%, but expects a tougher 2009 to 2010 year.
13/08/2009
NEW Zealand-based Steel and Tube Holdings has released its results from the first half of the 2008/2009 trading year.
16/02/2009
IMTS Laser Specialists has announced the availability of PRIMA’s new ultra fast, cost effective laser system, the Zaphiro to the Australian/New Zealand sheet metal industry.
09/12/2009
BLUESCOPE Steel has stopped its New Zealand slab-making operation the water-cooling system failed.
21/07/2008
ATLAS Group has sold its Atlas Specialty Metals Distribution business in Australia and New Zealand.
07/11/2008
RIO TINTO says it is starting to restore capacity at its New Zealand Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.
05/06/2009
LANZATECH has won the Green Technology Innovator of the Year award for its technology which recycles waste gases from steel mill flues.
02/09/2009
PANCELTICA has acquired New Zealand-based Scottsdale and incorporated its metal fabrication technology which cuts the time needed to fabricate components for light-weight steel-framed structures.
31/03/2008
RIO Tinto has extended output cuts at its New Zealand aluminium smelter in response to the country’s dwindling hydroelectric reserves.
14/05/2008
NEW Zealand-based Crown Sheet Metal says its $2.45m expansion project is again underway, as the roof was placed on its Invercargill workshop.
05/02/2009
MINISTER for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr says steel industry executive Cyril Benjamin has been appointed as the new Steel Supplier Advocate.
23/11/2009