SYDNEY-based WorleyParsons has been awarded a contract by United States Steel to form an alliance to support four of its steel works and tube making operations.
18/09/2009
THE UNITED States Navy will replace traditional welding with electron beam welding to cut manufacturing costs for its Virginia Class submarines.
03/07/2008
According to the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), the steel can is the world’s most recycled packaging material.
30/01/2008
METAL recycler Sims Metal Management has acquired US-based Fairless Iron & Metal, a full-service ferrous and non-ferrous recycler.
03/07/2009
VICTORIA’S Young Manufacturer of the Year for 2008 was going to be part of the police force, but a casual apprenticeship got him hooked to fitting and tooling.
19/05/2008
EUROPEAN cars could soon be more than a luxury, with one steel maker claiming Europe’s car makers could be looking at a 60% price rise in steel.
30/06/2008
BOEING is establishing the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in cooperation with the Swinburne University of Technology.
08/09/2009
THE DEBATE over emissions trading has shifted to focus on aluminium, as a new report show Australia’s smelters are lagging behind Africa’s in energy efficiency, and the unions warn of massive job losses.
14/07/2008
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
BOEING has sued Alcoa for US$12m in costs for providing defective titanium aircraft parts.
14/05/2008