Australia’s largest wire rope supplier WRI industries has been playing an ever-growing game since the 1920s, building a business from the BHP empire to become the largest supplier in the country, and thanks to a fortuitous buyout, the world.
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Orica half-year net profit slides as mining weakness continues
Orica’s net profit has fallen by nearly a third, partly due to the settlement with the Australian Taxation Office.
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A grim future for Arrium, Ford and Queensland Nickel workers?
RCR to exit coal mining
RCR has announced its plan to exit coal services, amid its other businesses, cutting close to 300 in the process.
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Graphite: to capitalise Australia needs to invest in conversion
Australia is pivoting its economy away from dependence on resources like coal and iron ore, but are there other commodities we can bank on to take up some of the slack? In this “future commodities” series we explore the economic future for commodities we’ve always relied on, and some we haven’t.
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Twisting the history of steel wire rope
Ben Hagemann puts a new twist in the tale of one of America’s last surviving steel wire rope manufacturers.
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Steel production slumped worldwide in 2015
Global steel output fell last year, the first time this has happened since 2009, according to figures from the World Steel Association released this week.
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Bradken must fix factory odour after putting closure on hold
Mining consumables business Bradken must rectify unacceptable odour levels emitted from its Kilburn factory by February next year, the Environmental Protection Authority has said.
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Orica gets greenlight for Kooragang facility expansion
The NSW Department of Planning has approved Orica’s proposal to increase the levels of ammonia at its Kooragang Island facility.
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Liebherr to launch new massive crawler
Liebherr has announced plans to manufacture a crawler tractor in the 70 tonne range.
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Wire rope companies Bridon and Bekaert to merge
Two of the world’s largest wire rope manufacturers – Bridon and Bekaert – have announced plans to merge.
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Sandvik releases new drill bits
Sandvik has launched new rotary drill bits, the RR221.
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Mining equipment demand to grow globally
Demand for mining equipment is predicted to grow seven per cent annually to US$140 billion through to 2019.
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Orica to appoint new chairman
Orica has announced former Orica Malcolm Broomhead as its new chairman.
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Economic complexity is the answer to Pyne’s innovation problem
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has tasked new Innovation, Industry and Science Minister Christopher Pyne with making Australia’s economy more innovative.
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Mining manufacturer urges Australian manufacturers to train in automation
Hunter company Hedweld has said that Australian manufacturers must train staff in automation and robotics.
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Arrium to slash jobs
Arrium have announced that they will be cutting costs and jobs in the aim to save $100 million as they try and improve the viability of the steelworks.
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Sandvik to divest materials handling division
Sandvik has announced its intention to divest its Mining Systems division.
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$3 million federal grant for mining haulage truck manufacturer
Haulmax has been awarded a $3 million grant to help develop two new explosives units for the surface mining industry.
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Caterpillar to slash jobs
Cat will slash jobs as the manufacturer records a 5 per cent fall in revenues year on year.
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