Colonial Pipeline Co shut down its main petroleum product pipelines on Monday after an explosion and fire in Shelby, Alabama, killing a worker and sending five to the hospital. [ + ]

Asset owners and professionals involved in the corrosion industry are encouraged to network with colleagues and peers, as well as learn the latest information concerning corrosion prevention, control and repair, by attending Corrosion & Prevention 2016 in Auckland. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has been awarded a position on the Climate A List by CDP, the international not-for-profit that drives sustainable economies. It is the only company of its industry to get an A grade for six years in a row. [ + ]

Local communities and governments will lose jobs and tax revenues as mines become increasingly automated using emerging technologies such as self-driving trucks. [ + ]

Media briefing in Nuremberg, Germany, will address the launch of fully integrated FDT/IIoT architecture. [ + ]

Komatsu and GE have today announced a 10-year partnership agreement to provide electrical remanufacturing services for mining equipment and vehicles. [ + ]

Bill Ferris AC, chair of Innovation and Science Australia, has called for a greater focus on the role of innovation in driving future economic growth and prosperity in a speech delivered recently at the NZVCA 2016 Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference. [ + ]

Belden has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Testbed, which aims to improve multivendor interoperability and to display the value of the IEEE 802.1 Ethernet standards for time-sensitive networking in a manufacturing ecosystem. [ + ]

HMS Industrial Networks has acquired eWON and is now offering the Netbiter remote management solution under the eWON brand. [ + ]

The Ai Group has reported that manufacturing activity in Australia improved in September, helped by activity in the food industry which recovered after a contraction the month before. [ + ]

With all the talk of the impact of the closure of car manufacturing in Australia, it has been easy to forget the impact it may have on our smaller trading partners. [ + ]

Modular microgrid offers scalable, containerised solution for easy transport, as well as fast and safe installation and commissioning. [ + ]

Mining communities throughout Australia are on alert after confirmation of Australia's first case of Black Lung disease in an open-cut coalmine worker at BHP Billiton's Goonyella Riverside Mine in Central Queensland's Bowen Basin. [ + ]

Australia Pacific LNG confirmed yesterday that it had produced the equivalent of a cargo of liquefied natural gas from the second train at its LNG Facility on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Queensland. [ + ]

NORD has released an anti-corrosion system for geared motors that is more effective than surface coatings to deliver an alternative to stainless steel at a much lower cost. [ + ]