Although the Australian manufacturing sector is much smaller than in the past, it has been experiencing a continuous recovery for 13 months — the longest growth phase in over a decade. [ + ]

Australia's heavy vehicle fleet will undergo its first national health check as a two-month National Roadworthiness Baseline Survey begins this week. [ + ]

We are wasting our waste — particularly our industrial waste — University of Sydney chemical engineering experts advise. [ + ]

Researchers have developed smart threads that can be woven into pressure-sensitive electronic skin for robots or medical prosthetics. [ + ]

True to tradition, the second day of QME 2016 was the busiest so far, with over 1500 visitors from the mining, engineering and construction industries to Mackay Showgrounds. [ + ]

With up to 1 in 3 fly-in fly-out workers reportedly experiencing mental health difficulties, as part of a new campaign, suicide prevention organisation R U OK? is urging workmates to support one another before they hit rock bottom. [ + ]

Regeneration, recovery and reinvention will be a key focus at Chemeca 2016, the largest annual gathering of Australian and New Zealand chemical and process engineers. [ + ]

Researchers in Beijing argue that China's coal consumption has already peaked, partly as a result of changes in the Chinese economy, but also as a result of environmental policies. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has signed an agreement with MPPIglobal to work collaboratively together to deliver a real-time productivity (RTP) solution to its customers in the mining, metals and minerals industries. [ + ]

Rockwell recommends five key steps for protecting productivity and safety as workers retire and new technologies redefine roles. [ + ]

A cluster of manufacturers in south-east Queensland are calling for a high-tech manufacturing hub for Brisbane. [ + ]

CSIRO and Enirgi Group have joined forces to develop and commercialise an affordable and low-emission technology for producing magnesium metal. [ + ]

Revolutionary technology requires no overhead lines and offers a silent and zero-emission mass transit solution as a viable alternative to diesel buses, providing a model for future urban transportation. [ + ]

The system is designed to contribute to increased quality and productivity through linked operations of manufacturing execution systems. [ + ]

The Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Dr Anthony Lynham, will be joining the thought leaders panel discussion at Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition 2016. [ + ]