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China to accept Brazil's super-sized iron ore carriers

29 September, 2014

China has lifted its ban on the massive Valemax iron ore bulk carriers owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale.


Paving the road ahead for manufacturing in Australia

26 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Engineers Australia

A forum on the future of Australia's manufacturing sector will bring leaders of industry and academia together to debate the challenges that lie ahead and the role of innovation.


Robotics competition grand final

23 September, 2014

27 student teams from universities across Australia and New Zealand will compete in the 4th annual National Instruments (NI) Autonomous Robotics Competition Grand Final at Macquarie University, Sydney on Thursday, 25 September.


UN wants coal to stay in the ground

23 September, 2014

The federal government says coal will serve as an affordable, dependable energy source for decades to come. But this is at odds with the views of the UN, which in the lead-up to the New York climate summit warned that coal has no future in the world's energy mix.


Sydney Engineering Excellence Awards winners announced

22 September, 2014

Winners of the Sydney Engineering Excellence Awards for 2014 have been announced by Engineers Australia Sydney Division.


Winners of the 2014 Honeywell APAC UniSim Design Challenge announced

22 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

Four students from Curtin University in Sarawak, Malaysia, collaborate to improve energy efficiency in the natural gas processing industry.


ABB to enable integration of renewables in Alaskan island microgrid

22 September, 2014 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd

Innovative solution to enable Kodiak island to integrate more renewable energy and stabilise power supply across its remote and isolated microgrid.


Honeywell announces new oil and gas solution at HUG Asia-Pacific symposium

22 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

Honeywell Process Solutions has announced its new Digital Suites for Oil and Gas solution, designed to help upstream oil and gas organisations boost production by 3-5%.


Flexicon to double size of headquarters

22 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited

Flexicon Corporation has broken ground for an expansion that will double the size of its world headquarters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, it was announced by president and CEO David Gill.


Has Australia's luck run out?

19 September, 2014

Chinese coal import restrictions are expected to impact Australia's economy.


Astronauts and a former Prime Minister headline Australia's largest engineering event

19 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Engineers Australia

The future of Australia's manufacturing sector, climate change and the role of nuclear energy are just some of the big issues to be debated when thousands of engineers of all disciplines descend on Melbourne for Convention 2014.


Dassault Systèmes acquires Quintiq

17 September, 2014

Dassault Systèmes has completed its €250 million acquisition of Quintiq, a provider of on-premise and on-cloud supply chain and operations planning and optimisation software.


Car-parts supplier DENSO to cease local manufacturing

15 September, 2014

DENSO Automotive Systems Australia has announced it will cease all local manufacturing and assembly operations.


NSW moves a step closer to uranium mining

15 September, 2014

Two years after NSW overturned a uranium exploration ban, six companies have been invited to apply for exploration licences.


Honeywell promotes knowledge sharing at 2014 Asia-Pacific users group

12 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Honeywell Process Solutions

Industry leaders will converge on the Gold Coast for the 25th annual event.


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