ERA celebrates recycling of electronics In time for National Recycling Week Electrical Recycling Australia (ERA) has celebrated its achievements in recycling e-waste in South Australia. Backed by Bedford Industries, the company has in the the year to date notched up these statistics: 4,759 e-waste deliveries received; Daily average intake: 10,285 kilograms; and total e-waste processed:…
Explosives and fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot’s losses continued during FY24 as it unwinds the effects of the closure of its Gibson Island, Brisbane fertiliser plant and the sale of its troubled Waggaman, Louisiana ammonia facility. The company reported a net loss after tax including individually material items (IMIs) of $311 million, down from FY23’s profit…
Global explosives maker Dyno Nobel has opened a new automated electronic detonator plant.
By Peter Roberts Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has topped off a national tour of green energy projects across the country with the inauguration of a community battery in Bondi, New South Wales. Flanked by CEOs Marc England of Ausgrid, Frank Calabria of Origin and Mark Collett of Energy Australia he revealed that…
Incitec Pivot has announced that negotiations with Indonesia’s PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (PKT) have ended, following weeks of discussions, with Incitec saying it continues to explore options for splitting its fertiliser and explosive divisions. As reported by @AuManufacturing and others in May, Incitec was in “advanced negotiations” with Indonesia’s PKT on a potential sale of…
By Peter Roberts The federal government has secured ‘more gas at reasonable prices’ to be made available for Australia’s east coast gas users through a new supply deal with Walloons, part of Shell, according to the government. An additional 40 petajoules will be made available for the domestic market for gas power generation between now…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Incitec Pivot’s fertiliser business heads for foreign control Yet another Australian manufacturing operation is heading for foreign control with fertiliser and explosives business Incitec Pivot confirming it was negotiating the sale of its fertiliser manufacturing to an Indonesian…
Yet another Australian manufacturing operation is heading for foreign control with fertiliser and explosives business Incitec Pivot confirming it was negotiating the sale of its fertiliser manufacturing to an Indonesian company. IPL’s CEO & Managing Director Mauro Neves told investors the company had continued to progress the structural separation of its fertiliser and explosives businesses.…
Chemistry Australia has announced the winners of the 2024 Industry Awards, with awards going to leaders of the Australian chemistry industry gathered in Melbourne. The achievements of finalists and winners were celebrated across six award categories. Chemistry Australia CEO Samantha Read said the Industry Awards continue to be an important opportunity to highlight the valuable…
Cobram Estate now the US’s biggest producer of olive oil Cobram Estate Olives has likely become the largest olive oil producer in the United States following strong growth seen in the just completed 2023 Californian harvest season. The company saw the production of 3.2 million litres of olive oil, 89 percent higher than 29022’s harvest…
