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Imtech receives multi-million dollar maintenance contract

Wednesday 10 December 2008

IMTECH has recently received medium-sized contracts from the oil, gas and steel industries totalling 82m euro for shutdowns, expansion, upgrading, maintenance and management.


Bougainville mine closer to reopening

Wednesday 03 December 2008

BOUGAINVILLE Copper says it is getting closer to restoring the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, which has been closed since 1989.


Do not reduce migrant intake, engineers warn

Tuesday 28 October 2008

ENGINEERS are warning the government against reducing skilled migrant intake in the face of uncertain economic conditions.


CSR commissions Pioneer mill early

Wednesday 20 August 2008

CSR SAYS it has commenced commissioning activities at its Pioneer milling facilities ahead of schedule.


Engineering shortage set to double in 10 years

Thursday 07 August 2008

ENGINEERS Australia says local industry is setting itself up for a catastrophic shortage of qualified engineers, compounding the current skills crisis.


The circle of instrument maintenance and decay

Friday 01 August 2008

JOHN Immelman from Endress+Hauser Australia has written about how outsourcing killed instrument maintenance, as well as its upcoming resurrection.


Maintenance engineering firm leaps ahead

Tuesday 24 June 2008

RCR Tomlinson has secured four engineering projects worth more than $47m in Australia, providing equipment, construction and overhauling services.


Gold processing plant dismantled early

Friday 30 May 2008

INTEGRA Mining claims to have completely dismantled and removed its gold processing plant one month ahead of schedule.


Wet weather could delay maintenance

Monday 19 May 2008

NYRSTAR says it might have to delay maintenance work on its Port Pirie smelter, because of wet weather in South Australia.


Remediate data for better reliability

Thursday 15 May 2008

SCOTT Weston, the reliability engineer for Global Knowledge Management, has written about why remediation of Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) data is an important part of reliability-centred maintenance.


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