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Cohuna Water Treatment Plant upgrades complete

Cohuna Water Treatment Plant upgrades complete Coliban Water has completed a suite of minor upgrades at Cohuna Water Treatment Plant to improve water quality and efficiency, including the installation of two new raw water pumps.  Coliban Executive General Manager Service Delivery, Danny McLean, said approximately $360,000 had been spent on the plant over the last […]

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New MD for Oceania appointed at global pump company

New MD for Oceania appointed at global pump company US-based water technology provider, Xylem has announced a new Managing Director for the Oceania region. Brian Krishna has been appointed to the position, effective 1 March 2021.  In this role, Mr Krishna will be responsible for managing the various Xylem operations and functions across the Oceania

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Slurry cartridge seals with a separable gland from a sealing technology innovator

Slurry cartridge seals with a separable gland from a sealing technology innovator SPE, a mechanical seal design and manufacturing company, has launched a slurry seal series of separable gland cartridge seals. These seals support the slurry, fiber, rubber, crystallising and high viscosity processes in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, bio-diesel, mining, and wastewater treatment industries. 

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Milestone achievement for Drouin Wastewater Treatment Plant build

Milestone achievement for Drouin Wastewater Treatment Plant build Plant equipment has arrived on site ready for installation for the construction of Gippsland Water’s state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant in Drouin, in a key milestone for the project Gippsland Water Managing Director, Sarah Cumming, said the $55 million upgrade was progressing well. “Foundation works and construction of

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Concrete supplier fined over alleged water pollution

Concrete supplier fined over alleged water pollution Concrete supplier Hymix Australia has received fines totalling $23,000 from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) over an alleged water pollution incident and allegedly failing to operate control equipment in a proper and efficient manner. The EPA inspected the Hymix concrete batching plant at Kincumber, near Gosford on

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Harnessing intelligence key to future industry success

Harnessing intelligence key to future industry success Austmine is delighted to announce its world-leading mining innovation conference will be held in Perth from 25-27 May 2021, with BHP as the Principal Sponsor. Austmine CEO, Christine Gibbs Stewart, said the conference theme, ‘Harnessing Intelligence’, will explore the importance of optimising the interaction between people, processes and

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Funding for equipment upgrades under NSW’s $750 million net zero plan

Funding for equipment upgrades under NSW’s $750 million net zero plan The NSW Government has announced its $750 million Net Zero Industry and Innovation program to support businesses around the state in capitalising on economic opportunities in the transition to zero emissions. The program will provide grants for equipment upgrades, technology development and setting up

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Climate Council welcomes minerals processing roadmap

Climate Council welcomes minerals processing roadmap The Climate Council has welcomed the Federal Government’s recently released ten-year Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Processing Roadmap, which makes funding available to improve Australia’s resource processing and manufacturing expertise.  The roadmap provides a plan to boost processing of critical minerals needed for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines

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Field investigations underway for Kyneton and Tylden water supply

Field investigations underway for Kyneton and Tylden water supply Field investigations are underway south of Kyneton as Coliban Water searches for a potential groundwater supply for Kyneton and Tylden. Coliban Water Executive General Manager Climate and Population Adaptation, Steve Healy, said the need to secure an alternative supply source was identified in the organisation’s Urban

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Innovative mining leaders take the stage for Austmine 2021

Innovative mining leaders take the stage for Austmine 2021 Austmine 2021: Harnessing Intelligence Mining Innovation Conference and Exhibition is set to open the stage to a host of high-calibre guest speakers, including David Moult, who took on the role of CEO at Yancoal in March 2020. Joining the organisation as COVID-19 entered our shores, Mr

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