Archived News for Engineering Professionals
The South Australian Government is backing new moves to bring more technology into the mining sector.
Unions dig at coal mine lung issues
Unions are keeping up their campaign to warn coal miners and their employers about ‘black lung’.
BHP lines up for big decline
BHP Billiton is staring down the barrel of a $10.3 billion write-down on its US shale oil and gas assets.
Techno toilet lets good ideas flow
British engineers have come up with a new design for one of the world’s most common inventions – the toilet.
Tug strike stops shipping
Tugboat engineers have launched strike action across the country over moves to change their employment awards.
Construction crunch could continue
Australia's construction industry contracted in December 2015, a weak end to the year despite a growth in apartment and house building.
Cops complain of bikie bruising
Victoria Police say construction unions are using outlaw bikie gangs as “hired muscle”.
Experts sound out new wave of vaccine
Australian researchers have started the year on a high note, with the creation of an entirely new type of sound wave.
Insiders spy nuclear new year
The director of the Energy Initiative at the University of Queensland says this year could see the rise of nuclear energy as a way for developing nations to provide base load power and keep carbon dioxide emissions down.
Iron decline puts Karara up for cuts
Jobs of hundreds of workers are at risk, as a large iron ore operation is hit by funding woes.
New deal for big gas expansion
Fossil fuel firm AWE has signed an agreement with Alinta Energy to allow the development of a gas field in the Perth basin.
Salty sun power warming up
The next few weeks should see progress on an entirely new energy system for Australia.
WA pole sale backed by analysts
Analysts say WA Government-owned Western Power’s poles and wires are the best electricity assets to sell in response to the surging popularity of rooftop solar.
Lobbyist lashes out at Paris
The head of a major European coal lobby says the industry will be “hated and vilified” like “slave-traders” after the Paris climate deal.
Call for more than funds for 'ideas boom'
Some potential recipients of the Federal Government’s $1.1 billion “ideas boom” investment say revolutionising the economy will take more than just money.
Gas giants get serious in WA seas
The ocean off Western Australia will become an even bigger hive of mining activity next year.
High-tech foam burns former fire-fighters
Researchers have unveiled a new kind of fire-fighting foam that becomes stronger as the temperature increases.
New depth for nano-scale cameras
Engineers at MIT have created a new atomic force microscope (AFM) that can create near real-time videos of nano-scale processes.
Palmer's plays keep hundreds at risk
The Queensland Government and the French territory of New Caledonia are avoiding Clive Palmer's attempts to keep his refinery afloat.
Locals leaping into big batteries
Australian energy firms Natural Solar and Origin will be the first to install Tesla Energy’s Powerwall in the local market.
Paris deal tries to get real on climate
The Federal Government signed an international climate change deal in Paris on Saturday night, which seeks to limit the future increase in global temperatures to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius.