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LEADING manganese ore producer Consolidated Minerals (Consmin) has announced that it is in an important transitional year as its Woodie Woodie mine moves from being contractor-operated to owner-operated. The announcement follows a detailed review of Woodie Woodie’s strategic plan during the first half of 2011, and the company expects the shift will help reduce cash costs at the Pilbara mine. Ukrainian-owned Consmin, which also owns 90 per cent of Ghana Manganese Company (which in turn owns and operates a manganese operation in Ghana), is one of the top five manganese ore producers in the world. Record production levels experienced at Woodie Woodie last year confirm this. Despite Consmin taking a hit last year as the Australian dollar strengthened and manganese...

PROUDLY celebrating 50 years of service, Acromet continues to supply Australian-made metering pumps and dry material feeders to clients around the world. The company was originally based on its founder’s concepts of innovative equipment design, fuelled by a passion for providing robust and reliable products with the highest possible accuracy. Acromet’s initial product range specialised in gaseous chlorination. The company was responsible for introducing the unique all-vacuum chlorination system into the Australian market – a system now adopted by all major manufacturers. In 1969, Acromet expanded its reach into the industrial market with its introduction of an all-Australian designed and manufactured range of diaphragm and plunger metering pumps and accessories, known as the 900 Series. During this period, the company...

TRADING as Bass Electrical Engineering, ARA Electrical designs and constructs mobile switch rooms and switchboards for the Australian mining and resources sector. With more than 34 years of experience in creating turnkey electrical engineering and communications solutions, Bass has a reputation for manufacturing innovative, quality products built to Australian and international standards. Bass’s custom-built products offer a cost-effective means of controlling power on remote sites. Bass mobile switch rooms comprise main and auxiliary switchboard power distribution, motor control centres and a separate dedicated automation room. Off-site manufacturing enables comprehensive factory testing prior to delivery, with minimal on-site commissioning time. The design and layout of Bass’s switch rooms is such that they can be split lengthwise, enabling uncomplicated transportation by road...

INDUSTRY-leading fleet services company Sargent is introducing 15 ‘go anywhere’ specialist buses to its fleet for use across Queensland’s booming coal seam gas industry. The 4x4 heavy-duty, off road vehicles known as truck busses will be used by Australian Pacific LNG (APLNG) and Queensland Gas Company (QGC) to securely shuttle crews across their Surat Basin and Bowen Basin project sites. With mine safety an ongoing focus, Sargent chief executive officer Grant Chugg said demand for the specialised buses was growing as more gas projects came online. “We chose the 4000 series with 18 seats because it is better suited to the gas industry and the number of people they need to move at a time, and meets all the stringent...

DAIMLER Trucks Perth has expanded and is now able to provide customers with new Fuso, Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner trucks and buses from its new location on Kewdale Road in Welshpool, WA. In addition to its range of new busses and trucks, Daimler Trucks Perth also  stocks a range of quality used vehicles and provides on-site finance approval. It offers late night vehicle servicing, builds one-off special purpose vehicles and stocks a huge range of factory and aftermarket parts and accessories. Daimler Trucks Perth has a reputation for being a ‘one stop shop’ capable of   meeting all its customers’ needs. he company provides Fuso 22 or 25  seat Rosa busses; Mercedes-Benz 6  busses; new trucks ranging from customised body building solutions....

BLOW out the cobwebs at WA’s only shooting complex. Established more than 15 years ago, Lone Ranges Shooting Complex in the Perth suburb of Belmont is one of the safest recreational shooting facilities in Australia, offering customers the thrill of shooting handguns, rifles and shotguns in the security of an indoor complex that operates seven days a week. On offer are famous guns such as the Browning, Beretta, Glock, Ruger, Smith and Wesson, Para Ordnance and Desert Eagle. As well as these famed guns, customers also have a choice of cowboy lever action rifles, 12 gauge shotguns and .22lr rifles which can be used to test accuracy. Lone Ranges can organise social or business functions and team building exercises, and...

FOR many years the well-kept secret of international ski enthusiasts, in recent years Japan has exploded onto the market as a major, mainstream ski destination. Increasingly aware of the perfect powder and well groomed slopes of its many ski resorts, more and more Australians are making an annual pilgrimage to Japan. With Tokyo only a nine-hour flight from Australia, the proximity allows for either short seven-night holidays or longer stays. Some of Japan’s ski resorts are so small that they only operate one lift, but its primary ski destinations are very large and cater to crowds of international tourists. These larger resorts include the towns of Niseko, Rusutsu and Furano on the north island of Hokkaido; and major resorts on...