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Building a greener geosynthetics product portfolio
December 10th, 2021
Photograph courtesy Geofabrics Australasia Geofabrics Australasia has been manufacturing geosynthetics for more than three decades at its site at Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The company manufacturers geosynthetics for the building and infrastructure sectors. Geofabrics Australasia increased its use of recycled content in its products starting in May 2020 with the creation of materials that […]
Geofabrics Australasia acquires Plascorp Group
October 4th, 2021
Geofabrics Australasia manufacturing facility in South Queensland, Australia. Photograph courtesy of Geofabrics Australasia Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd., Australia and New Zealand’s largest manufacturer and supplier of geosynthetic products, today announced that it has acquired Plascorp Holdings Pty Ltd. Plascorp is one of Australia’s leading privately owned manufacturers of industrial products with strong market positions in […]
Hybrid geosynthetic clay liners for attenuation of PFAS in landfill leachates
October 1st, 2021
An exponential increase in understanding of the provenance, migration, and fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is evident over the past decade. The environmental and health concerns from this group of contaminants are well recognized, but they are still evolving with advancing studies. A key property of PFAS compounds at a molecular level is […]
Bituminous geomembrane for a South Australian mine
June 1st, 2021
Coletanche ES3 on the TSF embankment for copper-gold project in South Australia The Oz Minerals Carrapateena mine is a copper-gold project located 99 miles (160 km) north of Port Augusta in South Australia. The ore is processed on-site to produce a gold-copper concentrate. A lined tailings storage facility (TSF) was required to receive the tailings […]
DFI-PFSF to host piling and ground improvement conference in Australia
January 6th, 2020
Registration is open for the 2nd DFI-PFSF Piling & Ground Improvement Conference taking place March 23-25, 2020, at International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney in Australia. This conference—being hosted by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation (PFSF)—is intended to promote all aspects of the deep foundations, earth retention and ground improvement works. […]
Panorama
August 1st, 2018
Tensar arranges Australian distribution for mining geosynthetics Tensar International announced June 15, 2018, that Chris Taylor of C&C Taylor Enterprises (CCTE) has agreed to become the exclusive distributor agent for Tensar Underground Mining Products in Australia. For more than 40 years, Taylor has worked in various mining industry roles, from the shop floor to director, […]
Layfield Australia becomes exclusive Australian distributor for Seaman XR Geomembranes
May 14th, 2018
Layfield Australia along with the Seaman Corp. announced May 11, 2018, that both parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), establishing Layfield as the exclusive distributor of Seaman’s XR® Geomembrane product line in Australia. Both companies have shared a mutually beneficial relationship in North America for more than 25 years, with Layfield fabricating and […]
Atarfil announces acquisition of Garden City Geotech
February 28th, 2018
On Feb. 26, 2018, Atarfil, headquartered in Atarfe (Granada) Spain, announced the acquisition of Garden City Geotech of Heatherton, Victoria, Australia. Atarfil said in a press release, “The complementary nature of the Garden City Geotech acquisition is expected to enable us to raise our strengths by combining solid local expertise and presence in the Australian […]
Global Synthetics’ Bentofix GCL safeguards Australian bay
December 20th, 2017
Situated on the southern coastline of the Broome Peninsula in Western Australia, the southern wastewater facility of Water Corporation, which supplies water, wastewater and drainage services in Western Australia, has been under the spotlight in recent years following reports of contamination of the sensitive Yawuru Nagulagun/Roebuck Bay Marine Park. Outbreaks of blue-green algae in the […]
Haydale and Imagine IM establish graphene-based conductive coatings capability in North America
November 1st, 2017
On Oct. 29, 2017, Haydale Technologies Inc. of Greer, S.C., and Imagine Intelligent Materials of Rosebery, New South Wales, Australia, signed a strategic agreement to establish graphene-based conductive coatings capability for geosynthetics in North America. “Combining Imagine IM’s proven graphene manufacturing processes with Haydale’s advanced materials manufacturing expertise will be a significant step toward delivering […]