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Gypsum Price Index
The price index for gypsum products fell by 1.9% in the US, overall the index remains 11.9% higher than that of April 2011.
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Coal Seam Gas Well Water Treatment
A coal seam gas company Metgasco has disposed of over one million litres of dirty salty water to a sewerage treatment plant at Casino that is not licensed to take such a waste. Large volumes of water
Suitable pH Ranges for Various Crops (CaCl2)
CROPS & GRASSES Barley 5.5-7.5 Bermuda Grass 6.0-7.5 Blue Grass 6.0-7.5 Clovers 5.0-7.5 Cotton 5.0-7.0 Cowpeas 5.5-7.0 Fescue 5.0-7.0 Flax 5.0-7.0 Lucerne 5.5-7.5 Lupins 5.0-7.0 Maize 5.0-7.0 Meadow Foxtail 5.5-7.5 Millet 5.0-7.5 Oats 5.0-7.0 Orchard
1 O’Connell St Project
REGYP recycled the plasterboard was from the new interior fit-out completed at 1 O'Connell St, Sydney. We recycled the old plasterboard waste from the office strip out and the offcuts from the new office fit out. The
Canola Season off to a Good Start
After some post sowing rain and buoyant pricing forecasts for canola the season looks promising. Bullish forecasts of $555/t (Port Adelaide) have been published. Canola sowing in the central and south west NSW areas prominent. DPI forecasted planting
Landfill Carbon Pricing
The Federal Government has released a calculator for landfill operators. Only certain operators are required to report and pay carbon tax on thier emmissions. Based on default figures released by the Federal government, one tonne of waste
New Swedish Plasterboard Waste Laws
The Swedish Environmental Agency, Naturvårdsverket, in April 2012 issued new and stricter rules regarding handling, sorting and landfiling of gypsum plasterboard waste, following intervention from the EU Commission. From this date plasterboard waste in Sweden
REGYP Recycled v Mined Gypsum
Mined gypsum in Australia can come in many forms with varying quality. The most pure gypsum is generally mined near Ceduna in South Australia and Dampier in WA. Other regional gypsum mines can produce sub
ASIO Building Cost Blow Out
THE budding crown jewel in Australia's intelligence community - ASIO's new central office - has had another cost blow-out. The $631 million project will house the 2000-odd employees of the country's largest and most powerful intelligence
Revised Murray-Darling Basin Plan
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has not changed the recommendation to return 2750 gigalitres of water to the river system, under its revised plan. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is standing by a recommendation to return
Southern Highlands foots bill for Poor Waste Management
WINGECARRIBEE Council has begun to remove asbestos-contaminated Gyprock waste from the former Welby tip site. The management and operators didn't manage/inspect the incoming waste loads and enabled the waste stockpile to be contaminated. REGYP only
Carbon reductions through using recycling gypsum
Recycling plasterboard and gyprock waste has the following environmental benefits: - reduces the demand on lanfill sites, - reduces the demand on natural resources (mined gypsum), - reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) by substituting mined gypsum
Gypsum Can Ease Tillage Fuel Consuption
An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of applied gypsum on the ease of tillage in 3 vertisols of the Gwydir Valley, New South Wales. The soils were classified as 'poor' and 'good'
Housing Industry Worst in a Decade
The stark assessment of Australia's housing industry being the worst in a decade by CSR, was backed up today by the collapse of another building company, St Hilliers Construction, putting jobs and many public housing
QLD Waste Levy to be Removed
Industry sources have confirmed the newly elected LNP Queensland Government will remove the state's landfill levy, effective from July 1, 2012. The confirmation comes as little surprise, giving that the LNP campaigned on a platform
