Koppers Newcastle beneficially reuses coal tar from Australian steelworks to produce coal tar pitch, an essential raw material for Australian aluminium smelters. It also produces carbon black feedstock oil, naphthalene, and timber preservation creosote which are sold domestically and exported. Its Mayfield plant has been successfully operating for more than 50 years and employs around 60 local people.
Local manufacturer, Koppers, has commissioned the second stage of a $1.5 million thermal oxidation system designed to further reduce odours and air emissions from its plant at Mayfield. The new closed system will take already wet scrubbed fumes from six fume scrubbers across the plant to one of two thermal oxidisers where they are combusted….
Lake Macquarie is the fastest growing city in the Hunter, and one of the largest cities in New South Wales. Lake Macquarie Council is the Local Government area comprising of the town centres of Belmont, Cardiff, Charlestown, Glendale, Morisset, Mount Hutton, Swansea, Toronto and Warners Bay.
Lake Macquarie City Council has welcomed State Government legislation aimed at fast-tracking re-development of the former Pasminco site at Boolaroo. Mayor Kay Fraser said the pivotal site was one of the largest redevelopment precincts in the Hunter Region, with potential for eighty hectares of residential development and 40ha of commercial land. “The NSW Government’s decision…
Jayes Travel is a boutique travel agency that creates amazing (hassle-free) travel experiences for families, businesses, groups, couples and solo travellers.
Their passion is for providing a service that exceeds expectations and for creating holidays that provide a deep and meaningful connection between you and the places, people, food, cultures and parts of the world you wish to experience.
Jayes Travel also provides corporate travel booking and management services to local businesses and operates a Jayes Travel Women arm that provides like-minded women with the opportunity to join organised tours and experiences.
Six months ago, Managing Director of Jayes Travel, Michelle Barker, was inspired to create the region’s first industry-specific co-working space dedicated to the tourism and travel industry. Having spent seventeen years watching the industry evolve, Michelle’s progressive approach to her industry led her to move Jayes Travel to a larger CBD premises, opposite the Market…
With more than 1800 members, the Hunter Business Chamber is the largest regional business chamber in Australia and represents the collective interests of a diverse range of sectors across the Region.
The Chamber provides members with a range of services from advocacy and business advice to information and networking opportunities.
Business support is vital in today's economic climate and our primary goal is to assist and represent the needs of businesses in our community.
The Chamber is committed to partnering with all industries in ensuring the ongoing growth and sustainability of the Hunter Region.
Last week, on Friday 23 August, local businesses in the Hunter region gathered at NEX Convention Centre for the Hunter Business Awards. The awards were presented in seventeen categories before six-hundred people at a gala event sponsored by the University of Newcastle. Among the list of winners was Newcastle Airport CEO, Peter Cock and Lake…
The Port of Newcastle is the world's largest coal export port and is one of Australia's largest ports by throughout tonnage.
Strategically positioned at the gateway to the largest regional economy in New South Wales, with close proximity to Sydney, the port is the economic and trading centre for the Hunter Valley and much of northern New South Wales and is a critical supply chain interface for the movement of cargo.
Port of Newcastle on 14 August welcomed the New South Wales’ Government support for a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the Port. The Newcastle GasDock project – with an estimated direct onshore investment of up to AUD $250 million*at the Port – on Wednesday received Critical State Significant Infrastructure (CSSI) status from…
The Hunter region is well-known for leading the way in industry, this in turn has led to the region becoming champions of WHS.
The Hunter Safety Award were born out of desire to recognise companies and individuals within the Hunter region who are demonstrating best-practice and innovative approaches when it comes to workplace health and safety (WHS).
Back again in its fifth year, The Hunter Safety Awards are opening their submissions to local businesses who have integrated work, health and safety as part of their core business. Organisations and individuals can apply for more than one category, with thirteen in total up for grabs. For next years’ event, there will also be…
With more than 1800 members, the Hunter Business Chamber is the largest regional business chamber in Australia and represents the collective interests of a diverse range of sectors across the Region.
The Chamber provides members with a range of services from advocacy and business advice to information and networking opportunities.
Business support is vital in today's economic climate and our primary goal is to assist and represent the needs of businesses in our community.
The Chamber is committed to partnering with all industries in ensuring the ongoing growth and sustainability of the Hunter Region.
The Hunter Business Chamber has welcomed Infrastructure Australia’s call for more investment in in satellite cities, including Newcastle to ensure that key regions such as the Hunter have capacity to support national growth. The 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit released last week, says a new wave of investment and reform is needed to ensure Australia’s quality…
SAVI (Sensory Assistant for the Visually Impaired) took out the overall award for Best Pitch at RDA Hunter’s 2019 STEM Defence + Innovation Pitch Night held on 25 July in partnership with The Business Centre. Awarded the win by judges representing Boeing Defence Australia, RAAF and NSW Government, West Wallsend High School students, Zahnee Bridge…
Lake Macquarie is the fastest growing city in the Hunter, and one of the largest cities in New South Wales. Lake Macquarie Council is the Local Government area comprising of the town centres of Belmont, Cardiff, Charlestown, Glendale, Morisset, Mount Hutton, Swansea, Toronto and Warners Bay.
Lake Macquarie Business Excellence Award winner Jade Chislett didn’t have to look far for her entrepreneurial inspiration. Jade Chislett’s daughter, Bella, was born in 2012 with ‘moderate to profound’ hearing loss, requiring cochlear implants from just nine months of age. “Bella always had a fascination with dolls and for years we searched for a doll…
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Hunter-based, insurance broker, Nadic, has been instrumental in the creation of a new partnership between a large Australian health fund and an international provider of travel insurance to launch an innovative, Australian first, travel insurance policy. Teachers Health, Australia’s largest industry-based health fund, worked with TravelCard and Nadic to be able to offer its 330,000…