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Boral was founded by David Craig on 4 March 1946 as Bitumen and Oil Refineries (Australia) Limited with Caltex having a 40% shareholding. In March 1947, it opened Matraville Refinery, Australia's first bitumen and oil refinery. [1] In 1963, the company was renamed Boral Limited having been commonly referred to by its acronym since it commenced ...
Boral combined SAGASCO's distribution network with businesses it owned in Queensland to form Envestra, which was floated in early 1997. [2] In March 1999, Envestra acquired part of the former Gas and Fuel Corporation 's distribution network in Victoria, known as the Stratus distribution network, and renamed it Envestra (Vic).
Bitumen and Oil Refineries (Australia) Limited (later named by the acronym Boral) commenced construction of Australia's first bitumen and oil refinery in Matraville in March 1947. [1] The company was 40% owned by Caltex which supplied the crude oil to be refined. Most of the early employees were discharged from the Royal Australian Navy. [2]
There is a reference in Australia that locates the earliest experiments with Portland Cement at the Portland site in NSW in 1884 by the Cullen Bullen Lime & Cement Company. However this company was not actually in existence until 1889, although one of its owners, George Raffan, had bought the site in 1882 and the reference may be to his ...
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Raffan's Mill and Brick Bottle Kilns is a heritage-listed lime kiln at Carlton Road, Portland, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1884 to 1895 by George Raffan and Alexander Currie. It is also known as Raffan's Mill and Brick Bottle Kilns Precinct, Portland Cement Works Site, Williwa Street Portland. The property is owned by Boral.
The gypsum deposit at Lake MacDonnell is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Gypsum has been mined at Lake MacDonnell since 1919. [3] Since 1984 the mine has been owned by Gypsum Resources Australia (GRA), which is owned 50% each by USG Boral (itself a 50–50 joint venture of USG Corporation and Boral) and CSR Limited.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will send a senior defence official to China's top international security forum in October for the first time in four years, officials said on Friday. China will host ...