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Proficiency Testing Australia (PTA) is pleased to announce our proficiency testing program schedule for the period July 2019 to June 2020. The new program may be found on the PTA website.
International Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ) conducted their annual surveillance assessment of PTA in our Sydney office in February 2019.
A Cryptosporidium infection termed Cryptosporidiosis, is a bowel infection which is caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium.
Australia’s coal export values have hit a new peak of $56.5 billion in 2017, according to the latest trade data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This valuation is 35 per cent higher than 2016 and beats the previous record of $46.7 billion, set in 2011, by nearly $10 billion. The $56.5 billion is split between 200 million tonnes (Mt) of thermal coal valued at $20.8 billion, and 172Mt of coking coal valued at $35.7 billion.
Laboratories were asked to perform the following consistency analyses on Density, Consistency - Flow Cup, Consistency - Stormer Viscometer and Measurement of Specular Gloss.