A man has been fined AU$30,000 (US$21,655) in the Ipswich Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to unlawfully transporting and dumping tyres in 2018 in at least 17 locations in southeast Queensland,including on vacant or state land in the local government…
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Maxxis Tyres to expand Indian manufacturing plants
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Continental to expand business at Indiana facilities, create new jobs
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