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China’s ore inspiring rise

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Freight rates have risen inexorably over the last 12 months and the trend shows no real signs of abating. A key underlying cause has been se...

NEAT work

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A ThyssenKrupp pipe conveyor is being used to aid the construction of the 57 km Gotthard base tunnel, which forms part of the new Trans-Alpi...

Self help goes a long way

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Use of self-discharging bulk carriers to supply the construction trade along the Pacific Coast of North America continues to grow. CSL Inter...

Molini grain move

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Leading Italian grain trader Grandi Molini Italiani (GMI) has acquired Silos Casillo in the port of Livorno, in a deal said to be worth €5...

Asian driving force

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Asia’s voracious appetite for steel, coal and other raw materials is likely to drive increased profitability in the global freight market ...

Rio ramps up Pilbara

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Mining giant Rio Tinto will pump more than US$1 bill into Western Australia’s Pilbara region in 2004 to meet record global demand for iron...

Paradip tender

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Paradip Port on India’s east coast has invited expressions of interest from construction companies and port developers to build a deep dra...

A lovely coupling

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The Lovejoy/Sier-Bath Farr gear coupling has been designed to allow the gear drive to be mounted directly on the conveyor on “alignment-fr...

Getting into gear

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A new conveyor system designed to help realise a production increase of up to 50 percent at UK Coal’s Daw Mill Colliery is using a range o...

Queensland ports up

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Ports Corporation of Queensland (PCQ) has set a new trade record for the eighth consecutive year. Five ports in its operations - Hay Point, ...

ATEX update

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The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published fully revised and updated guidance aimed at industries dealing with combustible dusts...

Syrian cement deal

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Following a run of contract success in Iran, (see Bulk Materials International, July/ August 2003, p19) Denmark’s FL Smidth has been award...

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