Handling - 22 January 2016

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from outlooks on the US government implementing a halt on coal leases to an innovative concept to deploy CCS in the Europe.

Australian rail freight operator, Aurizon, reported a fall in coal volumes in 4Q15 on the back of increased competition and falling production volumes.

Bulk materials handling specialists, Flexco and Transmin, have signed a global project partnership agreement, formalising a long history of collaboration.

TerraSource Global has announced the addition of a new warehousing facility in Russia.

The Indian Ministry of Shipping has launched a campaign to clean and green India’s thirteen major ports.