Handling

The OptiFlox system will be trialled on the tailings thickener to maximise the use of water, improve productivity and reduce overall operational costs.

An OptiFlox system is set to be trialled on a Phoenix Process Equipment Co. belt press filter in a coal handling preparation plant for a six month period.

Konecranes has delivered its Gottwald Model 2 mobile harbor crane to a new Italian terminal.

A new report by the Australian Government has highlighted Aurizon’s “risk” to a record outlook for the resources sector.

BEUMER wins contract for overland conveyor system at Knight Hawk coal facility in Illinois.

The coal seaport Shakhtersk has constructed an internal conveyor network with a length of 3.1 km.

Tinuum Group, LLC (Tinuum Group), completes a transaction for an additional refined coal (RC) facility. 

The production record has been attributed to an investment programme for engineering re-equipment of the port.

New quadruple rail car dumpers from thyssenkrupp are in operation at the Caofeidian coal terminal in China.

“Aurizon should co-operate with the Queensland Competition Authority, immediately resume its normal maintenance programme on the Central Queensland Coal Network and end the coal export impasse it started.”

Canadian Pacific rail workers have ended their strike, following the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ tentative three year agreement.

The QCA’s request for more information about the monopoly rail operator is a further sign of Aurizon’s inability to explain its change to maintenance services.

Queensland’s Premier has called for Aurizon and the Queensland Competition Authority to resolve Aurizon’s threat to halt the movement of up to 20 million t of coal to export ports.

Indian Railways is set to prioritise power plants above all while loading coal.

Japanese steelmakers have raised concerns about Aurizon’s actions to restrict the movement of metallurgical coal from central Queensland mines to export ports.