Handling

Adani and Glencore have reached an agreement on the future operation of the Abbot Point Coal Terminal in Queensland, Australia.

Globus Maritime appoints Dimitrios Stratikopoulos as a new Non-Executive Director.

Rod Jones has announced his retirement as President and CEO of the CSL Group.

Contracting levels for new-build ships is at its lowest level in 20 years.

India could soon be using LNG to fuel the barges used to transport coal under a scheme to reduce costs and reduce the environmental impact.

Russian coal company is aiming to increase its production of washed coal as a way of mitigating the fall in prices for ROM coal.

Access to Rio Tinto’s RTM Wakmatha vessel has helped Future Reef 2.0 research project monitor ocean chemistry along the 2300 km length of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Thermal coal trade could contract by 40% in a carbon-constrained world.

Aspire Mining has received an expression of interest from the Chinese Development Bank to fund up to 75% of the Erdenet-to-Ovoot Railway.

A new BIMCO market analysis report finds the dry bulk market is nowhere near balanced yet despite imports into and exports out of China in 1H16 being very positive.

Mineral processing contractor, Sedgman, has won an AUS$75 million contract extension to continue operations at the Red Mountain Joint Venture coal handling and preparation plant.

CIMIC Group subsidiaries, Thiess and Sedgman, have won a contract to design, build and operate an additional processing module at the Lake Victoria coal handling and preparation plant.

E.R. Schiffahrt signs ship management contract with Nippon Yusen Kaisha to manage two newcastlemax bulk carriers for the shipping company.

Manitou Group inaugurates its new Brazilian subsidiary in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state.

Port of Amsterdam reports a 5.4% fall in transhipment in 1H16, primarily attributed to lower transhipment of coal.