Handling

Australian rail freight operators, Aurizon, has extended its relationship with long-term customer Syntech Resources.

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.

Telestack appoints Martin Dummigan as its new Managing Director with immediate effect.

The major Indian ports recorded an 11.75% increase in thermal coal imports and 2.5% increase in metallurgical coal imports between April and November 2015.

Robindale Energy sees high performance from the SENNEBOGEN 875 material handler when loading coal from ships on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania, US.

US rail operator, CSX, is to close its administration offices in Huntingdon, West Virginia, on falling coal volumes from Central Appalachian coalfields.

Liebherr Maritime cranes’ design, sales and customer service for mobile harbour cranes, reachstackers, ship cranes as well as offshore cranes will operate out of the company’s maritime production site in Rostock, Germany.

A fall in coal throughput at Port of Amsterdam helped to drag total transshipment down at the four North Seam Canal Area ports.

Port of Rotterdam saw coal throughput rise 1% in 2015 despite a fall in German thermal coal demand.

CIMIC, the owner of mining contractor, Thiess, is attempting to expand its mining footprint with the acquisition of Australian engineering company, Sedgman.

Coal exports through the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, fell 0.6% in 2015 amid difficult market conditions for seaborne coal.