For only the second time in more than 100 years, coal has eclipsed iron ore as the number one cargo moved through the port of Duluth-Superior on the North American Great Lakes. According to a port spokesperson, 15.04 mt of coal were moved through port facilities in 2000 compared to 14.7 mt of iron ore.
All the outbound coal - some 14.9 mt of low sulphur coal railed in from the Rocky Mountains region - was shipped through the Midwest Energy Resources Co (MERC) terminal, which has a loading rate of 11,500 t/h. Inbound coal, which totalled 70,250 tonnes, was handled at various other terminals....
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Approx 193 words from Bulk Materials International, March/April 2001,
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