While the debate continues over whether mechanical or pneumatic systems are the most cost effective means of discharging free-flowing bulk c...

Common rules for bulk carriers have taken a step forward after the IACS Joint Bulker Project (JBP) team made a series of presentations to sh...

Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) are the backbone of the movement of processed and semi-processed bulk goods, either inter-plan...

Sandvik Process Systems, part of Sandvik Materials Technology and the company behind the world’s first steel conveyor belt over 100 years ...

The MicroLoad 310 on-board weighing system, developed specifically for use with wheel loaders, has been upgraded to provide greater user fri...

Australia’s Northern Territory’s 2004 budget includes some A$20 mill to construct a bulk handling facility, oil pipelines and a state-of...

K-Line has placed an order with Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) for an other 300,000 dwt super large ore carrier, its third, to be ...

Singapore shipbuilder and charterer ASL Marine has won a S$56.1 mill ($32.8 mill) order for the construction of a 65,000 dwt floating termin...

Bulk solids handling specialist Flexicon (Europe) Ltd has acquired a further 280 m2 of factory space, immediately adjacent to its present He...

Italian engineering companies have traditionally enjoyed a strong market presence in South America, and Techint Technologies, part of the It...

In a recently completed NOK1.8 bill (€219 mill) mod-ernisation and expansion pro-gramme at Elkem Aluminium’s ANS Mosjøen facility, a ne...

The privately-owned Port Kembla Gateway (PKG) in Australia has lodged a development application for a major expansion of its bulk facilities...

South African rail utility Spoornet has held talks over the construction of a second rail link to facilitate the export of iron ore from the...

South Africa has taken key decisions on how and where to expand dry bulk port capacity. Saldanha Bay is constrained by the limitations of ex...

Bedeschi Group, one of Italy's most representative bulk handling equipment and machinery suppliers, reports a number of important contr...