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New secondary belt cleaner

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Illinois-based Martin Engineering has extended its range of belt cleaners with the addition of a rubber-buffered secondary belt cleaner....

Lead food scare prompts review

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Almost 50 food products have been recalled in New Zealand, Australia and some Pacific Islands after routine testing identified unacceptable ...

Kumba looks to Coega

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South African mining giant Kumba Resources haas announced that it plans to export iron ore through the planned new port of Ngqura at the Coe...

Flexicon weighs up the options

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Flexicon (Europe) Ltd has launched a new automated bulk bag weigh batching system, which is designed to feed ingredients from FIBCs to a cen...

Kovako breaks free again

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Following a major acquisition programme over the past few years, FL Smidth has now consolidated and rationalised its various subsidiaries to...

All power to the conveyor!

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Conveyor drive power has tra ditionally been supplied through electric motors, originally dc but now almost universally by ac motors which, ...

Chinese ports in catch up mode

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While China’s port development projects have been ambitious, much of the funding has been channelled into the container port sector, where...

Grabs – keep the dust down

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Increasingly stringent dust emission requirements are making the handling of powdery commodities, such as cement, alumina and china clay by ...

Building home comforts

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Fuelled by soaring domestic consumption for raw materials, notably coal and iron ore, the Chinese material handling manufacturing sector is ...

All change in cement trades

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A study carried out by Ocean Shipping Consultants (OSC)* concludes that while the global cement industry has experienced considerable upheav...

CSUs grab market share

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While arguments about the relative merits and disadvantages of grab unloaders and continuous ship unloaders (CSUs) will continue, there is o...

China to reverse its grain flow?

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China has been self-sufficient in grain supplies over the past 25 years, but there are fears that it will soon become a net importer. Securi...

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