Rail cars going to the dump

New quadruple rail car dumpers and shiploaders are in operation at the Caofeidian coal terminal in China.

Astafiev Terminal (AT), a port operator of the Russian Pacific port of Nakhodka, Japan’s Marubeni Corporation and Germany’s Schade Lagertechnik, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a new environmental-friendly coal terminal at Nakhodka

Rail wagon manufacturers continue to innovate, in the search for higher payloads and more efficient logistics

A major contract for the turnkey supply and installation of a bauxite handling plant in Guinea has been won by Takraf GmbH

An upturn in the mining and minerals sector may well be good news for suppliers of rail handling equipment, but operators are still determined to keep control of costs.

Upgrading and renewing system components in existing handling equipment is often cheaper and just as effective as buying new.