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In-Depth

Powerful job for Bruks Siwertell

In-Depth01-Mar-20

Bruks Siwertell has secured a contract to supply a high-capacity ship-unloader to a Taiwanese power plant. The agreement will see the equipment manufacturer deliver a coal unloader for Taiwan Power Corporation’s 5,000 MW Taichung power generation facility.

SA mining activity nosedives

In-Depth01-Mar-20

South African mining exports have been badly hit by the COVID-19 lockdown. According to South Africa’s Minerals Council, the value of mineral exports fell 60% in April compared with March.

Funding in place for development of rail line for Boikarabelo mine

In-Depth01-Mar-20

Ledjadja Coal has secured funding from the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund for the planned 44 km coal line from its Boikarabelo mine in South Africa to the new Transnet line in the Waterberg Basin.

Coal collective for Newcastle

In-Depth01-Mar-20

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted interim authorisation to the New South Wales Minerals Council and 10 coal producers to collectively negotiate with the Port of Newcastle on terms and conditions of access for coal exports, including prices.

Anglo American to abandon coal

In-Depth01-Mar-20

Mining conglomerate Anglo American has announced that it is to spin off its South African thermal coal mines sometime over the next three years, in an effort to pull out of the coal industry.

Essar Port invests in Beira coal terminal expansion

In-Depth01-Jan-20

In August 2017, Essar signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Government of Mozambique to build and operate a new coal handling facility in the port of Beira

Vale cuts output on Moatize coal

In-Depth01-Jan-20

After years of pressing ahead with coal and rail projects while others halted investment, Vale has suspended thermal coal production in Mozambique for three months, focusing on coking coal.

Testing times for SA mining

In-Depth01-Jan-20

Despite a succession of challenges, South Africa remains an important global source of mining commodities

Nakhodka takes a new approach

In-Depth01-Jan-20

The municipal authorities of Russia’s Far Eastern city of Nakhodka have given the go-ahead to the Evraz-owned Commercial Seaport of Nakhodka (NMTP) for the construction of a fully enclosed coal transhipment terminal

Big deal for Matola

In-Depth01-Jan-20

Palabora Mining Company has signed a contract with Matola Coal Terminal in Mozambique for the export of 5 Mtpa of magnetite.

Kazakhstan feels the pain as Russia punishes Ukraine

In-Depth01-Nov-19

Kazakhstan has estimated its monthly losses from Russia’s barriers to the transit of coal through its territory at US$11M.

DBCT on the market

In-Depth01-Nov-19

As part of a strategy to shed mature and non-core infrastructure investments in Australia, Canada’s Brookfield has put Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal at Hay Point in central Queensland up for sale

New coal export terminal on Russian Pacific coast

In-Depth01-Sep-19

Russia’s Kolmar Coal Mining is preparing to put into operation the first phase of its US$568M dedicated coal terminal at the Pacific harbour of Vanino in March 2020. Phase one will provide annual capacity of 12 Mt of high-grade coking coal. The launch of phase two, slated for 2023, is expected to double its capacity.

Vale continues with Mozambican losses

In-Depth01-Jul-19

Brazilian mining firm Vale has continued to make a loss on its Mozambican coal production, but is expected to expand output as planned.

Low Countries looking beyond coal

In-Depth01-May-19

Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp, the bastions of global seaborne coal trade, are readying themselves for Europe’s energy transition

British bulk ports look beyond Brexit

In-Depth01-Mar-19

Terminal operators are investing in readying UK facilities for growing volumes, whether for construction aggregates and steel products or grain and fertilisers

China maintains reliance on coal

In-Depth01-Jan-19

As China’s economic expansion continues at home and abroad, its demand for coal remains largely unabated despite efforts to pursue less environmentally damaging policies.

China invests in coal haulage railway lines

In-Depth01-Jan-19

A new railway for coal transport has opened in North China, according to China Railway Taiyuan Group, running 214 km between the city of Shuozhou in Shanxi Province and Zhungeer in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

India invests in bulk capacity

In-Depth01-Jan-19

While India has made some progress increasing its cargo handling capacity, major public and private initiatives will see this process accelerate over
the coming years.

Investment pipeline opens up for coal

In-Depth01-Jan-19

The government decision to drop several of the Mining Charter’s more contentious changes, coupled with an end to the uncertainty, should unlock new investment in mining projects, which in turn should encourage the development of new transport capacity.