Ahmedabad, India – Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone has announced the commencement of operations of the dry bulk cargo port at Dahej. The USD 245 million port has a handiling capacity of 20 million tonnes per year.
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Raisio, Finland – Deltamarin has signed an agreement with Chengxi Shipyard about the design of a Panamax size self unloading bulk carrier to be built for CSL International. Deltamarin will take care of the Basic and Detail design of the vessel as well as the procurement support.
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Port of Rotterdam Authority calculated that throughput could rise from now approx. 420 to approx. 575-740 million tonnes in 2030. Containers biggest growth sector, raw materials show limited growth or even a decline, transshipment of biomass increases sharply.
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Perth (WA), Australia – AusGroup has been award several contracts by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton for projects at Cape Lambert Port and Worsley Alumina. Work at Cape Lambert Port includes fabrication and construction of a new screen building, feed and discharge conveyor systems and associated transfer station.
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Newcastle (NSW), Australia – On August 9, 2010, the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group announced that the second development stage of the third Newcastle coal terminal project will begin immediately. This second stage will increase capacity to 53 million tonnes per year.
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Melboune (VIC), Australia – Rio Tinto is to invest a further USD 790 million in the Pilbara capacity extension to increase the annual capacity of the iron ore operations in the Pilbara to 330 million tonnes. This brings total investment funds approved in recent weeks to USD 1 billion.
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On July 20, Sinosteel Midwest announced that its first shipment of iron ore from its Mid West project set sail for China.
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Wuerzburg & Nuremberg, Germany, and Mumbai, India – The Indian economy shows a distinct upward trend and the Indian subcontinent also ranks as one of the world’s most promising growth markets in the chemical industry. The BulkSolids India Conference and Exhibition is accordingly growing. The length of BulkSolids India 2011 has been increased from two to three days in order to reflect all the major sectors of the processing industry.
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands – European Container Terminals (ECT), dry bulk terminal operator EMO and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have made agreements for the further development of their commercial activities on the existing Maasvlakte. At the beginning of 2011, a start will be made on widening the Amazonehaven. At the same time, EMO will relocate some of its operations to the Hartelstrook on the southern side of the Mississippihaven.
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