Material handling

Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd, a provider of maritime transportation services in the dry bulk and product tanker sectors, today announced its first half 2019 earnings results.

Bühler Group and Premier Tech have annoucned the formation of a strategic cooperation for industrial flexible packaging solutions. Both companies agreed to build a design and manufacturing centre in China.

Transhipment in the North Sea Canal Area of the seaports of Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Beverwijk and Zaanstad rose in the first half of 2019 to 54.1 million t.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has developed and built a new materials handling system for an iron ore port in northern Canada.

thyssenkrupp Materials Services has invested over €70 million in the modernisation and expansion of its European warehousing and logistics network.

Manitowoc Cranes’ partner Shawmut Equipment has opened a new facility in the Halifax, Nova Scotia region, where Manitowoc cranes’ customer base is expanding.

A new secondary conveyor belt cleaner has been engineered specifically for challenging applications where traditional designs fail to deliver the necessary performance or wear life.

Powerscreen is due to launch its newest product in its jaw crushing range, the Powerscreen® Premiertrak™ 330, which is designed to reduce set-up time, reduce pegging and increase the life of wear parts.

thyssenkrupp has equipped a major seaport in Russia with a new coal handling system.

High pressure grinding rolls provide mine owners with proven energy savings, grappling with increasing economic and ecological pressures to reduce their energy consumption.

A cement grinding plant from LOESCHE has been commissioned for CYCNA, part of the La Cruz Azul group, in Mexico.

Schaeffler Australia has been selected as a finalist at the national 2019 Bulk Handling Awards, in recognition of its split technologies that save downtime and improve safety performance.

McLanahan Australia completes shipment of a medium triple roll crusher for a New Zealand coal company.

Future Fibre Technologies has released a new conveyor health monitoring system, the Aura IQ.

A coal-fired power plant was once in operation in the Belgian town of Flémalle. The coal residues are landfilled on a fly ash stockpile. Now, the stockpile is to be emptied and the terrain transformed into a nature reserve.