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October 2009

14th October 2009
Conveyor boss gifts half company to staff; news from DBCT, Abbot Point; products from Flexicon, Bobcat

7th October 2009
Centrex to establish bulk facilities at Port Lincoln; GrainCorp deal; Elme stacker empties bulk containers

 September 2009

30th September 2009
Balfour Beatty to buy PB; new CNC machining centre; Kockums' award; new technical paper.

23rd September 2009
BHP bullish on iron ore, lukewarm on nickel, aluminium; Fremantle lead shipments imminent

17th September 2009
Nominations for Bulk Handling Awards close in 3 weeks; CBH revises grain charging; record minerals exports

9th September 2009
SKM for Port Hedland pre-feasibility; cement blending; products from Hgglunds, Trelleborg

3rd September 2009
CHoPS a success; SEW drives for Utah Point; 560mm high crawler for cleaning under conveyor transfers

August 2009

26th August 2009
Fortescue shaves iron ore price; Report probes coal port option for Barry Beach

19th August 2009
Fortescue shaves iron ore price; Report probes coal port option for Barry Beach

12th August 2009
BULKEX concludes, planning afoot for 2011; ACCC pressures grain traders; ContiTech plugs air actuators

4th August 2009
2nd Portland woodchip plant; Asciano queries QR's Felix deal; BULKEX underway in Brisbane

July 2009

29th July 2009
Port Hedland country's biggest; Mt Arthur expands; BULKEX mobilisation underway

22nd July 2009
Beat the queues at BULKEX; bulk kaolin samples; Atlas Copco scroll compressor; Accuweigh's VFFS packager

16th July 2009
Booming Chinese demand fuels bulk trade surge; Laser sampling at Paraburdoo; BULKEX

8th July 2009
Transport reforms could boost national income; Asciano offloads rail assets: BULKEX

1st July 2009
OPR appoints supply chain experts; Iron ore price talks;  What’s new for BULKEX

June 2009

24th June 2009
ABB's Minto plans; Connell Hatch becomes Aurecon Hatch; Transporting fly ash through pipelines

17th June 2009
Asciano issue oversubscribed; Toll to acquire Perkins Shipping; Lindsay Fox honoured

10th June 2009
Kockums agent for VAC-U-MAX; Nu-con to show Fox Venturis at BULKEX; China to swallow 33% iron ore cut.
3rd June 2009
Bulk ingredients batching system; more iron ore settlements; BULKEX - weighing and metering

May 2009

27th May 2009
Brolton to distribute John R Boone mixers; Iron ore down by 37%; Opposition to Viterra/ABB
20th May 2009
Ivernia gears up for lead exports renewal; North-south Tasmania rail line cut for a month
13th May 2009
NCIG chooses ABB conveyor drives; 1st profile of BULKEX exhibitor

6th May 2009
Busting open coal haulage; belt scraper; pulley alignment; conveyor seals

April 2009

29th April 2009
Bulk handling storage facility maintenance strategies

22nd April 2009
Fenner Dunlop bucks trend & hires staff for new conveyor plant

15th April 2009
Australian bulk and powder handling news

8th April 2009
Cutting dust; conveying almonds; and Rio's sovereign risk headaches

1st April 2009
Snapshot of UK bulk handling; fatigue criteria for PWCS conveyors

March 2009

25th March 2009
Bulk & powder handling news; Tom Albanese to join Proclaimers?

18th March 2009:
Designing cement transfers; Optimising overland conveyors