A switch from conventional diesel- and electric-powered irrigation pumps to solar-powered ones can help the country achieve 38 per cent of its envisaged 175 Gw renewable energy target by 2022. The shift to solar-powered irrigation pumps can also save enormous sums of money and generate additional income for farmers, says a report by the US-based […]
Australia’s largest rail freight operator Aurizon carried 7% more coal by rail year on year in fiscal 2017-2018 (July-June) at 212.4 million mt, amid increases from both its Queensland and New South Wales operations, the company said Monday. In the thermal coal dominant region of Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Aurizon carried 52.3 million […]
The vessel queue waiting to access the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT) in Australia’s Queensland has grown to 44 today from 31 at the start of July, as the port struggles to meet firm demand amid maintenance and rail disruptions. The waiting time for vessels in the queue outside DBCT is back up to around […]
Shipper trade groups’ efforts to persuade Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to review a plan to drastically reduce free storage times for railed containers — intended to shorten rising dwell times — appears to have worked to some extent. Following a stakeholder meeting last week, JNPT agreed to adopt a “phased” approach to implementing uniform […]
Indian Railways plans to invest Rs 44,000 crore to build a 1,100-km greenfield freight corridor along the country’s east coast to connect Kharagpur in West Bengal with Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh. In June, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had declared a target of doubling the national transporter’s revenue to Rs 4 lakh crore by 2025. One […]
Uzbekistan imported cement amounting to a value of US$79.8m in the 1H18, according to the State Statistics Committee, which is six times higher than last year. In 1H18 Uzbekistan’s own production of cement decreased by 6.2 per cent to 3.954Mt. For the same period in 2017, Portland cement production in the country amounted to 4.199Mt. […]
Vietnam’s cement and clinker exports surged 63.2 per cent to 17.65Mt and 73 per cent to US$656.3m in the first seven months of 2018, according to the country’s General Department of Customs. Around 26.9 per cent of exports were shipped to Bangladesh, Vietnam’s largest cement and clinker export market. In terms of volume, deliveries rose […]
Qatar’s monthly industrial output contracted in June with the Industrial Production Index decreasing by 2.9 per cent MoM compared to 3.3 per cent MoM growth in May, figures released by the Ministry of Development, Planning and Statistics show. The production of cement and other non-metallic products fell steeply by 14 per cent. Qatar’s production base […]
UltraTech Cement Ltd, India’s leading cement company, is setting up waste heat recovery systems at five of its units over the next two years with a cumulative capacity to generate 63 MW power. This will more than double its overall waste heat recovery capacity from 58 MW to 121 MW. The cumulative capacity of 121 […]
Indonesia’s coal exports rose 13% year on year in January-June amid strong Asia-Pacific demand and high export prices, Bank Indonesia data showed on Wednesday. The world’s leading thermal coal exporter shipped 209.6m tonnes over the six-month period, with June exports up 25% on the year at a three-month high of 1.19m tonnes/day. Indonesian coal reference […]