August 2004

Cascade of Contracts (IC Teesside.co.uk - 8/11/04) reports "Cleveland Cascades, which has developed a dust-free system of loading dry bulk materials, . . . has recently completed 13 projects - of which five are shiploader systems - including a turnkey project for Sarda di Bentonite which will handle bentonite at 600 tonnes per hour and is the third installation on the island of Sardinia where the company has shiploader systems working on perlite and lumina. All of the island's major ports now use the Cascade system." To read the complete article, click here.

Officials address liquid natural gas safety concerns (The WorldLink.com, 8/21/04). The article reports on a proposal for a $150 million liquefied natural gas import terminal on the North Spit of Coos Bay, Oregon. "The proposed storage tank, a 120-foot tall vessel, would be double-hulled and self-containing in case of leaks. Three feet of perlite would surround a metal interior. That, in turn, would be capped by three feet of concrete. If leaks occur, spills are contained inside the concrete . . ." Read the complete article at
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2004/08/21/news/news01.txt.

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