Mechel is one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies. Its business comprises four segments: mining, steel, ferroalloys and power. Mechel’s mining segment produces coking coal concentrate, steam coal, PCI, anthracites and iron ore concentrate. The company also develops one of the world's largest coking coal deposits – Elga coal deposit.

With more than 100 years experience, Coeclerici operates worldwide through its mining, trading, logistics and shipping divisions ensuring the integrated management of the entire raw material procurement cycle and guaranteeing high efficiency, safety and quality to the industrial customers.

Saif, company based in  Genoa ( Liguria - Italy ) , with exclusive competences, reliability,  enthusiasm and innovation orientation has been contributing for 25 years to the development of the production chain of different kind of fuels, solid traditional and alternative, placing itself as leading supplier for manufactures of building materials and for the industry in general.

 
Argus Media is a leading provider of price assessments, business intelligence and market data on the global crude, oil products, natural gas, electricity, coal, emissions, bioenergy, fertilizers and transportation industries. It is headquartered in London and has offices in Houston, Washington, New York, Portland, Calgary, Johannesburg, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Sydney, Moscow, Astana, Kiev, Santiago and other key centres.  Argus was founded in 1970 and is a privately held UK-registered company. Learn more at www.argusmedia.com.

Holman Fenwick Willan is an international law firm advising in all matters connected with the international coal industry. Our clients include international mining groups, traders, power generators, steel companies and other industrial users, financial institutions, insurers (including captives), shipowners and charterers. We advise on a broad range of corporate transactions and commercial contracts. In addition we have extensive experience of disputes in the coal sector, in multiple jurisdictions. As a result our lawyers are recognised as market leaders in the provision of legal services to our coal clients.

Inspectorate is now a Bureau Veritas Group company. With a global network in more than 100 countries across the world, Inspectorate is at the forefront of third party sampling and analysis. Our headquarters is at Witham, Essex, UK and we offer pre-shipment inspection, commodity inspection and testing, draft survey, marine services and laboratory management. 
 

The Port of Gijon is situated in the middle of the Cantabrian Coast of Spain. It is the Spanish leading port regarding movement of dry bulks. EBHISA manages the dry bulk unloading terminal at the Port of Gijon. It mainly deals in the unloading of coal and iron ore, in addition to the storage and handling of the unloaded materials

Located at the northwest end of the city, Sociedad Portuaria de Santa Marta serves Colombian foreign commerce on a 24-hour daily basis all year round. Thanks to its strategic location facing the Caribbean Sea and the natural depth of its bay, it is considered nowadays as one of the most important cities of great significance to Colombia in this economic activity.

The Port of Santa Marta becomes the most important company on a local level transporting through its facilities all types of cargo. Trough this terminal is exported part of the coal production of the Colombian Caribbean coast.

The Port has invested in modern facilities for direct loading of coal, made up by five dumpsters that allow the discharge of over 600 trucks per day. These dumpsters have a 55 degree lift that guarantees the total discharge of the product. To control the emission of coal dust into the environment, water, foam and resin sprinklers are used. Our storage capacity is 250.000 tons and the capacity of loading is 7.000.000 tons per year.

By means of its covered conveyors belts and pipe conveyor, the mineral is carried to the radials stackers for storage purposes. The ship-loading is performed using the radial stacker that drops the coal directly into the ship’s holds at an average loading rate of 2,200 tons per hour, which allows to clear ships with loads of 70,000 tons in only two days. The terminal has a metal detector in order to prevent the coal mix with inert or ferrous materials and a sampler for quality assurance.  This system is operated by our affiliate, CARBOSAN Ltda.

Thanks to our commitment and leadership in the implementation of world environmental standards Santa Marta´s Terminal is in the way to obtain a green port certification in the line with our Social Responsibility programs.

United Bulk Carriers International, a company established in Madeira, is an operator of drybulk carriers which operates worldwide. United operates a fleet of 25 panamax vessels with an overall deadweight tonnage of 1.8 million tons. to serve its portfolio made by long term contracts of affreightment with top-notch industrial producers and international commodities trading houses.