Sentences with phrase «in port infrastructure»

GrainCorp's fortunes rise and fall with the harvests, but malt production and the prospect of unlocking the value in port infrastructure ass...

Not exact matches

IRON ore producers in the state's Yilgarn region are not immune from the hurdles facing producers in the Pilbara and Mid West — port capacity and access issues, transportation and infrastructure — but

China's next targets: rail, roads, ports The powerful chairman of China's $ US200 billion ($ 307 billion) sovereign wealth fund, Lou Jiwei, has met Treasurer Wayne Swan and West Australian Premier Colin Barnett to clarify rules on foreign investment in resources and discuss whether China could help finance the Rudd government's infrastructure program.

If they ca n`t fund the mine creation as well as the rail and port infrastructure that will maintain thousands of construction jobs in the Pilbara they should not be allowed to frustrate someone who can.

For instance, last fall his council urged the federal government to ante up $ 40 billion for the CIB, in hopes of luring four times that much in private investment for infrastructure projects like toll bridges and highways, ports and power transmission networks.

Decmil Group has won about $ 40 million worth of work at Hancock Prospecting's Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara, building on its portfolio of port, rail and fuel infrastructure work already under way at the site.

Decmil Group has won a $ 26 million contract for the non-process infrastructure at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert port B project in the Pilbara.

The damage includes factors like a rise in mortality rates as health and safety systems fail, a decline in trade as ports shut down and transportation chaos as infrastructure collapses.

For the US, bombing would focus on daytime raids against strategically valuable targets — factories, ports, military bases, and other infrastructure involved in the war effort.

«Some EU members, especially Germany, are concerned about Chinese investment in the so - called periphery of the union, as well as about the acquisition of strategically sensitive infrastructure such as ports, power plants and key technologies,» Igor Rogelja, a researcher at the Lau China Institute at King's College London, said.

Even in the worst of times, Georgia performs relatively well in our rankings due to advantages that were in place well before the governor took office: a top - notch infrastructure with the world's busiest airport and one of the nation's most important ports, as well as a large workforce in a right - to - work state.

In Greece, China launched plans to invest billions in infrastructure, including its ports, while also repeatedly offering to buy up Greek debIn Greece, China launched plans to invest billions in infrastructure, including its ports, while also repeatedly offering to buy up Greek debin infrastructure, including its ports, while also repeatedly offering to buy up Greek debt.

This has included Chinese takeovers of companies in robotics, semiconductors, machine - tools, telecoms, agribusiness, food, as well as infrastructures such as ports, airports, railways and energy utilities.

Much of the infrastructure has been physically knocked down, and hardware has to come in through ports that are already clogged with relief supplies.

Indeed, he and his coauthors advocate an expansion in infrastructure spending — in ports, roads and transit systems — among other things.

One feature hindering investment in both the NSW and Queensland coal industries is the fragmented ownership of the supply - chain assets; a large number of mines share mostly state - government - owned rail and port infrastructure.

And even in the stronger performing components, supply constraints, including much - publicised capacity constraints in rail and port infrastructure, have begun to hamper export growth.

In the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent yearIn the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent yearin global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent years.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced last week a comprehensive capital investment program at the port of Philadelphia that will result in more than $ 300 million in investment in the port's infrastructure, warehousing, and equipment.

Following an attempt by the Abu Dhabi government to purchase major US port facilities a decade ago, CFIUS was reformed to include, for example, review of sovereign foreign investment or a purchase that would involve foreign investment in critical infrastructure.

With a severe infrastructure deficit impacting the productivity of our country, we are hopeful Minister Sohi's connection to Western Canada means that appropriate attention will be given to the ports, rails, and highway network that are crucial to doing business in B.C. and Canada.

There is nothing Canada can do to stop the Americans from investing in their port and transportation infrastructure.

While majorities are in favour of allowing foreign investment in manufacturing and the financial sector, the prospect of foreign companies investing in Australian agriculture, infrastructure projects such as ports and airports, and the National Broadband Network (NBN) provoked significant opposition.

She added other priority areas such as energy sector especially renewables as well as infrastructure sector such as roads, railways, ports, airports, public housing and real estate development, manufacturing and Industry, mining industrial salt, gold, bauxite and iron ore and tourism, ICT and in the financial services sector especially equity financing.

During this visit, Indian PM and UAE's leaders reached an agreement and established an infrastructure investment fund, with the aim of reaching the target of $ 75 billion, to support investments in the rapid expansion of next - generation infrastructure in India, especially railways, ports, roads, airports, industrial corridors and parks.

The port is still held in in the public sector but the board of the port has applied for voluntary privatisation in order to invest more money into the infrastructure.

He said the UK needs to «get on and build without endless inquiries» because transport infrastructure to ports is needed «in the national interest».

Aviation is the hub of a modern economy, maritime is the cash cow, given the normally huge revenue from ports in a globalised economy that thrives on international trade; and rail holds the key to truly modernising the Nigerian local economy, both in the mass transit of people; and mass movement of heavy bulk, at tolerable costs, and with least cost to road infrastructure.

«I don't remember as I always say that under NPP for eight years, Ghana was actually a paradise but look around you today, look at our interventions in transportation, look at our transformation in the sea ports of Ghana, look at the transformation in our road network, look at the elevations in all the key medical facilities we have across the country, look at the new ones coming up, look at the housing infrastructure...» she pointed out in response to claims by the NPP that the Mahama administration has been a disaster and made Ghanaians poorer.

«The proposed initiatives outlined in the plan are designed to address the country's poor competitiveness, improve business environment and attract investment and infrastructure, especially power, roads, rails and ports.»

The companies listed on the subpoena include STV Group, a Manhattan engineering and architectural consulting and design firm, and 3Gi Terminals LLC, a Syracuse intermodal infrastructure company seeking to create an «inland port» in the area.

Federal investigators are seeking information from the Cuomo administration on two companies represented by Howe: STV Group, a Manhattan engineering and architectural consulting and design firm; and 3Gi Terminals LLC, a Syracuse intermodal infrastructure company seeking to create an «inland port» in the area.

He said they had trained 30,000 Iraqi troops in the Basra area as well as improving local infrastructure, including education and health facilities, creating jobs and renovating the port area.

The plan itemizes the approach towards investing in people, including promoting social inclusion through social investment programmes for the vulnerable and targeted programmes for the North - East and Niger - Delta, job creation and youth empowerment and investments in human capital while outlining the competitiveness imperatives as enhancing infrastructure (power, roads, rail, ports and broadband services, and leveraging public - private partnerships (PPPs)-RRB-, improving the business environment through the initiatives under the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and promoting digital - led growth.

From Rwanda, through Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire to Morocco, one can see significant investments being made in roads, ports, railways, bridges, airports, ICT and telecommunications and other critical economic infrastructure.

«The poor performance of industry and the business sector in general, could also be attributed to other challenges they faced, including, but not limited to, lack of access to finance, high interest rates, an unstable exchange rate, high import duties on raw materials and machinery, poor facilitation of import and export trade, particularly at our ports, inadequate and poor quality of raw materials for industrial processing, a poorly developed domestic trade infrastructure, lack of effective collaboration between research institutions and industry, limited access to serviced land for industrial production activities and poor standards of regulation and certification.»

Whatever state builds the first major off - shore wind project is likely to attract the infrastructure investment in manufacturing, shipping, ports, and supply chain that will position it to be the center of the off - shore wind built out along the east coast.

Hawkins opposes any investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines and power plants, LNG port terminals, liquefied propane and butane and natural gas storage in the Seneca Lake salt caverns, and crude oil heaters at the Port of Albany.

These included the Clean Truck Program, which replaced the port's fleet of old, dirty diesel trucks with EPA - compliant vehicles equipped with particle filters, and electrifying the ports so ships can just plug in to power their infrastructure while at the dock.

Given its capability to inspect hard to reach areas of vessels and infrastructure, Taylor is optimistic about the potential for BioSwimmer to achieve commercialization and become a valued partner in strengthening the security of our ports.

In addition to increased infrastructure, ports and icebreakers, the region needs better mapping to accommodate increased traffic, she said at the NOAA event.

In addition to flooding infrastructure due to sea level rise, coastal cities are vulnerable to damage from storm surge, wave action, and / or inundation of their transportation infrastructure such as roadways, ports, bridges, rail, tunnels, shipyards, and navigational aids.

Infrastructure improvements completed on the Electrical Load Center at the port will now provide access to electricity in the event of a power outage.

The Secretary shall encourage each metropolitan planning organization to cooperate with Federal, tribal, State, and local officers and entities responsible for other types of planning activities that are affected by transportation in the relevant area (including planned growth, economic development, infrastructure services, housing, other public services, nonmotorized users, environmental protection, airport operations, high - speed and intercity passenger rail, freight rail, port access, and freight movements), to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure that the metropolitan transportation planning process, metropolitan transportation plans, and transportation improvement programs are developed in cooperation with other related planning activities in the area.

Recent significant transactions include the acquisition of the Colombian hydro company Isagen, Canary Wharf and Center Parcs in the UK, a major stake in GGP in the U.S. and Australian infrastructure company Babcock & Brown and Asciano port company.

Cork port has made impressive strides in recent decades and since the dawn of the millennium has invested $ 72 million in improving infrastructure and facilities.

Major investment in tourism infrastructure - including the redevelopment of the island's airport, new highways, a new international passenger port, and a wave of new luxury hotel developments - are paving the way for Vietnam's «Emerald Isle» to establish itself as Asia's hottest new destination for connoisseurs of luxury travel.

Addressing a major cruise seminar held in Dubai at Arabian Travel Market 2011, Neil Palomba, corporate operating officer for MSC Cruises said there was a limited choice of ports in the region and more needed to be done to develop the infrastructure to enable cruise lines to bring in bigger ships and extend the winter sailing season.

Investment in green infrastructure - airports, high speed rail, roads and ports.

Guatemala is investing in improving its ports, roads and airports infrastructure and is committed to developing its cruise sector.