The port of Posjet lies in the very far east of Russia, close to the Chinese and North Korean borders. Mechel makes its bulk coal shipments to Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia from here and is investing heavily in the upgrade of the port. Mechel has contracted ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik to supply all the required bulk material handling equipment. The scope of work comprises the delivery of a railcar unloading facility (two side tipplers) capable of simultaneously unloading two railcar, one transfer car, two bucketwheel stacker/reclaimers, one shiploader, crushing- and a complete conveying system, including all galleries, transfer towers and conveyor bridges.

In order to reduce the difficulties of unloading coal in winter, Mechel has added a defrosting tunnel, equipped with special heating devices. To protect the environment, special requirements had to be taken into consideration when designing and configuring the handling system, in particular for environmental protection against dust and noise emission.

The handling capacity of the equipment is designed for 3,000 t/h and an overall handling capacity of 7 Mt/y, significantly raising the current handling capacity of between 2 and 3 Mt/y. The coal handling terminal at Posjet is scheduled to operate at its increased handling capacity by around mid 2010.