About Australian Bulk Handling Review

Australian Bulk Handling Review

Overview

Australian Bulk Handling Review (ABHR) is an Australian trade magazine and news platform devoted to bulk materials handling — the conveyors, ship loaders, stockpiles, silos, dust-control systems and processing plant that move grain, ore and other bulk commodities from pit and paddock to port. Published by Prime Creative Media from Melbourne, it describes itself on LinkedIn as "Australia's only technical magazine for engineers who plan, design or manage bulk handling systems," and as the country's leading publication for bulk handling across mining, stockpiling, grain and grain storage, ore processing, quarrying, ship loading and port facilities, power generation, food, milling, fertiliser, sugar and plastics.

The title combines a print magazine with a news website, a weekly electronic newswire, an equipment marketplace and an events program anchored by the Bulk Expo exhibition and conference and the Australian Bulk Handling Awards. Its closest sister title is Rail Express, which shares its ownership history; both sit within Prime Creative Media's industrial portfolio alongside Australian Mining, Manufacturers' Monthly, Food & Beverage Industry News and Waste Management Review.

History

ABHR's LinkedIn company page records its founding in 1996, giving the title three decades of continuous coverage of the bulk handling sector. For part of that history it was published in Sydney by Mohi Media, the specialist publisher founded by Michael Mohi. By the late 2010s ABHR was operating as a magazine, website and weekly newswire business from Mohi Media's offices at Level 14, 309 Kent Street, Sydney; the publisher's 2018 media kit promoted a weekly electronic newswire reaching what it stated were 8,800 subscribers, organised around market-sector channels including conveyors and transfers, dust control and environment, mining and heavy industries, powder handling, and logistics, ports and terminals.

On 2 July 2018, Prime Creative Media formally acquired ABHR and Rail Express from Mohi Media, in a transaction announced by Mumbrella and by the title itself. The editorial team of Paula Wallace and Oliver Probert remained at the helm under the new owner, Zelda Tupicoff joined as business development manager, and Mohi Media's founder Michael Mohi endorsed the move, saying the two publishers shared "similar values and ways of doing business." Prime Creative Media's then managing director John Murphy said the titles came "with a strong, engaged readership and qualified databases," and committed the group to continued investment in the products.

Under Prime Creative Media the title's centre of operations shifted to Melbourne, where the publisher is headquartered. The brand has since been extended into live events: the Bulk Expo and Bulk Handling Technical Conference, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the Australian Bulk Handling Awards program.

Content and Coverage

ABHR's editorial remit is the engineering and operation of bulk handling systems across the industries that depend on them. Coverage spans conveyor design and maintenance, belt performance and spillage control, dust suppression and environmental compliance, ship loading and port operations, grain storage and handling, crushing and screening, automation, instrumentation and monitoring. A technical feature published on its website in October 2026, "Rethinking conveyor spillage," is typical of the genre: a detailed examination of how unmanaged spillage restricts access, increases maintenance and strands valuable product beneath conveyor systems. Its news coverage also tracks the regulatory environment, such as the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority's updated approved methods for modelling and assessing air pollutants, reported for readers in October 2026 with attention to fugitive dust from mines and quarries.

The title's events program extends the same coverage in person. BULK2026, held on 16–17 September 2026 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, paired the Bulk Expo exhibition floor with the Bulk Handling Technical Conference, whose sessions examined conveyor monitoring, belt wear and performance, automation and instrumentation, ship loading, stockpile management, industrial weighing and particulate emission control in port operations. Panel contributors included representatives of Hawk Measurement Systems, Metso, Hexagon and SRO Technology, and speakers from TUNRA Bulk Solids, the University of Newcastle's bulk solids handling research group. The event concluded with the Australian Bulk Handling Awards, recognising achievement across the sector. Prime Creative Media's general manager of events, Siobhan Rocks, described the gathering as being about "showcasing innovation, sharing knowledge, and celebrating the people and projects driving bulk handling forward."

The website also carries a marketplace of classified listings for bulk handling and conveying equipment, with priced listings, photographs and dealer contacts — an extension of the equipment-guide role the title has long played for consulting engineers specifying plant for client projects.

Audience and Reach

ABHR is read by the engineers and managers who design, build and operate bulk handling systems: consulting engineers — identified by the publisher as a substantial share of the readership, who use the title and its Bulk Handling Equipment Guide as a source on plant, equipment and services to recommend for client projects — together with operations and maintenance managers in mining companies, grain handlers, port operators, quarries, power stations and processing plants, and the equipment manufacturers and service providers who supply them.

No audited circulation figure for the title is published in the material available for this profile, and none is asserted here. The historical figure in the public record is the publisher's own: Mohi Media's 2018 media kit claimed 8,800 weekly newswire subscribers for the title at that time. Its LinkedIn page had more than 4,700 followers in October 2026, and its reach is extended through the Bulk Expo event audience and the Prime Creative Media industrial network.

Digital Presence

The title's website, bulkhandlingreview.com.au, carries news, technical features, white papers and the equipment marketplace, and was publishing new material within days of this profile's preparation in October 2026 — including its coverage of the BULK2026 conference and awards in September 2026. ABHR maintains an active LinkedIn presence with regular posts linking to site content, and distributes a weekly electronic newswire to subscribers, a format documented since its Mohi Media era and continued under Prime Creative Media.

Ownership and Organisation

Australian Bulk Handling Review is published by Prime Creative Media, which acquired the title, together with Rail Express, from Mohi Media with effect from 2 July 2018. Prime Creative Media describes itself as Australia's largest business-to-business publisher; founded in 2003 with a single printed title, it has grown through acquisitions — including Cirrus Media's industrial and agricultural portfolio in 2015 and seven wealth management titles from Momentum Media in 2025 — into a multi-platform publisher and events organiser. John Murphy, the group's managing director at the time of the ABHR acquisition, is now its chairman, and Christine Clancy was identified as chief executive in 2025. LinkedIn lists the ABHR team at two to ten employees, headquartered in Melbourne, supported by the wider Prime Creative Media editorial, commercial and events organisation, including its events division, which delivers the Bulk Expo and the Australian Bulk Handling Awards.

Contact and Availability

Australian Bulk Handling Review is available in print by subscription and online at bulkhandlingreview.com.au, where readers can access news, technical features and marketplace listings and subscribe to the title's newswire. The publisher, Prime Creative Media, is headquartered at 379 Docklands Drive, Docklands, Victoria 3008, Australia, phone +61 3 9690 8766, with a Sydney office at Suite 11.01, Level 11, 201 Miller Street, North Sydney, New South Wales. Details of the Bulk Expo, the Bulk Handling Technical Conference and the Australian Bulk Handling Awards are published on the title's website.