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                                                                Exhibit 10.1 (e)

                           SIXTH AMENDATORY AGREEMENT

                                       TO

                     CREDIT FACILITY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                                       AND

                          AMENDMENT TO PROMISSORY NOTE

         THIS SIXTH AMENDATORY AGREEMENT TO CREDIT FACILITY AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO PROMISSORY NOTE (this "Sixth Amendatory Agreement"),
effective as of March 28, 2000, is entered into by and among BANK ONE, NA, a
national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America ("Lender"), with a place of business located at 600 Superior
Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114; CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation ("Continental"), with its principal place of business and
executive offices located as 483 Industrial Drive, P.O. Box 400, Winfield,
Alabama 35594 (the "Continental Principal Place of Business") and GOODMAN
CONVEYOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation ("Goodman"), with its principal place
of business and executive offices located at U.S. Route 178 South, P.O. Box 866,
Belton, South Carolina 29627 (the "Goodman Principal Business Location") (each
of Continental and Goodman being sometimes referred to herein individually as a
"Borrower" and collectively as the "Borrowers").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Assumption and
Modification Agreement by and between Borrowers and Lender dated as of March 7,
1997, the Borrowers assumed all of the Obligations of CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR &
EQUIPMENT CO. L.P., formerly a limited partnership organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, and GOODMAN CONVEYOR CO. L.P., formerly a
limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (collectively, the "Original Borrowers") under that certain Credit
Facility and Security Agreement by and among the Original Borrowers and Lender
dated as of September 14, 1992, as amended by a certain First Amendment to
Credit Facility and Security Agreement by and among the Original Borrowers and
Lender executed on August 27, 1993, as further amended by a certain Second
Amendatory Agreement by and among the Original Borrowers and Lender dated as of
October 5, 1994, as further amended by a certain Consolidated Amendment No. 1 to
Credit Facility and Security Agreement by and among the Original Borrowers and
Lender dated as of July 28, 1995, and as further amended by a certain
Consolidated Amendment No. 2 to Credit Facility and Security Agreement by and
among the Original Borrowers and Lender dated as of December 13, 1996,
(collectively, the "Original Loan Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS, the Original Loan Agreement was further amended by a certain
Third Amendatory Agreement to Credit Facility and Security Agreement by and
among the Borrowers and Lender dated as of March 28, 1997, by a certain Fourth
Amendatory Agreement by and among the Borrowers and Lender dated as of December,
1998, and by a certain Fifth


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Amendatory Agreement by and among the Borrowers and Lender dated as of April 29,
1999 (collectively, the Original Loan Agreement, as subsequently amended, is
referred to herein as the "Loan Agreement," all terms defined in said Loan
Agreement being used herein with the same meaning), pursuant to which the Lender
has agreed to loan to the Borrowers up to a maximum aggregate sum of
$30,000,000.00 on a revolving loan basis (the "Revolving Loan"); which Revolving
Loan is evidenced by a Fourth Amended and Restated Replacement Promissory Note
dated March 28, 1997 (the "Note"), such Note being executed and delivered by the
Borrowers to the Lender; and

         WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Lender have agreed to amend the Loan
Agreement to (i) provide for the extension of the maturity of the Revolving
Loan, and (ii) amend certain terms and covenants of the Loan Agreement and
provide for payment by the Borrowers to the Lender of all legal expenses of
Lender in connection with the matters contemplated hereby; and

         WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Lender have agreed to amend the Note to
provide for the extension of the maturity of the obligations evidenced thereby.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the Borrowers and the Lender agree as follows:

SECTION I.  Amendment of Loan Agreement

         A. Subsection (A) of Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement is, effective
the date hereof, hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "(A) Revolving Loan. Subject at all times to the terms hereof,
         the Lender will, until June 30, 2003, make such loans to each Borrower
         as from time to time such Borrower requests (the "Revolving Loan")
         consisting of advances made by Lender against the value of each
         Borrower's respective Eligible Inventory and Eligible Accounts. Such
         advances are anticipated to be repaid by Borrowers and thereafter
         readvanced by Lender without any premiums or penalty therefor. Subject
         to the provisions of Subsection (B) of this Section 2.3, the aggregate
         unpaid principal of the Revolving Loan outstanding at any one time
         shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the line of credit approved for
         Borrowers, which is currently Thirty Million and no/100 Dollars
         ($30,000,000) or (b) the sum of (i) Eighty-Five percent (85%) of the
         unpaid face amount of each Borrower's respective Eligible Accounts (or
         such other percentages of each Borrower's Eligible Accounts as may from
         time to time be fixed by the Lender upon notice to the Borrowers) and
         (ii) the lesser of (1) Fifty-five percent (55%) of the cost or market
         value, whichever is lower, determined on a first-in, first-out basis,
         of each Borrower's respective Eligible Inventory located at the
         Continental Collateral Location or Goodman Collateral Location (or such
         other percentages of each Borrower's respective Eligible Inventory as
         may from time to time be fixed by the


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         Lender upon notice to the Borrowers) or (2) Twelve Million Dollars
         ($12,000,000) (or such other dollar amount as may from time to time be
         fixed by the Lender upon notice to the Borrowers)."

Except as otherwise modified herein, the remainder of Section 2.3 shall remain
as written originally.

         B. Subsection (C) of Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement is, effective
the date hereof, hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "(C) Payment. The Revolving Loan shall be payable on June 30,
         2003, and bear interest as provided in Section 2.4 of this Agreement
         and shall otherwise be evidenced by, and repayable in accordance with,
         the Revolving Note, as amended from time to time, but in the absence of
         such revolving promissory note shall be evidenced by the Lender's
         record of disbursements and repayments."

Except as otherwise modified herein, the remainder of Section 2.3 shall remain
as written originally.

         C. Section 2.9 of the Loan Agreement is, effective the date hereof,
hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "2.9 Commitment Fee. Borrowers shall, jointly and severally,
         pay to Lender on March 28, 2000 and on June 30, 2001 and each
         succeeding June 30 thereafter (provided no such fee shall be taken on
         June 30, 2003 unless the maturity of the Revolving Loan is extended
         beyond said date), a commitment fee (the "Commitment Fee") of
         Twenty-five (25) basis points on the amount of the line of credit
         approved for Borrowers under the Revolving Loan pursuant to Section
         2.3(A) of this Agreement, whether the Borrowers shall be entitled to
         request such amount pursuant to Section 2.3(A) of this Agreement or
         not."

         D. A new Section 2.10 entitled "Unused Line Fee," shall be added to the
Loan Agreement and shall read in its entirety as follows:

                  "2.10 Unused Line Fee. Borrowers shall, jointly and severally,
         pay to Lender an Unused Line Fee in respect of the Revolving Loan
         payable quarterly in arrears, beginning on the first day of July, 2000,
         and continuing on the first day of each October, January, April and
         July thereafter. "Unused Line Fee" means a fee equal to the quotient of
         (Y) the product of (i) Twenty-five (25) basis points, multiplied by
         (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of the line of credit approved for
         Borrowers under the Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.3(A) of this
         Agreement, whether the Borrowers shall be entitled to request such
         amount pursuant to Section 2.3(A) of this Agreement or not, minus (B)
         the average principal balance of the Revolving Loan for the period of
         calculation, minus (C)


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         the average stated amount of letters of credit issued by the Lender
         hereunder and outstanding during the period of calculation, divided by
         (Z) four (4).

         E. Section 8.1 (T) of the Loan Agreement is, effective the date hereof,
hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "(T) Measured as of the end of each calendar quarter beginning
         with the quarter ended March 31, 2000, the Borrowers' (as defined
         below) combined operating income (which shall be before deduction for
         any Management Fees) for the immediately preceding four quarters shall
         be an amount equal to or greater than the sum of $11,000,000, based
         upon the Borrowers' fiscal quarter-end financial statements prepared in
         accordance with GAAP."

The remainder of Section 8.1 shall remain as written originally.

         F. Section 8.2 of the Loan Agreement is, effective the date hereof,
hereby amended by the addition of the following Section 8.2(U):

                  "(U) Make any advances or loans to any foreign-based
         subsidiaries of either of the Borrowers: provided, however, that the
         Borrowers, or either of them, may make loans and advances up to a
         maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time of
         $7,000,000 to any one or more foreign-based subsidiaries of Continental
         Conveyor & Equipment Company during the period beginning October 1,
         1999, and ending on June 30, 2003, the maturity date of the Revolving
         Loan."

The remainder of Section 8.2 shall remain as written originally.

SECTION II.  Amendment of Promissory Note

         A. The first two paragraphs of page 1 of the Note are, effective the
date hereof, hereby amended and restated to read in their entirety as follows:

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY,
         a Delaware corporation, and GOODMAN CONVEYOR COMPANY, a Delaware
         corporation (hereinafter each referred to as a "Company" and
         collectively as the "Companies"), jointly and severally promise to pay
         to the order of BANK ONE, NA (hereinafter referred to as the "Bank"),
         the principal amount of Thirty Million and No/Dollars ($30,000,000.00),
         or such lesser amount as shall have from time to time been borrowed by
         the Companies, on June 30, 2003, or sooner as hereinafter provided,
         with interest on the unpaid balance of said principal amount from the
         date hereof at the Contract Rate, as defined in the Agreement
         hereinafter referred to, which definition is hereby accepted by each
         Company, as the same may from time to time be


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         established. If any installment of principal, interest or other amounts
         due and payable hereunder are not paid when due, or within any
         applicable grace periods, the Companies shall pay interest thereon at
         the rate per annum of two-percent (2%) in excess of the Contract Rate,
         as the same may from time to time be established.

                  The Companies jointly and severally agree to pay interest on
         the unpaid principal amount outstanding of this Note in monthly
         installments commencing on the 1st day of April, 2000, and continuing
         on the 1st day of each month thereafter. The unpaid balance of the
         principal amount outstanding and all accrued interest thereon shall be
         due and payable on June 30, 2003.

         B. The fourth paragraph of page 1 of the Note, which paragraph carries
over to page 2 of the Note, is, effective the date hereof, hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:

                  This Note is issued pursuant to and is entitled to the
         benefits of a Credit Facility and Security Agreement dated as of
         September 14, 1992 by and between CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR & EQUIPMENT CO.
         L.P., a limited partnership organized and formerly existing under the
         laws of the State of Delaware, and GOODMAN CONVEYOR CO. L.P., a limited
         partnership organized and formerly existing under the laws of the State
         of Delaware (such partnerships hereinafter referred to as the "Original
         Borrowers") and the Bank, as amended by that certain First Amendment to
         Credit Facility and Security Agreement executed on August 27, 1993, by
         that certain Second Amendatory Agreement dated as of October 5, 1994,
         by that certain Consolidated Amendment No. 2 to Credit Facility and
         Security Agreement dated as of December 13, 1996, all by and among the
         Original Borrowers and the Bank, and as further amended by that Certain
         Third Amendatory Agreement by and among the Companies and the Bank
         dated March 28, 1997, by that certain Fourth Amendatory Agreement by
         and among the Companies and the Bank dated as of December, 1998, by
         that certain Fifth Amendatory Agreement by and among the Companies and
         the Bank dated as of April 29, 1999, by that certain Sixth Amendatory
         Agreement by and among the Companies and the Bank dated as of March 28,
         2000, and by any further amendments modifications or restatements
         entered into between the Companies and the Bank from time to time
         (collectively, the "Agreement"), to which reference is hereby made for
         a statement of the rights and obligations of the Bank and the duties
         and obligations of each Company in relation thereto; but neither this
         reference to said Agreement nor any provisions thereof shall affect or
         impair the absolute and unconditional obligation of each Company to pay
         the principal of or interest on this Note when due. This Note has been
         issued pursuant to the Agreement in substitution for a certain existing
         Amended and Restated Replacement Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) dated
         July 28, 1995, which was issued in Substitution for a certain Amended
         and Restated Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) dated September 14, 1992
         (collectively, the "Old Notes").


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         It is understood and acknowledged by each Company that this Note is not
         intended as a novation of the obligations of the Original Borrowers and
         two Companies under the Old Notes but is merely a restatement of the
         obligations thereunder and under the Agreement, after giving effect to
         the most recent amendatory agreement thereto.

SECTION III.  Conditions Precedent

         Each Borrower hereby understands and agrees that the effectiveness of
this Sixth Amendatory Agreement is subject to receipt by the Lender, on or prior
to the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and its
counsel, of the following:

         A.       Certificates, dated as of the date hereof, signed by duly
                  elected officers of each Borrower and to the effect that:

                  1)       As of said date, no Event of Default has occurred and
                           is continuing and no event has occurred and is
                           continuing that, with the giving of notice or passage
                           of time or both, would be an Event of Default;

                  2)       The representations and warranties set forth in
                           Section 7 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct
                           as of such date; and

                  3)       Each Borrower is in compliance with all of the terms
                           and provisions set forth in the Loan Agreement on and
                           as of said date.

         B.       Certificates, dated as of the date hereof, of the secretary of
                  each Borrower certifying (1) that such Borrower's Certificate
                  of Incorporation has not been amended since the date
                  originally adopted and such Borrower's By-Laws have not been
                  amended since the date originally adopted (or certifying that
                  true, correct and complete copies of any amendments are
                  attached), (2) that copies of resolutions of the Board of
                  Directors of such Borrower are attached with respect to the
                  approval of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement and of the matters
                  contemplated hereby and authorizing the execution, delivery
                  and performance by such Borrower of this Sixth Amendatory
                  Agreement and each other document, instrument, agreement or
                  note to be delivered pursuant hereto and (3) as to the
                  incumbency and signatures of the officers of such Borrower
                  signing this Sixth Amendatory Agreement and each other
                  document, instrument, agreement or note to be delivered
                  pursuant hereto.

         C.       An Acknowledgement, Consent and Agreement, substantially in
                  the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, with all blanks
                  completed, duly executed by Continental Global Group, Inc.

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         F.       Such other documents as the Lender may reasonably request to
                  implement this Sixth Amendatory Agreement and the transactions
                  contemplated hereby.

         If Lender shall consummate the transactions contemplated hereby prior
to the fulfillment of any of the conditions precedent set forth above, the
consummation of such transaction shall constitute only an extension of time for
the fulfillment of such conditions, and not a waiver thereof.

SECTION IV.  Fees and Expenses

         Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay all out-of-pocket fees and
expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement, and all other
agreements, documents or certificates required or contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, all legal fees and expenses of the Lender's legal
counsel in connection therewith.

SECTION V.  Acknowledgments Concerning Outstanding Loans

         Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that as of March 27, 2000, the
current outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan ($3,951,220) and amounts owed
pursuant to letters of credit and/or existing equipment leases, are owed to
Lender without any offset, deduction, defense or counterclaim of any nature
whatsoever.

SECTION VI.  References; Credit Documents to Remain in Full Force and Effect

         Except as otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings given such terms in the Loan Agreement, as amended
hereby. On and after the effective date of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement, (i)
each reference in the Loan Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof",
or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, and in the Note and
other Credit Documents to the "Loan Agreement", "thereof", or words of like
import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and refer to the Loan
Agreement as amended hereby, and (ii) each reference in the Loan Agreement and
in the Note and other Credit Documents to the "Revolving Note", "thereof", or
words of like import referring to the Revolving Note shall mean and refer to the
Note, as amended hereby. Except as modified herein, the Note, the Loan
Agreement, the Credit Documents and all other agreements as to payment,
guarantee of payment or security executed in connection therewith, including
without limitation all mortgages and deeds of trust, shall remain as written
originally and in full force and effect in all respects, and nothing herein
shall affect, modify, limit or impair any of the rights and powers which the
Lender may have thereunder, and are hereby and in all respects ratified and
confirmed.


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SECTION VII.  Applicable Law

         This Sixth Amendatory Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under
the laws of the State of Ohio, and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.

SECTION VIII.  Counterparts

         This Sixth Amendatory Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument, and any one of the parties hereto may execute this Sixth Amendatory
Agreement by signing any such counterpart.

SECTION IX.  Conflicts

         If and to the extent the terms of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement
conflict with any term of any prior amendment to the Loan Agreement, then the
terms of this Sixth Amendatory Agreement shall control.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers and the Lender have caused this Sixth
Amendatory Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the
date and year first above written.


BANK ONE, NA                                 CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR &
                                             EQUIPMENT COMPANY


By:                                          By:
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   Name:  Rudolf Bentlage                       Name:  C.E. Bryant
   Title: Vice President                        Title: President


GOODMAN CONVEYOR COMPANY


By:
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   Name:  Larry Kukulski
   Title: Vice President



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