Ulrich Spiesshofer has succeeded Joe Hogan as chief executive officer of ABB, one of the leading power and automation technology groups, following the three-month orderly transition period announced...
For more than 100 years the family-owned enterprise Lucht quarries sand and gravel at various locations in the Dithmarschen district. Ultra-fine sand is the main product of the current operation at...
A Terex® RT100 Rough Terrain crane is currently
working at the new Anglo American-owned Minas-Rio mine in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil (Fig. 1). The operation is one of the largest iron ore...
Coperion GmbH, Weingarten/Germany, successfully supplied and commissioned their automatically operating DURODENSE® pot feeding technology at pot line 1 in the smelter of Dubai Aluminium...
REMAX 1312 MAXI made by SBM Mineral Processing is extremely mobile due to a 4-axle-Dolly transport system. Swift relocations aren’t an issue any more as SBM’s mobile, track-mounted crushing and...
When screening loose, bulk materials, and especially when handling abrasives products such as stone, gravel or crushed stone, screen decks are subjected to extreme loads. This leads to more frequent...
The strong export orientation of Stahlwerke Bochum GmbH (SWB), specialized in highly wear-resistant tools and components for scrap recycling, crushing and mineral processing, is now as well reflected...
The ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group, Northeim, is strengthening its conveyor belts business for industrial applications with the acquisition of Metso’s industrial conveyor belt operations based in...
In Northern Canada, Syncrude, a subsidiary of Exxon, is working a surface oil sand mine. At this mine, 38 very large Liebherr dumpers are used and a huge fleet of off-road vehicles travel around the...
1 Introduction
In recent months, the clouds have been darkening over the mining industry. The reason is the falling prices for raw materials since the beginning of 2012, which is down to a lower...
