Highlights at HILLHEAD 2024

Electric drive Cat® 988K XE Wheel Loader features technology and efficiency updates

Built on a solid switch reluctance technology foundation leveraging more than 15 years of Caterpillar electric drive experience, updates to the Cat® 988K XE deliver up to 10 % faster downhill speed,...

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Issue 10/2023 Circular economy in the construction industry

Electric material handlers 840 E and 855 E support efficient port handling

The principles of the circular economy gain increasing importance in the construction industry and represent an important concept for companies’ sustainability efforts. In this context, resources...

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Issue 09/2022 Efficient compressed air

Electric mobile air compressors help in manganese extraction

One of the world’s largest manganese producers Mexico’s Autlán needs compressed air for its production. The solution is Atlas Copco’s E-Air V1100 Variable Speed Drive (VSD) electric...

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Issue 05/2013

Electrical equipment for Chile

The Siemens Drive Technologies division has been commissioned by CAP Mineria to supply the entire electrical system for the Cerro Negro Norte iron ore mine in the Chilean Atacama region. The plant,...

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Issue 12/2009

Electrical equipment for shaft winders

A consortium consisting of the Siemens Industry Solutions Division and Siemag M-Tec² GmbH, Netphen, has received an order from Datong Coal Mine Group. Co., Ltd., China, to supply two new winders for...

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Issue 10/2023 Partner in the mine of the future

Electrification in Central Europe’s largest opencast hard rock mine

At Erzberg in Styria, VA Erzberg GmbH not only operates the largest opencast hard rock mine in Central Europe, but also one of the most modern of its kind. With 240 employees, the company is one of...

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Issue 07-08/2014

Electronic warning systems improve operational safety

Whether in mining or in industrial use, conveyor belts are subjected to heavy loads in many applications. Years of stress and sharp-edged objects can leave their mark on conveyor belts. ContiTech has...

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Issue 06/2013

Elevator buckets – modern versus traditional design

Recent advances in design technology have brought the advent of the modern high efficiency centrifugal discharge elevator bucket. High efficiency elevator buckets push the traditional limits of...

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Issue 09/2022 Sinter-Plate Filter for 160° C

Elimination of extraneous particulate emissions

High-efficiency filtration technologies are indispensable in innumerable sectors of industrial production. Both as process filters, where filter systems form an integral part of production facilities,...

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EMC 2023 – Save the Date & Call for Papers

The GDMB Society of Metallurgists and Miners invites to the European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2023, taking place from June 11 to 14, 2023, in Düsseldorf/Germany – the most important conference in...

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