Highlights at HILLHEAD 2024

Issue 09/2017

Production of rough diamonds

Current market and technology trends

Summary: The production of rough diamonds already reached a peak value more than 10 years ago. Predictions see a continuation of the market downturn for mined diamonds up to 2030. Nevertheless, the...

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Issue 06/2018

Production of selected mineral aggregates

High-quality sands and gravels long ago evolved into special products, as a result of rising demands for quality. In many sectors, classical wheel-loader aggregate mixes have now become inadequate for...

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Issue 06/2019 The right move

Production of spiral fabric complements process belt expertise

Spiral fabric belts are the established standard in countless industrial and municipal applications. Wherever seamless belts are an indispensible component in dewatering, transport or drying...

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Issue 07-08/2023 The Wirtgen Group at NordBau 2023

Production Systems – from individual products to entire process chains

From 6 to 10 September 2023, the Wirtgen Group product brands will be presenting a cross-section of their groundbreaking solutions for road construction and the processing of primary resources and...

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Issue 11/2015

Productivity increase at LKAB’s ­Malmberget mine

ABB has won an order to supply a dual pinion high-speed ring-geared mill drive (RMD) system for LKAB’s latest grinding circuit expansion at the Malmberget iron ore mine in Swedish Lappland. The RMD...

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Issue 04/2011

Productivity increase in the Aitik copper mine

High efficiency is a matter of survival for the Aitik copper mine in northern Sweden. The proportion of metal in the earth’s surface here is so low – less than 0.3 %, that it can only be extracted...

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Issue 11/2015

Productivity increase with high-tech screening technology

Bogaevsky Karyer is a relatively new aggregates production and quarrying company with operations located not far from Oreshki village in the Ruzsky District of Moscow Province. Centered on the...

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Issue 04 /2017

Prognostics tool for maintenance employed in copper mine

For the extraction of natural resources all over the world, Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) operates different types of equipment. For management of the equipment at a copper mine in...

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Issue 07-08/2010

Program-Controlled Grinding and Screening Plant

A common problem in processing high-value bulk materials is that both a large size reduction ratio and a de-fined final grain size distribution within narrow grain size limits are often required. Dust...

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Issue 01-02/2011

Progress

Improving the profitability of copper ore processing

1 Increasing grinding efficiency with the improved Vertimill Having acquired the licence in 1979, Metso (then Koppers) has exclusively supplied the Vertimill and steadily further developed it....

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