Highlights at SOLIDS 2024

Over the past years the technology in the field of analytics has developed further and become more refined. The improved analysis process quickly reached its limits when it came to evaluating larger materials quantities through small test samples. Faulty sample taking can lead to serious deviations. ...

Remote monitoring of crushing data from quarries is becoming a crucial element in mobile crushing and screening applications. Metso offers complete fleet management and automation systems, designed...

WA Limestone is a family owned Western Australian company that has been operating for over 40 years. With a strong emphasis on customer service, WA Limestone has become one of the biggest suppliers of road construction materials and Armour rock for breakwater construction and Marine infrastructure in Western Australia, with quarries strategically located all over the Perth and Northwest area. ...

The first Wirtgen 2200 SM 3.8 surface miner is being used in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. With immediate ­effect, this newly advanced surface miner is replacing the conventional mining equipment used locally. Wirtgen experts are providing support for the project. ...

Dear Readers It seems as thought the year is almost over. December is flying by in no time at all. This is not only because of Christmas. All the piles of papers on the desk still have to be taken...

The TOC (total organic carbon) content is an important parameter to characterize materials like soil, rocks or cement. It can be determined by controlled combustion at a fixed temperature, by...

RAG Mining Solutions GmbH recently sold an armoured face conveyor with extensive additional equipment to a German hard limestone quarry (Fig.). The dismantled equipment from the processing sector of...

On 28th August 2014, Gebrüder NETZSCH Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Linz/Austria has been renamed NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme Österreich GmbH. The change of name reflects the company‘s development over...

Following a reconstruction period lasting 24 months, RHEWUM reopened its testing centre in November 2014 (Fig.). With the help of new equipment here at the site in Rem-scheid, classifying applications...

It is with great pleasure that Chalmers University of Technology invites all interested to the European Symposium on Comminution and Classification on the 7-10 September 2015 in Gothenburg/Sweden....