IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 01-02/2018

Mining machinery manufacturers reverse trend

Mining machinery manufacturers producing in Germany have achieved a turnaround. After falling earnings for four years in a row, the industry now anticipates a black zero for the trend in sales in...

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Issue 05/2017

Mining new discoveries with Weir Minerals

Change is pervasive and demands adaptation. With declining ore grade and low commodity prices, the mining industry has had to adapt to stay competitive. As merger and acquisitions opportunities and...

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Issue 11/2013

Mining of ore

Reliable removal of overburden in Mexico‘s second largest open-pit mine

1 Creating the largest open-pit mine in Mexico Goldcorp Inc., headquartered in Vancouver (British Columbia), is one of the world’s fastest growing gold producers. The company has a total of...

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Issue 10/2009 Product News

Mining screens standardized globally

In a 3-year development project, Metso has fundamentally reworked its range of mining screens (Fig.). Besides meeting the specific requirements of the mining industry for higher feed rates, greater...

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Issue 07-08/2018

Mining technology also delivers a brilliant performance in the quarry

T‌he Truffer AG extract Vals Quartzite in their own quarry, and have set themselves the goal to carry out all further processing steps, up to the finished product, exclusively in the quarry in Vals....

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Issue 12/2016

Mining the Arctic

The pros and cons

The polar region north of the Arctic Circle has sparked renewed interest among mining companies, as it holds so-called “world class” deposits of diamonds, gold and base metals. The problems and prospects there are described in this report on the basis of numerous projects. High standards have to be applied in these projects...

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Issue 07-08/2016

Mining versus recycling or useful complement?

Around 100 experts from business, research and politics met for the 10th Saxon Raw Material Day in Dresden on May 25, 2016 in a conference ...

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Issue 10/2022 Fairtrade project

Mining, processing and sale of tantalum in Liberia

Summary: Large quantities of the tantalum extracted worldwide come from small-scale mining enterprises – sometimes from illegal mining with devastating consequences for humans and nature in the...

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Issue 04/2023 Sustainable future

Mining: a vital link in the transition to a net-zero economy

Modern society is heavily reliant on metals and minerals and the demand is growing, driven by a combination of global trends. The rising urbanization and higher living standards are pushing up the...

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MiningForum: 1st and 2nd June 2017 in Berlin

Renowned speakers will be sharing know-how from research projects, updates on the latest technical developments and innovative ideas for the future of the industry in a total of 47 presentations....

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