Due to the remote locations, power generation for mineral exploration camps is particularly expensive. Typically, power is generated by gensets, and the diesel fuel needs to be transported over long...
Dosiertechnik GmbH builds “feeders” for feeding production lines, sorting and processing plants. The feeder unit pictured (Fig.) essentially consists of a mobile steel structure with integrated...
At the beginning of January 2010, the re-engineered Innocrush 30 was handed over to Michetschläger, a company based in Eberstalzell (Fig.). The company had so far been operating a stationary plant at...
RHEWUM MobiSort for economic and flexible colour sorting
1 “Mobility” as a megatrend in mineral processing
According to Horx [1], around five megatrends are currently accompanying us. A megatrend is defined by the fact that it permanently accompanies...
At the Kuhn Quarry near Waldhambach at the Pfälzer Wald Nature Reserve, granite and andesite (Fig. 1) have been extracted to produce ballast for many decades. At the quarry, mainly granite is...
FRUTIGER, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of coarse dirt washing systems for large vehicles. The washing systems, known in the trade as...
The Kies- und Schotterwerke Müller GmbH & Co. KG, founded at the beginning of the 1930s at the Ostrach site, is one of the oldest companies in the gravel and sand industry in southern...
Endress+Hauser Spain celebrated its 25th anniversary in a special way: the company moved into its own premises in Sant Cugat in the west of the Barcelona metropolitan region (Fig.). Endress+Hauser...
The sale and distribution of raw materials in the construction industry is steadily growing in importance. Besides supply of a wide range of sands, gravels and chippings in sufficient quantities,...
One of the largest copper suppliers in the world is facing the challenge of ensuring the efficiency and safety of its open-cast mine in northern Chile. The previous mining of copper ore had a planned...
