IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 01-02/2023 Extraction of raw materials

Mining equipment secures Germany as a high-tech location

A new perspective on raw materials and their importance for the energy transition is indispensable for the success of the climate transition in Germany. Digitalisation and the reduction of bureaucracy...

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Issue 06/2012

Mining Giant chooses GeoVisionary

Vale is a global company headquartered in Brazil, but operating in 38 countries. Vale produces iron ore, pellets, nickel, fertilizers, copper, coal, cobalt, manganese and ferroalloys, as well as...

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Mining giant Rio Tinto also wants to grow aggressively in the lithium sector

Rio Tinto wants to grow by purchasing deposits and attractive projects in the lithium market. CEO Jakob Strausholm has now outlined the strategy of the billion-euro mining group. This could put the...

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Issue 10/2016

Mining in Brazil offers an array of opportunities

The mining sector in Brazil is not only an important raw materials supplier for German industry, it also offers companies ...

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Mining in Europe

The second international conference “Mines of the Future” will be held from 13 to 14 June 2019 at PPS Lecture Hall Building in Aachen/Germany. The online registration as well as the abstract...

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Issue 10/2013

Mining is alive!

4th International Colloquium on Non-Blasting Rock Extraction

Around 130 highly specialized professionals followed the invitation of the Institute of Mining at TU Bergakademie Freiberg to the 4th International Colloquium on “Non-Blasting Rock Extraction”...

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Issue 01-02/2021 Optimistic outlook

Mining is essential to stop climate change

T‌he mining machinery industry in Germany expects a decline in sales of 10 to 15 % in 2020. Nevertheless, the industry is optimistic about the future, because only state-of-the-art mining technology...

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Issue 10/2017

Mining machinery manufacturers from Germany back on the road to success

M‌ining machinery manufacturers from Germany are back on track, with incoming orders increasing by 45 % in the first half of the year. Closer cooperation with Australia is set to bring further growth....

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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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