IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 11/2012

The finite and the infinite

Trends in copper ore mining and processing

1 Introduction Today, copper is as much an essential part of life as the air that we breathe. Without copper there would be no electric light, no telephone, no cars and no computers. There is...

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Issue 12/2021 New installation at Bernegger GmbH/Austria

The first Christian Pfeiffer ultrafine classifier ROC for industrial minerals

C‌‌‌hristian Pfeiffer Maschinenfabrik GmbH developed the ultrafine classifiers ROC and U-ROC designed to produce industrial minerals. Christian Pfeiffer  specializes  in the design of efficient...

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Issue 12/2018 Focus on primary and secondary resources

The first European Mineral Processing and Recycling Congress

O‌n 25 and 26 June 2018, the first European Mineral Processing and Recycling Congress (EMPRC) was held in Essen/Germany. The kick-off event, an all-round success, was organized by the GDMB Society of...

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The first real and productive jaw crusher development in 164 years

On 15 June, 1858, Eli Whitney Blake of New Haven was granted US patent No. 20 542 for a ‘machine for crushing stone’. A magnificent design that was well-ahead of its time. Since then, apart from small...

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Issue 06/2017

The four-wheel-drive two-axle Bell B60E impresses with its great flexibility and high cost efficiency

In March this year, the first “European” Bell B60E went into operation at Schiewe Steinbruchbetriebe, a quarrying company in Lemgo/Kirchheide/Germany. The four-wheel-drive two-axle ADT works as a...

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Issue 01-02/2011

The future of crushed sands?

Influence of the sand grain shape on the working properties of SCC mortars

1 Introduction Crushed sands are usually a by-product of the production of ballast and chippings, accounting for up to 20% of the yield. With simple comminution methods, crushed sands with a fine...

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Issue 01-02/2016

The future of VSI

Simplified

The VSI concept is simple and applies impact loading, necessary for the production of high quality aggregates for asphalt and concrete. But the VSI does not live up to its expectations in its traditional configuration with shoes and anvils, which is a very ...

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Issue 01-02/2023 “Perspectives of the Underground”

The Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg e.V. (GKZ)’s raw materials dialogue Saxony-Anhalt celebrates a promising kick-off

Perspectives of the Underground” was the motto of the kickoff of the GKZ’s new series of events, Raw Materials Dialog Saxony-Anhalt, which started in Magdeburg, where the IFF Fraunhofer Institute...

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Issue 04/2019

The German Powder and Bulk Association  - DSIV

A‌t the POWTECH, the DSIV and other powder and bulk associations will answer questions regarding exports, innovations and cooperations. The Japanese market. What advantages and opportunities are...

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Issue 10/2020 Sand depletion

The global sand crisis not being talked about

T‌here are events and seminal moments that propel an issue into the public consciousness. Consider rousing addresses by the likes of Sir David Attenborough and activist Greta Thunberg and their...

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