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Highlights at IFAT 2024

Valuable resources can be recovered with the help of bacteria

New research shows that magnesium and other metals in mine waste can be dissolved and recovered thanks to acid-producing bacteria. Researcher Nathan van Wyk believes that the method has great...

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Issue 10/2011

Valuable salt

Uyuni Salt Lake: one of the largest lithium reserves in the world

1 Lake Uyuni According to the research work of the public-owned company Comibol, the lithium reserves found in Bolivia amount to 100 mill. t lithium and 2000 mill. t potassium. General Motors and...

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Issue 12/2010

Valuable waste

Recovery of chromite values from ferrochrome industry flue dust

1 Introduction Waste is a source of secondary raw materials, but at the same time can negatively impact the natural environment and public health. The flue dust generated from the ferrochrome industry...

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Issue 11/12/2008 Aus der Industrie / From the Industry

Value added through washing plant in County Tipperary

A new CDE washing plant installed at Seamus Ryan Sand & Gravel in County Tipperary has increased the value of the fi nal products by 50 % since installation. The quarry is located outside Toomyvara...

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Issue 11/2012

Variable usable

Redwave XRF - sorting with x-ray fluorescence

Principle of X-ray fluorescence (Fig. 1) If material is exposed to highly energetic, electromagnetic radiation (1), e.g. emitted by an X-ray tube, electrons are removed from the union of atoms of the...

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Issue 09/2015

Variety

Dear Readers Bentonite and barite have exceptional properties and so they can be used for many purposes. Both materials can be processed by means of the grinding and separating systems from NEUMAN &...

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Issue 09/2009 Technical Solutions

Variety of sorts

Mogensen Sizer technology for processing sand for renders and mortar renders

1 Changes on the building materials market Besides the basic mineral materials like gravel, quartz, stone, lime, cement, gypsum, clay, anhydrite and trass, chemical additives and non-mineral additives...

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Issue 03/2014

VDBUM – a new partner of IFAT

Raw materials are a limited resource. And for years a range of different techniques has been developed for recovering raw materials. One example of the careful management of resources is in the...

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Issue 06/2013

VDMA Construction Equipment and Building Machinery

In 2012, German Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery industry generated 12.5 billion € in turnover. Construction equipment made 7.9 billion € of this sum while...

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Issue 10/2011

VDMA Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery: joy and sorrow at mid-year

The mid-year business situation is highly diverse for companies in the German construction equipment and building material machinery industries. While some sectors are beginning to approach their...

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