INTERMAT 2024

Highlights at INTERMAT 2024

Issue 10/2017

Rio Tinto’s Silvergrass iron ore mine open

Rio Tinto officially opened its Silvergrass iron ore mine in Western Australia. The US$ 338 million project is the 16th mine at Rio Tinto’s world-class iron ore operations and will produce...

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Issue 10/2017

FLSmidth opens office in Ghana

FLSmidth is strengthening its Africa footprint with the opening of a new office in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The new presence in Accra will provide a hub for regional operations, as there is...

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Issue 10/2017

Engineering Dobersek to present high-tech in Kasachstan

The Central Asian Republic of Kasachstan is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of raw materials - considerable gold deposits prove the resource wealth of this country. The “Mining World...

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Issue 10/2017

FRUTIGER Company AG at the steinexpo

FRUTIGER presented, its plant MobyDick® ONE 1000 at the steinexpo 2017. As of now, the innovative design allows new functions, besides the tried and tested range of optionally available accessories....

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Issue 10/2017

Tenova TAKRAF continues to set new benchmarks in belt pulley fabrication

With headquarters in Leipzig/Germany, TAKRAF is one of the leading global solutions provider in the mining, bulk material handling and minerals processing industries. The company is also an important...

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Issue 10/2017

Failure to adequately maintain crushers comes at a high price

Crushers operate at high power, force and capacity in order to produce the required materials. This puts a great deal of strain on the crusher and its wear parts, which ­operators must be aware of...

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Issue 10/2017

Newest drill rigs SmartROC D50 and D55

The SmartROC D50 and D55 are versatile rigs powered by low-emission engines, which can cleverly adapt their output to the task at hand at all stages of production. The Rig Control System (RCS) in...

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Issue 10/2017

The Saxon Mining Calendar - 25th anniversary edition, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, the present-day Media Center at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg University of Resources, together with a firm of printers, translated into practice the idea of demonstrating the...

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Issue 10/2017

10th steinexpo achieves records

The objective of the organizers of this quarry demonstration exhibition, which ran from 30 August until 2 September 2017, was to once more achieve the same number of visitors as in 2014 (48 130) - in...

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Issue 10/2017

Small lime works with big technology

Temperatures between 900 and 1200° C are needed to make burnt lime out of limestone. Chemists call this de­acidifying process, in which the mineral releases carbon dioxide, calcination. From calcium...

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