Specialist articles

Issue 12/2017

Journey round the world

Trends in coal and ore transportation

After the figures for maritime transportation of coal and ore recently stagnated, a slight increase is forecast for the coming years. The following article describes ...

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Issue 11/2017

Construction materials recycling

Market trends in Europe

Summary: Europe has set itself an ambitious goal for recycling construction and demolition waste, aiming at 70 % by the year 2020. At present, only a level of 50 % has been managed, and no great...

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Issue 10/2017

Energy efficiency • Energy intensity in copper and gold mining

Summary: Mines are faced with numerous challenges, such as falling raw material prices, declining metal grades in the ores and higher energy prices. Especially because ore processing is particularly...

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