Issue 07-08/2018

Dear Readers,There are approximately 3500 dams for processing residues in the mining industry worldwide – and the trend is rising due to the decreasing ore content in the mineral deposits. If such a...

Summary: Events like the dam failure at the retention basin of the Samarco mine in Brazil almost three years ago once again illustrate the dangers of mining. But that’s not all. The disaster resulted...

Summary: In different fields, quantitative microstructural analysis (QMA) has become established as a method for characterizing materials and raw materials. Many studies show that the microstructure...

Thomas Spitzenpfeil has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Schenck Process Group effective October 1, 2018. He will also join the Management Board. Mr. Spitzenpfeil will be responsible for...

With effect from 1 June 2018, Friedrich Hirtler has been appointed Managing Director of Sandvik Mining and Construction Central Europe GmbH, having taken over this demanding management role on an...

In April 2018 thyssenkrupp opened a new service center for the mining industry in Parauapebas, Brazil, marking a further step in the expansion of the Industrial Solutions business area’s global...

Martin Engineering has expanded its UK and Scandinavian operations, allowing it to offer wider service, faster equipment delivery and extensive employee training to customers. Martin Engineering’s new...

BEUMER Group opened a new sales office in the Ruhr area of Germany to support its customers with an even more comprehensive range of services. From this sales office “West”, BEUMER Customer Support...

A‌t the invitation of the Institute of Mineral Processing Machines at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (TU BAF IAM), the 13th Symposium on Mineral Processing was held at the beginning of...

From 7. – 8. November 2018, the WORLD DEMOLITION SUMMIT will take place in Dublin/Ireland. This is the tenth year of the major international event celebrating excellence and innovation within the...

T‌he Bundesverband Mineralische Rohstoffe, MIRO, launched its 6th competition for the National Sustainability Award for companies of the aggregate industry. Just like the previous ones, this...

S‌CHÜTTGUT renamed: as of 2018, Germany‘s pre-eminent trade show for granules, powders and bulk solids technologies will also be known domestically as SOLIDS Dortmund. More than 500 exhibitors and...

T‌his was the motto under which the DSIV, the German Bulk Solids Industry Association (Deutsche Schüttgut-Industrie Verband e.V.), invited companies active in the field of bulk solids as well as...

From September 18 – 19, 2018 a symposium entitled “Circular Driven Economy” will be held by the AF Groups, SINTEF, CDE and SHEEHAN in the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Heathrow. The EU Commission is...

I‌t‘s been 80 years since Charles Warman invented the ­Warman® slurry pump, a pump that revolutionised the mining industry and continues to push the boundaries of pump performance to this day. In...

O‌n average, 195 t limestone is transported from the loading point to the tipping point. The material is transported by three new Cat 775G off-road trucks in single-shift operation at Wiesenhofen...

I‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ndustrial gear units are drive technology heavyweights which need to handle large torques. Due to the large forces involved, small defects which are not detected in time can quickly result in...

T‌he idea of deploying unmanned flying objects – the technical jargon being unmanned aerial vehicles – on construction sites or in quarries may have come across as futuristic to many just a few years...

T‌he Truffer AG extract Vals Quartzite in their own quarry, and have set themselves the goal to carry out all further processing steps, up to the finished product, exclusively in the quarry in Vals....

M‌ining is part of the so-called mountain industry. This refers to the prospecting, tapping into and extraction of natural resources from the upper earth crust by using technical aids. When processing...

AT INTERNATIONAL: Mr Eisele, looking back on the beginnings of the SOLIDS Dortmund or of the RECYCLING-TECHNIK, how has it developed over the years?Daniel Eisele: SOLIDS Dortmund began in 2006 in...