Issue 10/2013

Summary: The extraction of resources such as iron ore, coal, copper and other base metals will only reach saturation after 2020. On the other hand,...

In industrial machinery and equipment subject to wear, heavy plate is used to provide high resistance against the wear. ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG supplies a wide range of wear-resistant XAR steels as heavy plate in thicknesses up to 100 mm. Typical ­applications are equipment for the extraction and processing of resources such as coal, ore, rock, etc.

Swiss Tower Mills Minerals, an company for fine and ultra-fine grinding in the mineral industry and an exclusive technology partner of Outotec,...

Metso will supply a complete green field quarry plant to the Colas Group in France. The large scale delivery includes primary, secondary and tertiary...

REMAX 1312 MAXI made by SBM Mineral Processing is extremely mobile due to a 4-axle-Dolly transport system. Swift relocations aren’t an issue any more...

When screening loose, bulk materials, and especially when handling abrasives products such as stone, gravel or crushed stone, screen decks are...

Terex Minerals Processing Systems (Terex MPS) has expanded its CR Series portable plant line with the addition of the Terex® CRH1316 horizontal shaft...

Around 130 highly specialized professionals followed the invitation of the Institute of Mining at TU Bergakademie Freiberg to the 4th International...

Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie AG (MHI) is again to provide suitable space at Europe‘s largest basalt quarry at Homberg/Nieder-Ofleiden for the...

After two events held under the name of IFAT ENT­-   SORGA, the leading trade fair for environmental technologies, taking place from 05.-09.05.2014 in...

The 20th UGOL ROSSII & MINING, Russia’s most important Trade Fair for Mining Technology - Exploration, Underground Mining, Open-Cast Mining, Mineral Processing and Coal Preparation, featured more than 760 exhibitors from twenty-five countries (Fig.). Some 25 000 visitors took the opportunity of obtaining information on the industry’s latest technological developments at the...

ForumMIRO is the name of the leading event of the German rock industry. It is organized at various locations in Germany. This year Aachen was selected...

Codelco, Chile’s state owned mining giant, awarded the contract for a large scale conveyor system for their El Teniente mine expansion to TAKRAF...

The mine operator Hellenic Copper Mines (HMC) in Nicosia/Cyprus is one of the large opencast copper ore mines (Fig. 1). The hydrometallurgical...

An upgrade of the existing washing plant at the Drapers-  town Quarry operated by Creagh Concrete has released 4 million tonnes of material and...

In the Wundschuh gravel pit near Graz, Austria, a ­SENNEBOGEN 6130 HD is working in dragline bucket operation. At an extraction depth of 13 m the task...

In Northern Canada, Syncrude, a subsidiary of Exxon, is working a surface oil sand mine. At this mine, 38 very large Liebherr dumpers are used and a...

The approvals for explosion protection has always been an explosive issue. The diversity of the topic, due to legal changes, new technologies, new...

A Terex® RT100 Rough Terrain crane is currently working at the new Anglo American-owned Minas-Rio mine in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil (Fig....

Coperion GmbH, Weingarten/Germany, successfully supplied and commissioned their automatically operating DURODENSE® pot feeding technology at pot line...

For more than 100 years the family-owned enterprise Lucht quarries sand and gravel at various locations in the Dithmarschen district. Ultra-fine sand is the main product of the current operation at...