Issue 05/2014

Dear Readers The demands made on the sustainable handling of raw materials presents a great many challenges for mineral processing, which mainly leads...

Summary: Conventional expansion of perlite, an acidic, glassy volcanic rock yields granular products with an open-celled surface and a high dust...

Summary: Codelco, the National Copper Corporation of Chile, will invest 400 million US$ to build a new industrial processing plant for molybdenum,...

Last year Loesche Latinoamericana S.A.U. signed a contract with company Societe Le Nickel- SLN, integrated in ERAMET group. This contract considers...

CECE, the European Construction Equipment Committee has broadened its portfolio. The recently established new product group “hydraulic attachment...

In the last few years, REDWAVE has become one of the leading suppliers of the sensor-based sorting technology in the European and American region....

Trump Technik with its Managing Director Carsten Trump and ten other employees has been on hand as a competent partner for customers and potential...

Two 1250 HC 40 Litronic tower cranes have been mounted on foundation anchors at the “Minera Escondida” copper mine in Chile (Fig.). During the initial...

Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) celebrated in April 2014 the official opening ceremony of its recently established Almere...

Andreas Evertz took over on 5 May 2014 as CEO of Schenck Process, a global leader in industrial measuring technologies. He will lead the company in...

Changes are taking place to the Supervisory Board of the Endress+Hauser Group (Fig.). The Annual General Meeting elected Hans-Peter Endress, Thomas...

Metso appointed Juha Silvennoinen (MSc. in Engineering)  President, Services business line in Mining and Construction as of March 26, 2014. Juha...

Hanover-based ContiTech AG is beefing up its top management team:  The company has appointed the head of the ContiTech Conveyor Belt Group,...

With effect from January 2014, Peter Schmidt (Fig.) took over as Head of the Palletizing and Packaging Technology Division in the BEUMER Group,...

Almost seventy percent of the total waste in Germany is mineral waste. The majority comes from the construction sector. Ash and slag from incineration...

On 20 June 2014, the symposium “Innovative extraction and processing technology for fluorspar with reference to the Schoenbrunn and Boesenbrunn...

Exportadora del Sal S.A. (ESSA) operates huge sea water salt evaporation ponds not far from the city of Guerrero Negro in Western Mexico. The salt...

Pehofer GmbH have invested in a new modular gravel washing plant from CDE Global (Fig. 1) and held open days at their new site near Wiener Neustadt in...

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (HCM) has unveiled the new EH1100-5 rigid dump truck at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show in Las Vegas (Fig.)....

From the limestone formations on the Eastern Alb, August Hutter GmbH has been quarrying limestone since 1956. At the quarry, a Hyundai HL770-9A from...

With its mechanical conveyor belt fasteners, FLEXCO Europe GmbH provides solutions that the operators of conveyors can apply to substantially simplify...

The speciality expertise of Brabender Technologie GmbH & Co. KG focuses on reliable solutions for feeding a wide range of media in all industries that...

At SOLIDS Dortmund the Möllers Group presented its extensive know-how as a supplier of innovative equipment to meet practically all needs for filling...

The mechanical engineering specialist SEGLER presented its process engineering solutions and international projects at the easyfairs SOLIDS Dortmund...

Sand is a very common unconsolidated sedimentary rock, characterized by a particle size between 0.063 and 2.0 mm. The mineral composition can vary...

FRUTIGER Company AG was present at the IFAT 2014 from 5 to 9 May in Munich for the 8th time. For many years Wheel Washing Systems from the company...

As an all-around crane, a new SENNEBOGEN 608 Multicrane works as a service and assembly crane in iron ore mining in Western Australia for the...

With an MOBIREX MR 122 Z impact crusher from Kleemann, the Scottish quarry operator, Grange Quarry Limited, recently strengthened their fleet of...

The Nordberg C150 is the latest development in the C series in the 50-t-weight class and ready to take on the toughest challenges in large-scale...

The goal is to move as much as possible and as cost efficiently as possible, whether this is for large-scale earth-moving, unloading ships or moving...

Concrete is a complex material, which its characteristics due to its composition and as a result of the systematic addition of additives can be...

Anyone needing a versatile track-mobile primary crusher in the medium weight class should take a look at the PC 3 impact crusher, which Atlas Copco is fielding with an inlet width of 1250 mm. ...

June will see the high point of the summer for the extractive and heavy construction industries arrive once again at Lafarge Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry,...

Tesab Engineering Ltd will present at Hillhead show the proven Tesab 623CT compact impact crusher, now fitted with a Caterpillar 7.1 Tier 4 Interim...

Sandvik Construction will be taking advantage of Hillhead 2014 to highlight the total solutions product ranges, with many old favourites being shown....

Powerscreen will be unveiling the latest in a series of new products at the Hillhead Exhibition, 24th to 26th June 2014. Powerscreen will demonstrate...