Issue 05/2018

Dear readers,In light of the growing world population, the availability of raw materials increasingly comes to the fore. Therefore, it is more important than ever to handle the available raw materials...

Mined phosphate rock is mainly used for the production of fertilizers and phosphoric acid. The size of the anual market is in excess of 250 million tonnes. After a long lull, prices and also capacities are showing ...

The development of recycling processes for the use of material resources from industrial waste products or by-products is becoming more and more important. To this end, comminution processes play a key role ...

In the past the cost pressure caused increasingly high throughput rates of beneficiation plants at constant machine dimensions. This pressure will persist. Even larger beneficiation plants are to be expected in future, because ...

In one fell swoop, LOESCHE has sold 32 coal mills to India and gained a new end customer in the process. The large vertical roller mills (VRM), with two rollers each and a performance of 79.2 t/h or...

In 2018, the BMD Baumaschinendienst with its headquarters in Heidelberg has become the new Keestrack construction machinery distributor for Baden-Württemberg. Having provided successful leasing...

On 1st April 2018 Simon Shipp took over as General Manager of AUMUND Corporation USA, a subsidiary of AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH based in Rheinberg, Germany. Simon Shipp has more than 25 years’...

DMT is expanding its activities in the field of raw materials and raw material supply for electric mobility. The technology service provider is currently supporting the Canadian exploration company...

Damen Dredging Equipment has launched a new DOP Dredger Series following the success of the DOP submersible dredge pump. The company has built more than 20 DOP dredgers on a one-off basis and at least...

Which trends are dominating the process industry? Apart from the perennial issues of Energy and Raw Material Efficiency, the prevalent topics are mainly “Modular Plant Construction” and, of course,...

Appropriate to the theme of flexible production, Flottweg is presenting two of its latest machines at ACHEMA 2018 in Frankfurt. With the AC 1200 separator, Flottweg is starting a new product line of...

From 11 to 15 June, NORD will be presenting a wide range of products at ACHEMA in Frankfurt am Main. The main focus is on ATEX compliant drive concepts for the processing industry, as well as the...

At this year’s ACHEMA, WEG will exhibit innovative drive solutions for the process industry, including cost-efficient ATEX asynchronous motors of energy efficiency class IE4. The company will present...

Under the heading “Saxony – a location analysis”, the Geocompetence Centre Freiberg Regd. (GKZ) had issued invitations to Dresden for a regional kick-off meeting for the MIREU network on 1 March 2018....

T‌hus far it‘s less well-known that Sandvik also has a range of screening media. However based on the positive ­customer feedback. Sandvik continues to open new doors for operators. The most recent...

Simotics SD Pro completes the next generation of low-voltage Simotics SD motors from Siemens. The new variant is equally suited for mains-fed operation or for use with a converter for voltages up to...

B‌y using the patented Rockster DUPLEX system with jaw and impact crusher on one basic machine, the Casaccia gravel quarry at the base of the ‘Maloja Pass’ in Graubünden (Switzerland) can quickly and...

Continental is focusing more on the topic of service for conveyor belts used for all types of bulk and piece goods. In order to demonstrate smart solutions to customers, the technology company...

Francis Flower – formed in 1953 – provides a range of high-quality powdered minerals, limestone powders, super-fine white marble powders and other products for the agricultural and construction...

H‌igh belt speeds represent a challenge for scrapers. Cleaning results are often less than satisfactory. But that is not always the case, as you can see at the opencast lignite mine in...

R‌eplacing a long-serving Bell 25-tonne truck at the Guggenberger gravel works in Mintraching, a Bell B30E 4x4 has been working as a dump truck in production, material handling and moving overburden...