Issue 01-02/2019

Dear Readers, The New Year has begun, a new chapter – a great opportunity for calm considerations of what is important in the year ahead, as far as this lies in our hands and we can influence it....

Summary: Essential to sustaining manufacturing in Europe is the necessity to maintain a secure supply of raw materials both in the short and long term, including mineral concentrates derived from the...

Summary: Goal of a project funded by Bavaria’s State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection was to develop new products with porous structure and mechanical properties from secondary...

“How to proceed with the Umbrella Ordinance?” will be the question asked in the first thematic block of the bvse Mineral Day taking place on 27 March 2019 at the Hotel Lindner in Hamburg. For more...

To improve air quality in China’s urban centers, part of the country’s counter measures has resulted in stockyard of iron, steel and the production of other industrial activities to move to indoor...

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, a leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of industrial plants and systems, has signed a contract to supply a large-scale continuous mining...

Jordan is building its first oil shale power station in Attarat, 50 km east of Al Qatranah. As soon as the two 235 MW plant units are commissioned, AUMUND technology will also be in operation here....

With the HAVER SOLO M4, Haver & Boecker offers a new and innovative tool for the monitoring of material on conveyor belts. The online analyzer is mobile, works self-sufficiently and provides...

I‌ncreasing demand for raw materials, availability of primary raw materials (poorer ores at lower depths, export restrictions), efficient circular economy, Industry 4.0 and digitization – these are...

S‌ustainability is absolutely the trend topic today, in mining as well. The focus extends well beyond the areas of energy consumption and the use of resources: All industries are currently searching...

F‌or the first time since the crisis years after 2013, there will be an increase in the turnover generated by the mining equipment manufacturers producing in Germany this year. VDMA expects an...

O‌LKO-Maschinentechnik GmbH has ordered the electrical equipment for two Blair Multi-Rope machines (BMR) from Siemens. The hoisting winders are being used in the Woodsmith Mine run by Sirius Minerals,...

M‌ine operators for some time now have been increasingly turning to an alternative to conventional rip-and-stack or drill-and-blast coal mining: the use of surface miners. Diverse studies and tests...

R‌ockPulse™, a new technology and product introduced by Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, is the first practical solution for real-time tool stress monitoring in top-hammer drilling. The add-on...

I‌n recent years, many renowned fertilizer manufacturers have opted for EIRICH processing technology. The requirements being placed on products today are increasingly complex. In many cases functional...

H‌.W. Gottschalk GmbH Tiefbau, a civil engineering contractor based in the town of Heinsberg, Germany, looks back on a 50-year heritage. With just under 60 employees, the company, now managed in the...

I‌n a small village in Indonesia, 10 TA400s are removing huge volumes of overburden from a coal mine. With the articulated haulers working for up to 18 hours a day, this five-year project is...

T‌he era of electromobility presents new challenges which must be mastered by both man and materials. Today, neodymium-iron-boron-magnets are used in areas in which strong magnetic fields at low...