Month: August 2015
- Industry News 04_2015
The Most Advanced Shaft-Hoisting System
Yitai Group recently awarded SIEMAG TECBERG with an order in the double-digit million euro range to install four shaft hoisting machines at the company’s new coal mine in Inner Mongolia, known as the Hongqinghe project. The project marks a new cooperation between SIEMAG TECBERG and Yitai Group as a worldwide…
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Abel delievers Pumps to South America
ABEL expands its South America business and focusses on its original core competence Mining. Just before Christmas holidays in 2014 two big cone valve solid handling pumps of the SH series left the headquarters. The destination is a gold and silver mine in the heart of Peru on 4800 meter…
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New MICHELIN XDR250 50/80 R57 for 250-for 250-Tonne Dump Trucks
Open-pit mine operators are always on the lookout for ways to increase the productivity of their operations: With its new MICHELIN XDR250 tyres for rigid dump trucks with payload capacities of up to 250 tonnes, Michelin is fulfilling this demand. This latest addition to its range permits an increase of…
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Voith has taken over Parts of Conveying Equipment Specialist Hese
Voith has taken over parts of conveying equipment specialist Hese, headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Hese‘s current factory site in Gelsenkirchen is not part of the takeover. On 12th November 2014, the company filed for insolvency. The areas that have been taken over are to be incorporated into the Mining &…
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New Solution for an Old Problem
Dortmund-based company Komotzki Bergbaubedarf GmbH has come up with a new solution for an old problem. In the past, the armoured face conveyors that are used in underground operations have been plagued with problems caused by the bolts on the pusher dogs coming loose, either due to vibration, being struck…
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China: Coal Production falls by approximately 2.5% in 2014 compared with 2013
Coal production in China, the world‘s largest producer and consumer of fossil fuels, fell by approximately 2.5 % in 2014 compared with the previous year; the first year to experience an actual decline in production since 2000. The information comes from Jiang Zhimin, Vice Director of the China National Coal Association…
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The 9th Saxon Raw Materials Day: “The Future of Coal Mining in Germany”
The 9th Saxon Raw Materials Day took place on 29th April 2015 in the Taschenbergpalais, Dresden, and focussed on „The future of coal mining in Germany“. Presentations and discussions focussed on the general legal and administrative conditions, the geological and technological challenges and issues of acceptance in the current and…
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The Mining Forum successfully establishes itself as a Platform for exchanging Ideas
The 13th Mining Forum took place on 18th and 19th June 2015 in the Kongress Palais, Kassel. Almost 250 specialists and decision-makers from the coal mining, raw materials and energy sectors gathered together to discuss current issues in industry and research. Presentations on a mixture of classical and pioneering subjects,…
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We are Investing in the Future
On the occasion of its annual review for the press on 2nd June 2015, the Board of Executives of the RAG-Stiftung drew on the most important highlights of the first half of their current term in office, presented the key points of the 2014 financial year and explained the targets…
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Wintershall
Mario Mehren, former Head of Exploration and Production in Russia, North Africa and South America, succeeded Rainer Seele as Chairman of the Board of Management at Wintershall Holding GmbH, Kassel (Germany), on 1st June 2015.
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