Month: October 2025
- News in Brief 05_2025
New process enables almost perfect digital twins of RAG sites
Using a new scanner, RAG’s geomonitoring team can generate highly accurate 3D models in no time at all using Gaussian splatting – mobile and with impressive depth of detail. In future, other departments within the company will also be able to use the equipment for surveys, enabling them to create…
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Mechanical completion of the mine water treatment plant in Gravenhorst: functional tests and commissioning can begin
A modern mine water treatment plant is currently being built in Gravenhorst, a district of Hörstel/Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia (Figure 5). An important milestone in the project has now been reached: mechanical completion. The building construction, civil engineering works and installation of all central components were successfully completed by the…
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Rise in energy consumption slows down
According to preliminary calculations by the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen), domestic primary energy consumption reached 5,489 PJ or 187.3 Mtce in the first half of 2025 (Figure 1). This was 2.3 % more than in the same period of the previous year. According to AG Energiebilanzen, this represents…
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Bauer’s deep-sea technology: Second phase of Deep Sea Sampling research program has begun
At the end of September, a top-class consortium of industry and research partners gathered at the headquarters of BAUER Maschinen GmbH to launch the second phase of the innovation project Deep Sea Sampling II (DSS II). The project’s goals are to develop and evaluate technological approaches for potential exploration of…
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Greater Munich continues to promote the use of geothermal energy: DMT commissioned with largest inner-city seismic campaign to date to investigate geothermal energy potential
The Greater Munich area is considered a pioneer in Germany in the use of climate-friendly heat from deep underground. Now, the Bavarian capital and the surrounding municipalities want to explore the further development potential of this regional energy resource and make its use sustainable. DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany,…
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Wirtgen │ Cutting as an alternative to blasting
The Wirtgen 220Â SM is breaking new ground in the field of gypsum mining in Brazil By mining by cutting, a Wirtgen Surface Miner at the Chorado mine in GrajaĂş in north-eastern Brazil eliminates the need for conventional extraction methods such as drilling and blasting and enables cost-efficient operations with minimal…
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TOMRA Mining breaks new ground in underground rock salt sorting pilot project at K+S Zielitz mine
The underground X-ray Transmission (XRT) sorting pilot plant at the Zielitz mine, developed by TOMRA in collaboration with K+S, sets a new benchmark for efficient, sustainable potash mining. The pilot project, which has been running since 2022, has successfully addressed its main objective of removing barren waste underground, with the…
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Kleemann │ Plant train in the USA delivers two material specifications
A MOBIREX MR 110i EVO2 mobile impact crusher and two scalpers from Kleemann process quarried limestone. Their task is the production of material with different specifications to meet local regulations in Alabama and Florida. A custom solution for two different material specifications Alabama and Florida have different specifications when it…
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