- Jul- 2025 -28 JulyIndustry News 03_2025
Komatsu commissions first diesel trolley power agnostic truck
The 930E diesel trolley power agnostic truck was commissioned at Boliden’s Aitik Mine Komatsu, in collaboration with Boliden, is proud to announce the commissioning and start of field trials for the first diesel trolley truck in its new power agnostic series. The Komatsu Power Agnostic 930E truck was officially deployed…
Learn more - 18 JulyIndustry News 03_2025
Better crushing starts here – Sandvik launches new generation of upgraded jaw crushers
The new upgraded Sandvik jaw crusher range is another step forward in ensuring even higher Sandvik-grade performance for our customers’ crushing operations. Merging new jaw crusher capabilities and design with the existing high safety and productivity standards of the entire Sandvik range was a natural next step. Sandvik jaw crushers…
Learn more - 9 July
Wealth Minerals and Voith join forces on the Pabellón Lithium Project
Wealth Minerals Ltd. and Voith have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Pabellón Lithium Project in northern Chile jointly with the Quechua Indigenous Community of Ollagüe (CIQO) and further partners. About the Pabellón Lithium Project The Chilean Ministry of Mining has included Pabellón on its shortlist for…
Learn more - 1 JulyIndustry News 03_2025
abaut GmbH closes 3.2 M € funding round to drive global expansion of its AI operating system for civil engineering and surface mining operations
Munich-based technology company abaut GmbH has completed a 3.2 M € funding round. The round was led by Swiss VC EquityPitcher Ventures, with co-investors Bayern Kapital, EIT RawMaterials, and existing investor BAUER AG from Schrobenhausen. With the fresh capital, abaut is resolutely pursuing its mission: to make construction and raw materials operations…
Learn more - Jun- 2025 -26 JuneIndustry News 03_2025
TAKRAF Group awarded a major contract to supply equipment for the world’s largest thickened tailings project in Chile
In a key project award, TAKRAF Group (‘TAKRAF’) is supplying seven DELKOR High-Density Thickeners and shear thinning technology for a new copper tailings facility for the National Copper Corporation of Chile (‘Codelco’), the world’s largest copper producer. Known as the Talabre Thickened Tailings Project (Proyecto Relaves Espesados Talabre or PRET),…
Learn more - 11 JuneGeneral
Opening of the “TUMO Centre Essen | Ruhr Area” after the North Rhine-Westphalia summer holidays
Good news for greater educational equality in the Ruhr area: the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, the project sponsor Accenture and KfW are jointly enabling the establishment of a new TUMO learning centre. TUMO is an innovative, free educational concept for young people between the ages of twelve and 18 that was developed…
Learn more - 11 JuneNews in Brief 03_2025
Backfilling of shafts XII and 2 at Zollverein completed
Backfilling of shafts XII and 2 on the grounds of the Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen/Germany began in spring 2023. The shaft work is now being completed (Figure 1). In consultation with authorities, politicians and scientists, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen, has developed a concept for the long-term optimisation of mine…
Learn more - 11 JuneNews in Brief 03_2025
Nachbergbauzeit NRW 2025: Conference highlights the potential of digitalisation for post-mining
The question of how sustainable digitalisation can be achieved in post-mining was the focus of the symposium “Nachbergbauzeit NRW 2025 – Digitalisation meets tradition” held on 20th March 2025 at the Student Centre of the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany (Figure 1). Around 250 participants were able to experience…
Learn more - 11 JuneNews in Brief 03_2025
VBGU – Change in management
On 1st May 2025, Ivonne Arenz (Figure 1) took over as managing director of the Association for Mining, Geology and the Environment (VBGU), Berlin/Germany. She succeeded Olaf Alisch, who is now taking well-deserved retirement after almost 20 years of successful service to the VBGU. “Thanks to European regulations and in…
Learn more - 11 June
Decline in consumption has slowed
The decline in energy consumption in Germany has slowed. In 2024, primary energy consumption fell by 1.1 % to 10,538 PJ or 359.6 Mtce compared to the previous year (Figure 1). In 2023, the decline was still just under 8 %. According to calculations by the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG…
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