- May- 2025 -6 MayIndustry News 02_2025
Komatsu’s Smart Construction 3D Machine Guidance Now Compatible with Industry-Leading Tilt Rotators
Komatsu Europe is proud to announce that its cost-efficient Smart Construction 3D Machine Guidance system (Figure 1) is now fully compatible with the industry-leading tilt rotators brands, including Engcon, Steelwrist, Rototilt, and OilQuick. This milestone ensures that companies and their operators can achieve greater efficiency, precision, and versatility on the…
Learn more - Mar- 2025 -28 MarchNews in Brief 02_2025
The deconstruction of the former Auguste Victoria Shaft 8 mine in Marl/Haltern am See has begun
The official approvals and permits for the deconstruction of the surface facilities of the Auguste Victoria 8 mine in Marl/Haltern, Germany, have now been obtained (Figure 1). The preservation order will be observed. “The deconstruction work is scheduled to start at the end of February 2025 and is expected to take…
Learn more - 28 MarchNews in Brief 02_2025
Brinkfortsheide: pumping tests for future stationary groundwater treatment plant
RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, has been monitoring the groundwater in the area of the Brinkfortsheide spoil tip since mid-2020 (Figure 1). A pumping test is now starting to plan a groundwater treatment plant. Ten of the 13 additional groundwater measuring points planned have already been sunk and integrated into the monitoring…
Learn more - 28 MarchNews in Brief 02_2025
Foundation stone laid: ultra-modern research and depot building to be constructed
On 17th January 2025, the Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum – Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources (DBM), Bochum/Germany, celebrated another milestone in the construction of its new research and depot building at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. In the presence of around 80 invited guests, including project participants, architects and planners, as…
Learn more - Feb- 2025 -25 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2025
Komatsu Europe introduces new WA700-8 wheel loader
Advancing Safety, Productivity, and Efficiency in Quarry and Mining Operations. Komatsu proudly announces the all-new WA700-8 wheel loader, engineered with over a century of quarry and mining expertise to deliver unparalleled levels of safety, increased productivity, exceptional durability, and impeccable environmental credentials. Before commencing development, our engineers actively collected customers´…
Learn more - 5 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2025
Sandvik’s return to bauma – a showcase of innovation
Sandvik will showcase its latest advancements for infrastructure, mining, tunneling and quarrying at bauma 2025 in Munich, April 7-13. Attendees can explore Sandvik’s latest advancements in ground support, surface drilling, stationary crushing and screening, rock tools and parts and services, with a focus on sustainability and digitalization, in Sandvik’s 450-square-meter…
Learn more - 5 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2025
Tsurumi pumps at work: Filling a public pool in 30 seconds*
Four gigantic Tsurumi dewatering pumps demonstrate their capabilities in a water sports facility. They could also fill an average public swimming pool – in just half a minute*. However, an SSP-1350GS pump weighs 10 tonnes and is 5,4 metres long. With 350 kW motor power, it pushes 240 m3 of…
Learn more - 5 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2025
Kleemann │ Three plant trains working deep in the jungle of Guyana
The massive plants from Kleemann were transported along the Mazaruni River to two quarries in the deepest interior of Guyana. Here, three PRO plant trains from Kleemann process granite. In a jungle region that is extremely difficult to reach by water or air, machines have to work particularly efficiently and…
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TAKRAF Group awarded new contract for conveying system for Collahuasi mine in Chile
TAKRAF Group (‘TAKRAF’) is pleased to announce the award to engineer and supply the conveying system (CV-8001, CV-8002 and CV-8003) for Minera Collahuasi’s Ujina growth project in Chile. The main objective of the Ujina growth project is to increase the capacity of the concentrator plant. The Collahuasi mine is located…
Learn more - Jan- 2025 -31 JanuaryIndustry News 01_2025
Gigantic dimensions: Bauer Spezialtiefbau executes XXL diaphragm wall shaft in Slovenia
How to dispose of waste? This question is not only the subject of discussion on a small scale, but also represents a challenge at the national level – especially when it comes to radioactive waste. The town of Krško in eastern Slovenia is the focus of a major project: the…
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