The manufacturer of machinery for mining and tunnelling GHH Fahrzeuge GmbH, Gelsenkirchen/Germany, established a new service base for its customers in the heart of the German potash and salt mining industry. The company entered into the business activities of BAT Bohr- und Anlagentechnik GmbH in the village of Krayen-berggemeinde on 1st October 2020. Through their subsidiary GSE Europe GmbH they ...

The South-African Nerospec Group and the German Schmidt Kranz Group have joined forces to implement flexible wireless automation and digitalization enabling its customers to be part of the 4th mining revolution for connected mining. The two companies signed a shareholder agreement in September 2020 to form the new German entity Nerospec SK GmbH in Velbert (Figure 1). Nerospec Group is ...

Sandvik Automation has yet again showed the world that they are the technological leaders in mining automation and continue to set the industry standard. The firsthand glimpse of the next generation of intelligent technologies was shown to the world during a live reveal and demonstration at the Innovation in Mining Virtual Event, hosted by Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology on ...

The former Mining Division of Tenova, commonly known as TAKRAF GmbH, Leipzig/Germany, with its integrated product brand, DELKOR, has revised its branding as of 5th October 2020 to now operate as TAKRAF Group. The revised branding underlines the Group’s core strengths and value-adding proposition towards clients and partners within the mining and adjacent industries (Figure 1). TAKRAF is recognized as ...

TOMRA Insight, the cloud-based data platform which enables sorting machine users to improve operational efficiencies, is being rolled out to more industries. Following its successful launch last year by TOMRA Sorting Recycling, TOMRA Insight is now also being made available to customers of TOMRA Mining and TOMRA Food, and for all three of these industries, the platform is enhanced by ...

For the heavy-duty cable carriers in the TKHD series, TSUBAKI KABELSCHLEPP GmbH, Wenden-Gerlingen/Germany, has taken the next development step and presents a version where the rollers are already integrated into the carrier – an efficient solution for applications with particularly long travel paths, such as in crane or bulk goods systems. For the model TKHD90-R, TSUBAKI KABELSCHLEPP builds on the ...

Ambitious civil engineering projects and distant raw material deposits: When the job is to go really deep, it is not only sheer pump performance that matters. Often more important is the pH value of the water. This is where the actual selection of the pump model is essential, so that the dewatering does not collapse suddenly. If the value falls ...

Helping disadvantaged young people on their journey into professional life: This is the objective of the new education project “Participation through Education 4.0” (PaduA) in Saarland. It should bring young people to an apprenticeship and accompany them to successful completion. The programme is also aimed at young people with a migrant background. The project got off to a promising start ...

For almost seven decades long RAG Verkauf GmbH, Herne/Germany, made a significant contribution towards energy security in Germany (Figure 1). A success story whose last chapter comes to an end at the turn of the year. On 31st December 2020 – a good two years after the closure of the last two RAG mines – the former marketer of domestic ...

On 30th September 2020, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, submitted the planning notification for the drainage and discharge of mine water in the Ruhr at the three central water pumping sites Robert Müser, Friedlicher Nachbar and Heinrich (Figure 1) to the Mining Authorities of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. After the planning notification for the Haus Aden site and thus for the ...