- Mar- 2023 -1 March
Expomin Chile: Powerful motors for conveyors, fans and mills
At the Expomin trade fair, Menzel Elektromotoren (German pavilion, booth #9-C05) will present its motor range for the mining industry and capability to answer special customer requirements quickly and flexibly. The family-run German manufacturer supplies mines worldwide with large-scale electric motors for conveyors, fans, mills and crushers: high, medium and…
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Innovative conveyor belt monitoring with belt damage detection
Sustainability through innovation – this motto drives our team at Schulte Strathaus every day. We dare to go one decisive step further to develop products that provide sustainable solutions and add real value. STARCLEAN® is now a must in conveyor technology, because ever more problem solvers and innovations are being…
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Reliable local service
The BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG, Beckum/Germany, now has a new partner, V-LINE, which will support it in projects in Saudi Arabia and help to give customers better local service (Figure 1). The system provider BEUMER is continuing to expand its activities and customer support in Saudi Arabia, with…
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New Dino™ DC420Ri boosts all-terrain productivity for surface drilling
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is launching a new, even more productive and sustainable top hammer drill rig, designed especially for drilling and blasting contractors. The redesigned Dino™ DC420Ri will replace its well-known predecessor, Dino™ DC410Ri, although the proven overall concept – namely the biggest coverage area in its class…
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Board of trustees reorganized at the RAG-Stiftung
The Board of Trustees of the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, which has five ex officio members and eight additional members, met on 28th November 2022 in Berlin and elected Armin Laschet as its Chairman from among the additional trustees in accordance with the foundation’s statutes. Michael Vassiliadis remains Deputy Chairman. Prior to…
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RAG investigates cause of contaminated groundwater around Prosper II
Currently, the final operating plan procedure for the termination of the mining supervision for the former Proper II shaft (Figure 1) of the former Prosper-Haniel mine in Bottrop/Germany is underway. Within the procedure, an “orienting hazard assessment” was carried out. The expert recommends prohibiting groundwater extraction there due to the…
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Ewald Woste new Chairman of the STEAG GmbH Supervisory Board
STEAG GmbH’s Supervisory Board has a new Chairman: Ewald Woste, an experienced and accomplished industry expert who has worked in the energy sector for 30 years, was unanimously elected on 8th December 2022 by the 20 members of the board. Woste will take up the post in a landmark phase…
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Mining equipment secures Germany as a high-tech location
The mining industry is doing well at the moment, benefiting from a high order backlog. In 2021, the manufacturers of technology for the extraction of raw materials achieved a total turnover of 3.18 bn € in Germany as a production location. From January to September 2022, turnover of 3.75 bn €…
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A safe place for hazardous waste for 50 years
Hazardous waste has been stored in part of the Wintershall potash mine in the Werra region of eastern Hesse/Germany since 1972. The Herfa-Neurode underground waste disposal site, which today belongs to the K+S Werra Verbundwerk, is the longest-serving and largest of its kind in the world, setting standards in safe…
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Lhoist opens first underground limestone mine in North Rhine-Westphalia
“With the experimental mine, we as Lhoist Germany are starting an ambitious experiment for the Lhoist Group in Europe,” explained Thomas Perterer, Managing Director of Lhoist Germany, Wülfrath. For the first time in North Rhine-Westphalia, otherwise inaccessible deposit areas are to be developed on an industrial scale and with the…
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