DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, has launched a new online resource to support domestic and international owners and operators of critical infrastructure, offering a full portfolio of supporting services for vital systems and assets including power stations, healthcare facilities, roads, waterways, bridges and tunnels. DMT’s online platform offers a broad spectrum of engineering and consultancy services designed to plan, ...

Bardon Hill Quarry near Leicester in Leicestershire is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest continuously operated quarries (Figure 1). Aggregate Industries UK Ltd has recently developed a new quarry extension at this strategically important site. In order to sustain quarrying activities, a separate material handling system is required to extract, process and transport overburden for emplacement within the existing quarry ...

The manufacturer of heavy duty mining equipment GHH Fahrzeuge GmbH, Gelsenkirchen/Germany, has launched a remarkable LHD. It comes with the biggest bucket and the best power rating, for highest operating slope angles, in the 7 t payload class. All that combined in a low emission, compact package. The GHH team are specialists for everything on wheels in rock logistics, with ...

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is challenging the industry by introducing a groundbreaking top hammer drilling innovation that offers the benefits of top hammer drilling technology as a viable alternative to down-the-hole (DTH) drilling, on a much larger scale than before. The Top Hammer XL drilling system (Figure 1) expands the hole size range of top hammer drilling to up ...

In December 2020, SIEMAG TECBERG Group, Haiger/Germany, and TNC Kazchrome JSC signed a contract for the delivery of shaft hoisting systems. Kazchrome is a fully integrated mining and metallurgical company in Kazakhstan covering all stages of the value chain, i. e. from geological exploration to underground mining and the extraction of raw materials to the production of metallic products. Kazchrome is ...

STEEL-LINE cable carriers from TSUBAKI KABELSCHLEPP GmbH, Wenden-Gerlingen/Germany, are designed for extreme applications. The company’s extensive experience of applications and design expertise guarantee success, particularly in extreme environments. The proven cable carriers are being constantly further developed and continue to move into new areas of application. The TKSR is a highly compact model from TSUBAKI KABELSCHLEPP, designed for use in ...

For dewatering and wastewater pumps to last a long time, every part of them must run nicely. If users suspect a defect in the oil chamber: Tsurumi has developed a test tool that provides information about the tightness of the pump (Figure 1). The tool is still only in use at Tsurumi’s service facilities. When rental pumps, e. g., are returned ...

The City of Herne, the RAG-Stiftung, -Essen, and the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum, announced their ideas and plans for THGA’s Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) on 16th April 2021 (Figure 1). The three partners are aiming to establish the internationally renowned scientific institution in Herne. To support this endeavour, a funding application has been submitted to secure funds ...

The Energy company STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, notified on 30th March 2021 the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) of the provisional closure of the Völklingen Model Power Plant (MKV) unit in the Saarland (Figure 1). This announcement on the transparency platform of the EEX energy exchange is required by law and was made immediately after the decision was taken by the management. ...

At STEAG GmbH’s long-established power plant site in Herne/Germany, construction is currently in progress on a state-of-the-art combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, which is to replace the hard coal fired unit previously operated there in the course of the coming year (Figure 1). The new Herne CCGT plant, which STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, is to operate together with its ...