- Apr- 2022 -22 AprilNews in Brief 02_2022
STEAG subsidiary develops further solar farm in Italy
In Montecchio Emilia in northern Italy, STEAG Solar Energy Solutions GmbH (SENS), Würzburg/Germany, is planning and constructing a further solar farm on the site of a former quarry for the investor KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co KG (Figure 1). The plant will be completed in the coming months and…
Learn more - 22 AprilNews in Brief 02_2022
SENS implementing PV project in the UK
STEAG Solar Energy Solutions GmbH (SENS), Würzburg/Germany, a subsidiary of Essen-based energy company STEAG GmbH and a specialist for photovoltaic (PV) projects, will be building a solar farm with output of 50 MWp in the eastern English county of Norfolk in the months ahead (Figure 1). The permission to build the…
Learn more - 22 AprilNews in Brief 02_2022
820 m conveyor belt in the WESTKALK quarry replaced
This year’s winter repairs in the WESTKALK Vereinigte Warsteiner Kalksteinindustrie GmbH & Co. KG in Warstein and Kallenhardt, both Germany, were concluded with the replacement of a more than 820 m long rubber conveyor belt in the Kallenhardt works (Figure 1). The replacement had become necessary after seven years because…
Learn more - 22 AprilIndustry News 02_2022
RopeCon® Booysendal North enters into operation
A RopeCon® system has been transporting platinum ore in Booysendal since the end of 2018. In December 2021, the second installation, Booysendal North, was handed over to the customer. For this extension project at its Booysendal site, the South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of Northam…
Learn more - 21 AprilIndustry News 02_2022
Bulk material back in focus – BEUMER Group at the SOLIDS Dortmund 2022
SOLIDS, which will take place on 22 and 23 June in Dortmund, is the most important trade fair for granulate, powder and bulk material technologies. BEUMER Group will be in attendance at SOLIDS in hall 7 at booth U09. The system provider will present solutions for conveying, loading, palletising and…
Learn more - 21 April
Managing and disposing of processing waste safely and effectively
Implementing a Dry Stack Tailings (DST) solution provides a safe and sustainable alternative to the storage of tailings in impoundments. The recent commissioning of a Dry Stack Tailings (DST) system supplied by TAKRAF to a Brazilian mine highlights the advanced expertise and unique positioning of the company to offer a…
Learn more - 21 April
Next step towards “green” pits
In India, a giant in mining and quarrying is setting a good example: Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (HZL), India’s only and the world’s second-largest integrated zinc-lead-silver producer is increasingly electrifying its vehicle fleet. It is the first company in the country to take delivery of a Tembo 4×4 ELV, a light…
Learn more - Mar- 2022 -31 MarchIndustry News 02_2022
Sandvik partners with Boliden on 3D printing trial
Additive manufacturing of parts looks set to upend the supply of components globally. A small-scale trial of 3D manufactured parts is helping Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and leading mining company Boliden explore the potential. Sweden has a long and noble history of mining, with evidence of human activity dating…
Learn more - 31 MarchIndustry News 02_2022
Microtunnel boring machine breaks new ground with mineral oil-free hydraulic fluids from the Kamen specialists
The Saarbrücken civil engineering contractor SaarGrundbau has successfully completed a tunnelling project using a Herrenknecht AVN 1200 C micro boring machine running on biodegradable hydraulic fluid from the Kamen-based company Fluid Competence. This particularly challenging engineering project involved driving a 96 m-long tunnel with simultaneous casing at a gradient angle…
Learn more - 24 March
Bauer constructs cut-off wall for hydroelectric power plant in Nepal
Sankhuwasabha District, Nepal – The Arun River in Nepal flows from Tibet through the Himalayas into China. Of all Nepalese river basins, it has the largest area covered in snow and ice. A new hydroelectric power plant is currently being constructed on this river, and it is expected to produce…
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