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BHS-Sonthofen offers control solutions for complete recycling plants

BHS-Sonthofen GmbH, Sonthofen/Germany, now offers turnkey control systems for complete plants in the field of recycling and environment thanks to the newly founded BHS Control Systems GmbH & Co. KG. The customer receives complete solutions tailored to their needs, including recycling, control, and automation technology from a single source. BHS…

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Quarry restoration solution

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,…

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GHH fills the 7 t gap

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…

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Sandvik introduces Top Hammer XL, a fully optimized top hammer system for large hole size drilling in surface mining

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…

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SIEMAG TECBERG to win its first contract for shaft-hoisting systems in Kazakhstan

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…

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Quick check of the oil chamber

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…

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Internationally renowned Research Center of Post-Mining set to move to Herne

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…

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STEAG registers Völklingen Model Power Plant for provisional closure

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…

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