- Jun- 2020 -3 JuneIndustry News 03_2020
Turning off-spec particles into premium sand
Sand manufacturer Kasprs Build Mate inaugurated a new plant for processing off-spec particles in Pune, India, in mid-2019. The centerpiece of the plant is the rotor impact mill from BHS-Sonthofen, which, in contrast to conventional VSI rotor crushers, even further reduces fine grain sizes. Kasprs can thus make use of…
Learn more - May- 2020 -8 MayIndustry News 02_2020
Wirtgen Surface Miner Technology Maximizes Output at Indian Coal Mine
Indian company uses highly productive and extremely reliable Wirtgen 220 SM 3.8 surface miner, which specializes in soft rock mining, in a coal mine in the Indian state of Odisha. India has extensive coal reserves and uses them as the country’s most important source of energy, covering about half of its…
Learn more - 6 MayIndustry News 02_2020
TOMRA’s multi-channel Laser sorting technology unlocks the potential to produce high-purity quartz
The quartz market has witnessed a steady growth, and this trend is expected to continue. Analysts are forecasting a compound annual growth rate of over 4.5% in the next five years, driven by the increasing demand from the electronics industry. This is mainly due to the more widespread use and…
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Advent International, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung take over thyssenkrupp elevator business
The international private-equity firms Advent International (Advent) and Cinven announced together with RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, that they have signed binding agreements with thyssenkrupp AG to acquire thyssenkrupp Elevator Technology. As part of the transaction, thyssenkrupp AG will reinvest in the elevator business and acquire a substantial minority share in the company.…
Learn more - 9 April
RAG Aktiengesellschaft offers compensation for mining-related tremors – agreement reached with VBHG
Residents of certain areas near the former West, Prosper-Haniel, Lippe, Auguste Victoria and Ost mines are entitled to file claims for the period from 2008 until the closure of the relevant mine. Underground coal mining in the Ruhr region resulted in repeated tremors at the ground surface on some occasions.…
Learn more - 9 AprilNews In Brief 02_2020
STEAG building for the future of energy
A new and highly efficient combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Herne/Germany, will secure the supply of electricity and heat in the heart of the Ruhr area in the future (Figure 1). The new power plant will use the principle of combined heat and power generation (CHP), is…
Learn more - 8 AprilIndustry News 02_2020
Largest mixer in the corporate history of BHS
Sonthofen, Germany, 01 April 2020. After winning an international tender, BHS-Sonthofen was commissioned with constructing the largest mixer in the company’s history (Figure 2). An Indian zinc mine operator required a mixer with a very large filling capacity. The proven Combimix system with overflow was custom-built by BHS-Sonthofen in this…
Learn more - Mar- 2020 -26 MarchNews In Brief 02_2020
STEAG provides climate-friendly geothermal energy in Erding
STEAG New Energies GmbH, Saarbrücken/Germany, and the Zweckverband Geo-wärme Erding (Erding Geothermal Energy Association) are expanding the existing Erding 1 combined heat and power plant, which will enable up to 18 % of the total heating requirements of the Bavarian district town of Erding to be covered by geothermal energy in the…
Learn more - 26 March
Private households are using less energy for heating and lighting
The energy demand for heating and lighting in Germany has decreased in the last ten years (Figure 1). According the current calculations by the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen), the heating demand in 2018 was 17 % lower than in 2008. A significant proportion of this change is due…
Learn more - 26 MarchNews In Brief 02_2020
Renewables opening doors for innovative energy solutions in mining
The year 2019 was the turning point for renewable energy projects at remote mines. More than a dozen projects were commissioned or announced. Mining companies have adopted solar and wind power to reduce their energy cost and carbon footprint in a rather lengthy process. In the last years, successful flagship…
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