The Underground Mining group within Caterpillar Inc. is preparing to ship a proof of concept battery electric LHD to a mine site located in Canada. The initial build and validation testing of this R1300G test unit began in early 2017 at the Caterpillar Peoria Proving Grounds and will continue through the fourth quarter and into 2018 moving muck in a ...

Das Essener Explorations- und Engineeringunternehmen DMT GmbH & Co. KG hat einen Auftrag des kanadischen Öl- und Gasproduzenten Vermilion Energy Inc. zur Durchführung einer seismischen Erkundung in den Niederlanden erhalten. Die Feldarbeiten haben nun begonnen. Der Auftrag über die 3D-Sprengseismik zur Erkundung des Untergrunds besteht aus zwei Teilen. Von August bis November 2017 führte DMT in den Gebieten Akkrum und ...

Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Ltd. (Booysendal), a subsidiary of Northam Platinum Ltd. (Northam), a South African based platinum and chrome producer, is currently expanding mining capacity at its Booysendal mining concession. Key to the success of this expansion is the cost effective, reliable, safe and environmentally low impact transport of ore over topographically challenging terrain, from mining modules in the south ...

Replacing scrapers on a conveyor belt system is almost always a lengthy process for any company. In the case of the Hohenlimburger Kalkwerke in Germany, the whole process took almost two years. Ulrich Kolhagen is a mining engineer (Figure 1 ). After completing his studies, he started work in an ore mine and since 1989 he says, “I’m a quarry ...

Amidst the numerous five-star all-inclusive resorts in Playa del Carmen in Mexico, TAKRAF USA – part of the global mining, bulk material handling and minerals processing equipment supplier, Tenova TAKRAF – has erected and successfully commissioned a 6,000 t/h rail mounted shiploader at an important limestone mine’s port facility (Figure 1). The client, a NYSE listed entity and amongst one ...

Tiefenbach Control Systems GmbH, Bochum/Germany, won the tender for the delivery of an electro-hydraulic control system for the world’s largest shield support. In this connection Tiefenbach is responsible for the development, the design and the delivery of the entire electro-hydraulic control system as well as for the safety-related auxiliary valves. The order of the shield producer ZMJ (Zhengzhou Coal Mining ...

ENGINEERING DOBERSEK, a family-owned company, has taken part in “Mining World Central Asia 2017”: international trade fair for mining, metallurgy, technology and equipment. The three-day international trade fair took place in Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan. “Mining World Central Asia” is the industry’s leading trade fair of Central Asia for mining and metallurgical professionals, manufacturers of mining equipment and ...

The economic comeback of Sub-Sahara and positive market opportunities in South Africa are reflected in the number of companies that have already signed up for the upcoming bauma CONEXPO AFRICA. The third international trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines and construction vehicles will be held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in South Africa from March 13 ...

Under the slogan “Thanks to German Coal for 153 Years of Solidarity”, Eickhoff Bergbautechnik GmbH, Bochum/Germany, delivered an SL 750 shearer loader to RAG Aktiengesellschaft on 13th July 2017 (Figure 1). The Bochum-based manufacturer’s high-power machines have been used in German mines since the beginning of last century, when underground coal mining became mechanised. From that point on, they have ...

The RAG site on Hafenstraße in Saarbrücken/Germany, where the group’s administration building was located from 1978, was officially sold off to Altin Immobiliengruppe on 17th August 2017 (Figure 1). The demolition of the former administration building was a prerequisite, to allow the construction of a new four-star hotel on the same plot. “A new hotel can soon start being built ...