- Jun- 2018 -13 June
VIK
Günter Hilken, Chairman of the Executive Board of Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, was elected to the Chair of the Executive Board of the Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft e.V. (VIK), Berlin/Germany, at a meeting of the association’s board on 27th April 2018. He succeeds Roland Mohr in the…
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Bauer BC 50 cutter for 250 m deep diamond exploration in Canada
Whether for large-scale infrastructure projects such as metro stations, or for the sealing and strengthening of large dams, Bauer cutters are used around the world for complex specialist foundation engineering projects. In Saskatchewan/Canada a Bauer cutter will soon be used for a special task as part of diamond exploration –…
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Fast process from beginning to end
The Cooperativa La Cruz Azul S.C.L, third-largest cement manufacturer in Mexico, required an entire packaging line for the flexible and fully automated filling, palletising and packaging of different types of a new tile mortar. The solution of BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, won out over the competition, providing everything from one single…
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ENGINEERING DOBERSEK – German high technology at „MiningWorld Russia“
ENGINEERING DOBERSEK GmbH (ED) – private-owned company from Moenchen-gladbach/Germany and specialist for plant engineering – presented a representative cross-section of their services at the Mining World Russia 2018 (Figure 1). Especially the models of the patented separation plant ContiClass®System and the copper smelting plant ContiSmelt attracted attention to numerous visitors und…
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Australia’s Grasstree mine does it again: another record with Eickhoff
The Australian based Grasstree longwall operation, which is part of the Capcoal complex in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland, has undergone a series of performance upgrades uplifting it back to delivering world leading longwall performance resulting in over 9 mt of coal cut from a single longwall in the…
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Tiefenbach signs large project order for mine Polyak (Turkey) and three orders for the newly developed monitoring system CoalCam®
Tiefenbach Control Systems GmbH, Bochum/Germany, has signed a project order on 28th March 2018 for the delivery of an electro-hydraulic control system worth 2.5 m US$. The order, which will be delivered completely in June/July 2018 to the manufacturer of the shield equipment ZMJ (Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co.…
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RAG‘s mine water plan for the Saarland
In recent times, false and misleading information has been circulating regarding the possibility of subsidence damage occurring during the planned rise of mine water levels in the Saarland. As things currently stand, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, does not expect the proposed raising of the mine water levels to 320 m below…
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The very last trainees of the German coal mining industry are awarded their skilled worker‘s certificates
With the last of Germany’s coal mines due to close in December 2018, the training programmes at the Prosper-Haniel and Ibbenbüren mines are also drawing to an end. In Bottrop, 58 trainees gathered together on 8th February this year to receive their skilled worker’s certificates at their official graduation event…
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Annual press conference of RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH
In 2018, RAG Montan Immobilien will invest around 20 m € in renovation and development projects in the Saarland. Markus Masuth (Figure 1), Chairman of the Executive Board for Essen-based RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, made this announcement at the company’s annual press conference in Ensdorf. The majority of this investment…
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Landschaftsagentur Plus safeguarding the future
Landscape agency Landschaftsagentur Plus will be collaborating on future ventures with earthworks laboratory Erdbaulaboratorium Saar GmbH, Riegelsberg/Germany. The two organisations have signed a cooperation agreement to formalise their partnership (Figure 1). “By signing this agreement, we are taking another important step to safeguard our company’s future,” explains Martin Strauß, Managing…
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