- Apr- 2018 -6 April
Total
As of 1st March 2018, Franck Maurin became the new Managing Director of Total Energie Gas GmbH, based in Fellbach/Germany. He succeeds Vincent Colson, who assumed the role on a transitional basis in October 2017 in addition to his responsibilities in the Finance, HR and Legal departments.
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VKU
On 1st January 2018, Karsten Specht became the new Vice President of the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU) in Berlin/Germany. He takes over from Michael Beckereit, who retired at the end of 2017.
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Wingas
Ludwig Möhring, Dmitry Kotulskiy and Vitaly Vasiliev are no longer Managing Directors of Wingas GmbH, the Kassel-based subsidiary of Gazprom. The new Managing Directors have been named as Lavrenty Pilyagin and Slawa Margulis.
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Wintershall
Andreas Scheck has taken the decision to leave Wintershall Deutschland, Kassel/Germany, to pursue a new challenge in his career. Volker Riha, previously Head of Self-operated Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and deputy to Scheck, has assumed the managerial role provisionally.
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An entirely closed system
In order to improve the efficiency of its operations, Deuna Zement GmbH, a subsidiary of Dyckerhoff, will use alternative fuels to fire the main burners of the two rotary furnaces in its plant in Deuna, a town situated in the German Free State of Thuringia. Umweltdienste Bohn GmbH, based in…
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Caterpillar and Minetec announce agreement to develop underground hard rock mining technology
Caterpillar and Minetec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Codan Ltd., announce an agreement for the development and delivery of technologies targeting underground hard rock mining challenges. The collaborative work will deliver best-in-class site solutions for mining customers. The integrated solutions will be offered as part of Cat® MineStar™. Caterpillar expects…
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Peabody orders complete Cat® longwall with advanced automation for North Goonyella Mine
Peabody recently ordered a complete Cat® longwall mining system for its North Goonyella Mine located in central Queensland/Australia. The Cat longwall system includes roof supports and a face conveyor for a 300 m face, shearer and beam stage loader (Figure 1). The system features advanced longwall automation technology to enhance safety…
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Doppelmayr builds ropeway for material transport in Colombia
In North-western Colombia, approximately 72 km from the city of Medellín, CGL Sucursal Colombia, a subsidiary of the Canadian mining company Continental Gold Inc., is developing the gold ore deposit Buriticá. The logistics of the project has to overcome some challenges in this very mountainous region. A ropeway will be…
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Ropeway as a means to transport people and material
The Cerattepe underground copper mine of the Turkish Eti Bakır A. Ş. mining company, a member of Cengiz Holding, is situated in very mountainous terrain approximately 3.5 km southwest of Artvin, a city in the Black Sea region in north-eastern Turkey. The mined copper ore is transported to the river…
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Start of assembly of a RopeCon® connecting Booysendal South with the processing plant
Assembly has started for the first of the two RopeCon® installations for the transport of platinum ore at the Booysendal concession. The South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of Northam Platinum Ltd., accesses the platinum ore deposit Booysendal South there. To transport the mined ore to an…
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