- Apr- 2018 -6 April
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…
Learn more - 6 AprilIndustry News 02_2018
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…
Learn more - 6 AprilIndustry News 02_2018
Flexco TUG HD belt clamp simplifies maintenance work on conveyor belts
When a conveyor belt is stopped for maintenance, say in a coal mine, its own weight can create problems by distributing the tension unevenly. To ensure that a belt can be safely cut and securely spliced by service technicians, the forces in the area under repair should be spread over…
Learn more - 6 AprilIndustry News 02_2018
WX7000 screening media brings added value to the process
When it comes to the preparation of mineral raw materials, Sandvik AB, Stockholm/Sweden is renowned for its world class crushing and screening technology. Perhaps it is less well-known that Sandvik also has an outstanding range of screening media. We can expect this to change based on the positive customer feedback…
Learn more - 6 AprilIndustry News 02_2018
High belt speeds: a challenge for scrapers
High belt speeds represent a challenge for scrapers. Cleaning results are often less than satisfactory. But that is not always the case, as you can see at the opencast lignite mine in Jänschwalde, near Cottbus/Germany. These are some of the biggest mobile machines in the world. They are approximately 200…
Learn more - Mar- 2018 -5 March
bauma CONEXPO AFRICA – Africa’s leading industry trade fair shortly before its start
New exhibitors Caterpillar, Epiroc, Iveco, Schwing/Stetter and Tata Joint European pavilion featuring eleven participants for the first time More than 450 exhibitors will exhibit their products and innovations The countdown has begun: bauma CONEXPO AFRICA opens its doors for the third time in one week. The largest trade fair for…
Learn more - 2 MarchNews in Brief 01_2018
bauma CONEXPO AFRICA offers a glimpse into topics of the future
Exchanging expertise bauma CONEXPO AFRICA supporting program offers a glimpse into topics of the future More than 400 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors are expected Interactive demo area with daily demonstrations Discussions with experts at Speakers’ Corner The supporting program for bauma CONEXPO AFRICA gives both exhibitors and visitors a comprehensive…
Learn more - Feb- 2018 -16 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2018
BAUER Group commissioned to expand the world’s biggest constructed wetland treatment plant in Oman
In October 2017 the BAUER Group, Schrobenhausen/Germany, was awarded the contract to expand the world’s biggest industrial constructed wetland in the Sultanate of Oman on behalf of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the leading oil and gas exploration and production company in the country (Figure 1). The plant’s first stage was completed…
Learn more - 16 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2018
BEUMER scores a hattrick
The BEUMER Group, based in Beckum/Germany, has been named winner of this year’s Axia Award (Figure 1) in the “Utilising Innovation & Technologies” category. Auditing and consultancy firm Deloitte awarded the prize to the intralogistics specialists on 29th November 2017 in Düsseldorf in recognition of its activities in the field…
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