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Maximizing diamond recovery while optimizing costs: this is the priority at the top of the list of every diamond producer. With TOMRA’s holistic approach and cutting-edge technologies, both can be achieved to deliver outstanding results. TOMRA is today the world’s leading supplier of X-Ray Transmission (XRT) diamond recovery technology, having recovered some of the largest and rarest gemstones in history. ...

With its digital marketplace, the start-up Sparrow Networks ensures that the participants are supplied with the appropriate spare part as quickly as possible in the event a component in their systems fails. Sparrow connects the stock of the system operators with each other. Thanks to the network, a suitable supplier can always be found quickly. This prevents long downtimes and ...

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 GmbH, Sonthofen/Germany, which, in contrast to conventional VSI rotor crushers, even further reduces fine grain sizes (Figure 1). Kasprs can thus make use of off-spec material of other companies to produce ...

GHH Vehicles GmbH, Gelsenkirchen/Germany, the manufacturer of heavy machinery for rock logistics, announces the launch of the Stage V engine range in their load haul dumpers (LHD). It starts with the new LF-14, a vehicle that is more than just a technical highlight. It marks nothing less than the current spearhead of a strategy designed to make GHH the “cleanest” ...

Exactly one year after the launch of the Metso Truck Body at the BAUMA 2019 fair, the first two Komatsu HD605-8 dump trucks equipped with Metso Truck Bodies have been delivered to a porphyry quarry in Brabant Wallon/Belgium, by Metso distributor BIA Group (Figure 1). These are the first Metso Truck Bodies taken into operation in Central Europe and a ...

Peak Screening is a complete package offer and performance concept designed to ensure every square meter of a customer’s screening is as productive as it can be for their unique operation. Most screening operations, even when they look fine, are capable of more, often much more. Peak Screening is Sandvik’s term for a complete screening solution, including the right screen, ...

Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology rolled out a new mobile-device-based connectivity solution for its surface drill rigs at -CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020. The free app, SanRemo Mobile, makes it easier than ever to connect to a drill rig and transfer drill plans, reports and other fleet management and drilling data timely and cost-effectively using a smartphone or tablet. SanRemo Mobile improves the ...

Tiefenbach Control Systems GmbH, Bochum/Germany, has received a follow-up order from China to also plan and supply the second complete electro-hydraulic control system for the world’s largest roof support system. The order from the roof support manufacturer Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co. Ltd. (ZMJ) has a value of approximately 2.7 M € and, in addition to the main hydraulic ...

In the face of Climate Change, the calls for a sustainable growth agenda are increasingly urgent. Last March the European Commission announced its Circular Economy Action Plan as one of the main blocks of the European Green Deal. This new EU action plan promotes the idea of a circular economy and fosters sustainable processes along the entire life cycle of ...

On behalf of the HeidelbergCement Group, Wirtgen GmbH, Windhagen/Germany, conducted a performance test with the 220 SMi 3.8 surface miner at a chalk quarry in Couvrot/France. The goal was to increase production output compared to the current mining method using a crawler dozer while simultaneously reducing operating costs. During the demo, several tests were conducted to convince the customer that ...