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Located in the idyllic Koenigs-winkel region between Fuessen, Pfronten and Schwangau in South Germany, the Forggensee lake stretches over an area of about 15.2 km2. It is Bavaria’s fifth largest lake and Germany’s largest water reservoir by surface area. The reservoir through which the River Lech flows generates electricity and provides flood protection from the water produced from melting snow ...

Sichuan Yadong Cement Co, Ltd. in Peng-zhou, China, has been relying on a 12.5 km overland conveyor from BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, in order to convey limestone from their quarry to their silo. When constructed in 2009 it was the longest belt conveying system in BEUMER history. -BEUMER installed a longer system in 2016. The troughed belt conveyor runs through hilly terrain ...

The countryside around the village of San Juan Sacatepéquez in south-eastern Guatemala is hilly and forested. Cementos Progreso, S. A. had been planning to build a new cement plant there for some time. Among other things, the project required a solution to transport limestone and marl from the crusher to the processing plant. Cementos Progreso, S. A. opted for RopeCon® as a ...

RockPulse™, a new technology and product introduced by Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, is the first practical solution for real-time tool stress monitoring in top-hammer drilling. The add-on system integrates directly with the rock drill and its control system, and can be used for drilling process optimization in varying rock conditions. This also helps to reduce the stress fatigue of ...

Rammer was in 2018 celebrating 40 years of excellence. In order to help celebrate this momentous occasion, and to reflect changing customer requirements, it has renewed both its outlook and product offering. This has led to the updating and upgrading of its Excellence Line of hydraulic hammers. Following on from the launch of the Performance Line of hydraulic hammers earlier ...

West African Guinea is known for possessing the largest reserves of high-quality bauxite in the world. This potential has prompted the country to continually expand its bauxite mining sector in recent years, making substantial investments. Wirtgen surface miners are playing a decisive role in this development process, as many of the country’s bauxite mining operations rely on Wirtgen’s technology as ...

The Salar de Uyuni salt flat in the Andes of south-west Bolivia is currently the largest known lithium reserve in the world. The Bolivian state is creating a value-added chain in order to put this raw material to industrial use. Following a long and intensive decision-making process, state-owned enterprise Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) selected the German company ACI Systems ...

Atlas Copco has announced a new addition to its QAC range of containerised generators, the QAC 1450 TwinPower™ delivers unrivalled versatility, optimised performance and excellent fuel economy in demanding Modular Power Plant (MPP) applications (Figure 1). The QAC 1450 TwinPower is a 20 ft. ISO containerised unit housing two compact 725 kVA generators; powered by V8 Scania engines with double ...

In the context of increasingly complex mining and tunnel construction projects, the subject of air conditioning is becoming increasingly challenging. CFT GmbH Compact Filter Technic, based in Gladbeck/Germany, has established itself as an innovative solution provider in this area. The company, which specialises in dedusting and ventilation in mining and tunnel construction, has been advising its customers on air cooling ...

In recent years, self-driving vehicles have become a popular discussion topic. Sandvik has had automated loaders and trucks working in mines for over 20 years – with zero accidents involving people. To prove its capabilities, Sandvik moved things above ground and put its latest generation of automation to the test. In a new film, an 11 m long Sandvik LH514 ...