Industry News 2024

By the time the climate-friendly neighborhood in Frankfurt’s Hilgenfeld district is completed, the team from BAUER Resources GmbH, Schrobenhausen/Germany, with its three drilling rigs will be long gone. It will be almost like they were never even there. “Almost” being the key word. What will remain is an impressive geothermal probe system that was installed on behalf of regional energy ...

The Morsleben Mine Rescue Service has taken delivery of incredible, zero-emission special-purpose vehicles from the German company Bergmann Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, marking a new era in rescue operations. The R803e is a truly remarkable vehicle (Figure 1), developed and manufactured in Meppen/Germany. It’s the epitome of German engineering, setting new standards for use in extreme conditions. Powered by ...

DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, an independent, global engineering and consulting company, launched the newest model of the GYROMAT series at INTERGEO 2024: the GYROMAT 6000 (Figure 1), the most accurate gyroscope measuring system for high-precision surveys, such as tunnel construction or shipbuilding. It combines the tradition of absolute precision of the GYROMAT series with a new feature that ...

The metal tungsten forms the basis for valuable high-tech components in many industries. With its mine in Mittersill, Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG, Mittersill/Austria, operates one of the most important tungsten mining operations worldwide. As the ore is being selectively extracted at ever greater depths and the uphill transport routes are becoming ever longer, a new Sandvik processing plant was ...

First sustainability report voluntarily complies with the European Union’s (EUs) ESG reporting standard TAKRAF Group’s ESG performance helps clients and partners reduce emissions, water use and waste, all while maintaining high safety standards TAKRAF Group conducted double materiality analysis in consultation with both internal and external stakeholders TAKRAF Group is presenting its first Sustainability Report and as such already complies ...

AEROSTRIP® strip diffusers from AQUACONSULT Anlagenbau are making a significant contribution to the remediation of contaminated uranium ore mining sites by Wismut GmbH in eastern Germany. The 100% plastic, corrosion-free AEROSTRIP® Q variant has been providing consistent and reliable aeration of the sometimes heavily contaminated wastewater from industrial landfills at the former uranium ore processing plant in Seelingstädt for ten ...

Koura has once again chosen TOMRA Mining to support its operations at the Las Cuevas fluorspar mine in Mexico, convinced by the superior performance of TOMRA XRT sorters in removing waste from their feed. This choice also reflects Koura’s confidence in the high-quality, professional support of TOMRA Mining’s Applications and Service teams. Commissioning of the new XRT sorters is planned ...

Earthmoving solution expert, Komatsu, has combined Artificial Intelligence (AI) to modernise its Smart Construction Edge solution, in partnership with technology giant Sony as part of the EarthBrain joint-venture across Komatsu, NTT Communications, Sony Semiconductor and Nomura Research Institute, to champion digitalisation and advancement in drone surveying processes. The innovative Edge solution is a unique device that works to enable both ...

A MOBICAT MC 120 PRO and a MOBISCREEN MSS 802 EVO are deployed for the individualised processing of natural rock A plant train comprising of a mobile jaw crusher and a scalping screen from Kleemann processes material for the rehabilitation of the infrastructure at an Indonesian lignite mine.   The major challenges in the extraction of the material are its scattered ...

Menzel Elektromotoren GmbH, Berlin/Germany, has configured two modular slip ring motors from its extensive stock for a ball mill in a gold mine in Kazakhstan and shipped them at short notice (Figure 1). The robust motor pair provides the necessary high starting torques for the heavy-duty application and ensures reliable operation under impact loads and voltage fluctuations. The MEBSSL motor series ...