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ENGINEERING DOBERSEK – German high technology at „MiningWorld Russia“
ENGINEERING DOBERSEK GmbH (ED) – private-owned company from Moenchen-gladbach/Germany and specialist for plant engineering – presented a representative cross-section of their services at the Mining World Russia 2018 (Figure 1). Especially the models of the patented separation plant ContiClass®System and the copper smelting plant ContiSmelt attracted attention to numerous visitors und…
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Australia’s Grasstree mine does it again: another record with Eickhoff
The Australian based Grasstree longwall operation, which is part of the Capcoal complex in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland, has undergone a series of performance upgrades uplifting it back to delivering world leading longwall performance resulting in over 9 mt of coal cut from a single longwall in the…
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Tiefenbach signs large project order for mine Polyak (Turkey) and three orders for the newly developed monitoring system CoalCam®
Tiefenbach Control Systems GmbH, Bochum/Germany, has signed a project order on 28th March 2018 for the delivery of an electro-hydraulic control system worth 2.5 m US$. The order, which will be delivered completely in June/July 2018 to the manufacturer of the shield equipment ZMJ (Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co.…
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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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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…
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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…
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