Fachartikel 02_2018

The cooperation between the TML Technik GmbH, Monheim/Germany, and the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT)of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen/Germany, will create a synergy between the innovative construction and design of telescopic arms and the development of intelligent, mining-capable condition monitoring systems. As a result, an intelligent telescopic arm not yet available on the market will be build. A ...

Advances in the operating life and durability of plant and machinery also mean higher maintenance and repair costs due to greater wear and tear. Parts increasingly have to be replaced or repaired as a result. At the same time the true value of the machine will fall as it becomes older. Many companies are therefore repeatedly faced with having to ...

Developments in mining chain technology have led to a massive increase in the transmittable forces, along with a corresponding rise in production performance, and have helped extend the length of the winning face. At the same time, the potential offered by the available materials has been largely exhausted. In the same way, the space restrictions imposed on underground chain conveyors ...

There is a new coking coal mine, Uvalnaya, close to the Russian town of Novokuznezk. The Russian company JSC “UK Sibirskaja” operates this mine. The first coal was mined from the first developed working panel in August 2017. It is planned to start mining further seams successively in a two-year cycle. The coal reserves are so big that it is ...

Extractive industry is vital for modern civilization, but operations are subject to a number of restrictions centering largely on their negative environmental impacts. This industry is therefore forced to adopt new technologies and processes in order to mitigate factors that drive up costs and threaten profitability. This article sets out to address a key structural factor in the Chilean mining ...

The rise of China must be one of the most impressive transformations of our times. And yet many of us fail to comprehend this phenomenon or fully realise the implications of China’s ascendancy, whether in the form of political influence or the impact on world security and the global economy. It therefore cannot hurt to further raise our awareness of ...

In 2017 the German coal market suffered a serious collapse and consumption fell overall by more than 11 % to a figure of 50.3 mtce, its lowest level since 1990. By West German standards the decline was the worst since 1945. The slump was mainly due to displacement effects in the power generation sector. Domestic coal production was further reduced as ...