The mining equipment industry in Germany anticipates a decline in sales for 2020 of around 10 to 15 %. However, the industry is optimistic about the future because only state-of-the-art mining technology will be able to ensure the raw materials required for climate protection and digitisation. The importance of the mining industry in this context and also the machine manufacturers is ...
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We will have to get used to it. The traditional German miners’ greeting “Glückauf!” will soon be a thing of the past. Mining production will be fully automated in the near future: virtual construction site plans and start-ups, automated work processes, machine-to-machine communications, augmented reality and virtual reality. Digitisation and automation should make our working life easier, make it easier ...
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In contrast to the general trend, manufacturers of mining machinery in Germany are expecting 2019 to have been one of the best years on record. The German Engineering Federation (VDMA), Frankfurt am Main/Germany, is anticipating an increase in turnover of 38 % that would amount to around 5 bn €. This revenue should at the very least be maintained in 2020. In ...
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Worldwide demand for mining technology from Germany remains high. In the first half of 2019, orders received rose by 35 % and sales by 40 % in comparison with the previous year. The upward trend in this industry therefore continues. After the difficult period from 2012 to 2017, global business has been picking up for the past two years. In 2018, the ...
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On 14th and 15th November 2017, experts of science and industry joined together with representatives of relevant associations in the Tivoli centre, Aachen/Germany, to discuss the latest on the digitalisation of mining. The Smart Mining Conference was organised by the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) of the RWTH Aachen University together with the Mining Association of the German Engineering ...
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Mining machinery manufacturers in Germany have mastered the turnaround. After revenues continued to decline for four consecutive years, the sector is now expecting to break even in 2017. Based on the figures for the first nine months of the year, the mining equipment manufacturers are expecting to at least repeat their turnover of 2.95 bn € from 2016, as the ...
Read More »VDMA Mining elected its new board of directors at its general meeting on 23rd November 2017. Michael Schulte Strathaus, F. E. Schulte Strathaus GmbH & Co. KG, Werl/Germany, was endorsed as Chairman. The additional board members: Honorary Chairman Peter Jochums, Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik G. Hausherr, Jochums GmbH & Co. KG, Sprockhövel/Germany, Corinna Both, CFT GmbH, Gladbeck/Germany, Torsten Gerlach, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, ...
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Mining machinery manufacturers from Germany are back on track, with incoming orders increasing by 45 % in the first half of the year. Closer cooperation with Australia is set to bring further growth. Following a sharp decline in turnover in recent years, incoming orders from abroad went up 50 % in the first six months of this year compared to the same ...
Read More »Nach der erfolgreichen Premiere 2015 mit über 120 Teilnehmern aus dem Rohstoffsektor, wird das zweite Forum Bergbau 4.0 im November 2017 stattfinden. Das Forum Bergbau 4.0 ist eine Plattform für den Austausch zwischen Industrie, Forschungseinrichtungen und Verbänden. Die Referenten stellen aktuelle und praxisbezogene Einzelaspekte dar. Die Umsetzungsmöglichkeiten der Industrie 4.0 in der Bergbaubranche sowie die damit einhergehenden Chancen und Risiken ...
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