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, Essen/Germany, Heike Gothe, Gothe & Co., Mülheim/Germany, Holger Hoffmann, Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik G. Hausherr, Jochums GmbH & Co. KG, Sprockhövel/Germany, Wolfgang Paus, Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Emsbüren/Germany, Karl-Heinz Rieser, Eickhoff Bergbautechnik GmbH, Bochum/Germany, Klaus Ukens, Caterpillar Global Mining HMS, Dortmund/Germany, Norbert Walther, Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf/Germany, Thomas Ziller, Nilos GmbH & Co. KG, Hilden/Germany.