10.06.2021 (472 Clicks)
Business Finland grants Funding for Keliber’s Lithium Project
Keliber has been granted maximum EUR 708,000 from Business Finland as part of the funding granted to the BATCircle 2.0 consortium.
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10.06.2021 (456 Clicks)
Outokumpu appoints Tamara Weinert as President of Business Area Americas
Tamara Weinert has been appointed as President of Business Area Americas with immediate effect. She has been the Acting President of Business Area Americas and a member of Outokumpu Leadership Team since October 2020.
Prior to her current position, Tamara Weinert has been working in multiple senior positions in finance, sales and investor relations at Outokumpu. Before joining the company, she has acquired long experience in leading positions in European energy sector companies. Ms. Weinert has an MBA degree in finance and M.Sc. degree in protected landscape management.
Olli-Matti Saksi, the previous President of Business Area Americas, has decided to step down from the position and will continue his career outside the company.
Says Heikki Malinen, President and CEO of Outokumpu: “I’m delighted for the appointment of Tamara Weinert as I have learned to know her as a highly commercially-minded and execution-oriented professional who has been successfully implementing the turnaround of the business area. At the same time, she is an insightful and engaging leader who will systematically develop the business area to reach its full potential.”
“I also want to thank Olli-Matti Saksi for developing a strong foundation for the turnaround of our Business Area Americas and wish him the best of success in the future.”
Says Tamara Weinert: “I’m honored and very excited to continue the work with our committed personnel and my team in the Americas. We have a favorable market outlook, good position in a healthy market and a strategy to drive profitable growth of the business area. I look forward to the work ahead.”
About Outokumpu
Outokumpu’s Business Areas are Europe (62% of net sales in 2020), Americas (21%), Long products (7%), Ferrochrome (3%) and other operations (7%). Outokumpu is the number two in the American stainless steel market. Company wants to strengthen its commercial footprint in the US and in Mexico and grow especially in automotive, appliances and pipe & tube segments.
Outokumpu, appoints, Tamara, Weinert, President, Business, Area, USA, Americas, Personalities, Mexico







10.06.2021 (472 Clicks)
Norwegian Data Analytics Software to smarten Predictive Maintenance in the Oil & Gas Industry
Dietsmann Smart Labs, French-based 'New Tech' branch of energy industry veteran Dietsmann, has selected Norwegian Data Analytics specialist Arundo as its partner for a breakthrough development in the Predictive Maintenance of industrial plant. Dietsmann operates and maintains Oil & Gas and Power plants for major national and international energy companies in over 20 countries. The company has successfully pioneered Predictive Maintenance as a way to maximize output, save costs and achieve more sustainable performance by improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions.
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08.06.2021 (433 Clicks)
ABB launches new Condition Monitoring digital Service, tailor-made for predictive Maintenance of Conveyor Belts
ABB Ability Condition Monitoring for belts collects and tracks data from conveyor belts to provide real time information about the health of the equipment, enabling planned and timely maintenance
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08.06.2021 (445 Clicks)
Ontario Companies power forward on Hydrogen
Partnership to pursue potential pilot projects
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08.06.2021 (477 Clicks)
Red Dog Mine Alaska in the USA: Ground Improvement in Permafrost
Red Dog Mine, one of the world’s largest zinc mines, is located in the north-west of Alaska, around 170 km north of the Arctic Circle and nearly 1,000 km to the north-west of Anchorage. The mine has been operating since the late 1980s with around 10% of the world's zinc extracted here in open-cast mining.
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07.06.2021 (645 Clicks)
Voith Hydro and Swedish Mine Storage enter Development Partnership for the Advancement of Decarbonization
Voith Hydro, a leading global supplier of hydropower and pumped storage equipment, and Swedish company Mine Storage, a specialist in the field of underground pumped storage concepts, announce a development partnership to become the forerunners in a new market for underground pumped storage – offering so-called mine storages.
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07.06.2021 (420 Clicks)
Anglo American completes Demerger of Thungela Thermal Coal Business
Anglo American plc announces the completion of the demerger of its thermal coal operations in South Africa. Thungela Resources Limited will start trading today through a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under the abbreviated name “Thungela”, and a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol “TGA”). As a leading South African thermal coal exporter, Thungela offers investors access to a high quality thermal coal business with low cash cost and high-margin assets and a strong balance sheet, underpinned by a robust ESG framework.
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07.06.2021 (468 Clicks)
Metso Outotec teams up with Mining and Construction Equipment Sweden and Värnamo Krosskonsult
Metso Outotec has signed a distribution contract with Mining and Construction Equipment Sweden AB and Värnamo Krosskonsult AB. The two companies will sell in cooperation Metso Outotec’s mobile and stationary crushing and screening equipment as well as crusher wear parts for the mining and aggregate customers in Southern and Central Sweden. They will also provide service support such as start-ups and repairs in the regions. The contract has come into effect in April 2021.
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04.06.2021 (470 Clicks)
Historic Moment as HS2 launches first giant Tunnelling Machine
- HS2 launches ‘Florence’ – the first of 10 HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) that will dig 64 miles of tunnel on Phase One of the UK’s new high speed railway
- This first 170m-long TBM – the largest ever used on a UK rail project – will dig 10 miles of tunnel under the Chilterns, operating 24/7 for the next three years
- Transport Secretary Grant Shapps: “The tunnels these machines dig will ensure the benefits of our new high-capacity, high-speed railway run to the great cities of the North and Midlands, forging stronger connections in our country, boosting connectivity and skills opportunities, and transforming our transport links.”
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06.04.2023
Circular Construction of the Future with Pilot Project in Bremen
Strabag’s Circular Construction & Technology Center (C3) at Bremen’s former oil port in Germany shall establish a regional circular economy that preserves resources and avoids carbon...
#Strabag SE #Geotechnics
06.04.2023
Conventional and mechanised Shaft Sinking – System Comparisons and innovative Developments
Conventional shaft sinking by drilling and blasting was for many years the most hazardous of all mining operations. New techniques and technical developments have now made shaft construction work mu...
#Herrenknecht AG #REDPATH DEILMANN GmbH #Mining #shaft sinking #underground mining #Shaft sinking services
23.12.2022
Corrosion Protection of Micropiles
Micropiles often provide a favourable solution for deep foundation problems especially when significant constraints such as confined construction sites or vibration limitations have been identified....
#FRIEDR. ISCHEBECK GMBH #Geotechnics #grouting #grouting works
29.05.2023 - 31.05.2023
Underground Construction Prague 2023
04.06.2023 - 08.06.2023
ICOE 2023 6th International Conference in Ocean Engineering
06.06.2023 - 09.06.2023
74. BHT - Freiberger Universitätsforum
07.06.2023 - 09.06.2023
17 DECGE Danube – European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (1192 Clicks)
The consortium BTC Brennero Tunnel Construction and the Hosch Group jointly delivered on a world-class tunnelling project by combining excellent engineering with the innovative remote monitoring system Hoschiris Discover.
#Brennero Tunnel Construction (BTC) #HOSCH-Foerdertechnik Recklinghausen GmbH #Tunnelling #Traffic tunnels #Conveyor technology #Digitalisation
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RAG-Technikchronik - Buch 6: Management- und Bildungssysteme für technische Prozesse
02. April 2019 (4963 Clicks)
Das Buch 6 der Reihe „Dokumentation der technischen Entwicklung bei der RAG“ stellt die Entwicklung der Management- und Bildungssysteme für technische Prozesse, also z.B. zur Effizienzsteigerung, zum Arbeits-, Gesundheits- und Umweltschutz sowie zur Ausbildung und beruflichen Fortbildung, bei der RAG dar.
#RAG Aktiengesellschaft #Mining #underground mining #abandoned mining
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11.05.2023 (242 Clicks)
Roland Hecken to become new COO at HBT GmbH
Since May 2, 2023, Roland Hecken has joined the management of HBT GmbH as Tec...
#HBT GmbH #Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG #EXPROTEC GmbH #Mining #underground mining #Machinery for Mining and Construction
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10.05.2023 (224 Clicks)
EU-funded MaDiTraCe project: technical solutions for transparent ESG-standards for critical raw material supply chains
In January 2023 MaDiTraCe, a research and innovation project funded by the Ho...
#DMT GmbH & Co. KG #Mining #surface mining, quarrying #underground mining
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15.05.2023 (168 Clicks)
LKAB - Historic permit application decisive for the green transition in the north
LKAB today submitted an historic environmental permit application that is nec...
#LKAB #Vattenfall AB #Mining #surface mining, quarrying
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03.05.2023 (144 Clicks)
Sika Successfully Closes MBCC Acquisition - Strengthens Position as Sustainability Champion in the Global Construction Industry
Sika has completed the acquisition of MBCC Group after having received all ne...
#Sika AG #MBCC Group #Tunnelling
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