05.11.2021 (308 Clicks)
Hastings Line reopens following Landslip Prevention Project
Rail passengers are returning to the Hastings line following a seven-day closure that saw over a hundred engineers carrying out landslip prevention work along the 160-year old route. The line was handed back on time for the start of services on Saturday.
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05.11.2021 (379 Clicks)
Thiess secures Wahana Renewal in Indonesia
Thiess has secured a three-year $A220 million contract renewal to continue providing mining services at PT Wahana Baratama Mining’s (Wahana) coal mine in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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04.11.2021 (392 Clicks)
Epiroc completes Acquisition of Specialist in Mining Vehicle Battery Conversions
Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of FVT Research Inc., a Canadian company with expertise in converting diesel-powered mining machines to battery-electric vehicles.
FVT Research, based in Vancouver, Canada, designs diesel-to-battery conversion kits and rebuilds mining machines to electric versions. The company has also recently been part of a successful project to convert the diesel-powered Epiroc Scooptram ST1030 loader to battery electric. FVT Research has about 25 employees and had revenues in 2020 of MCAD 4 (MSEK 27).
Source: Epiroc
Epiroc, Sweden, Canada, FVT, acquisition, battery, mining, infrastructure, vehicles, conversion, diesel, electric, mobility







04.11.2021 (413 Clicks)
COP26 – Global Finance Ministers discuss Transition to Net Zero
- Finance Ministers gather in Glasgow to discuss mobilising funding for rapid, large-scale climate action
- Discussions follow new pledges of public climate funding from developed nations at COP26 World Leaders Summit, including significant pledges for climate adaptation
- Finance commitments for climate mitigation led by new announcement at Leaders Summit of $8.5 billion Just Energy Transition to help South Africa move to clean energy
- UK Presidency welcomes alignment of $130 trillion of private finance to science-based net zero targets and near term milestones, through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero.
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04.11.2021 (395 Clicks)
Check out the virtual Information Room of Sydney Metro West
Sydney Metro has created a virtual engagement room to help you learn more about its second Environmental Impact Statement for the West project. Set deep underground, the virtual engagement room gives you a chance to explore and learn more about the proposed station caverns and railway tunnels.
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04.11.2021 (365 Clicks)
Nordic Iron Ores has initiated a Process to recruit a new CEO
Nordic Iron Ore's current CEO Lennart Eliasson will retire at the turn of the year. The Board has begun the process of recruiting a new CEO.
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02.11.2021 (396 Clicks)
Epiroc acquires remaining Share of Mobilaris MCE
Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has acquired the remaining share of Mobilaris MCE AB, a Sweden-based company that provides advanced situational awareness solutions that optimize operations in mining and civil engineering.
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02.11.2021 (356 Clicks)
Sika opens new national Subsidiary in Ghana
Sika is continuing to expand its presence in Africa and has established a new national subsidiary in Ghana.
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01.11.2021 (373 Clicks)
Mexico Pacific Limited announces Collaboration with ConocoPhillips LNG and Bechtel
Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, developer of a North American LNG export project based in Puerto Libertad, Sonora, Mexico, announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with ConocoPhillips LNG Licensing LLC and Bechtel, working with Techint S.A. de C.V., to advance the global energy transition and to assist in lowering greenhouse gas emissions by pursuing innovative lower carbon LNG design solutions for the MPL LNG Project future phases.
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01.11.2021 (360 Clicks)
New Executive Vice President Sustainability & Innovation Skanska Group
Lena Hök has been appointed Executive Vice President Sustainability & Innovation for the Skanska Group. Lena will step into her new position and join Skanska’s Group Leadership Team on November 1. Lena currently holds the position as Senior Vice President Sustainability, Skanska Group.
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23.12.2022
Sustainability in Construction – Closing the Loop for Geosynthetics
Geosynthetics have been used in various geotechnical applications for several decades now. Solutions with geosynthetics contribute to the conservation of granular materials and to a reduction.
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The Konrad Nuclear Waste Repository – Renovation and Reconstruction Work in the North Compartment of Shaft Konrad 1
The BGE (Federal Service Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal) is a Peine-based organisation that has been entrusted with the task of converting the former Konrad iron ore mine to serve as a final...
#Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH (BGE) #Mining #abandoned mining #repository mining #shaft sinking #Conveyor technology
20.10.2022
How an IIoT Solution for Mining Machines can be successfully introduced into a Quarry Operation
Many mining companies still do not know whether they are ready to implement IIot projects for mobile mining machines – and things often stay this way until they try out digitalisation for themselves in an in-house pilot project. Sometimes it is enough simply to go for it and learn from the experience. But what is actually possible and how can ‘digital transformation’ be applied in-house? The conditions and measures needed for such a successful digital transformation are outlined below from the perspective of a tech company that supplies hardware and software solutions and also supports clients through the introduction and implementation process....
#talpasolutions GmbH #Mining #underground mining #Machinery for Mining and Construction #Digitalisation services #Big Data analytics
13.04.2023 - 14.04.2023
ICSMGE 2023: 17. International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
17.04.2023 - 21.04.2023
Hannover Messe 2023
19.04.2023 - 20.04.2023
MINEX Kazakhstan 2023
02.05.2023 - 03.05.2023
12th Annual Conference Mining Technology in India

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (1029 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 5: Technikentwicklung in der Grubensicherheit - Band II
01. November 2020 (3883 Clicks)
Das Buch 5 der Reihe „Dokumentation der technischen Entwicklung bei der RAG“ stellt die Entwicklungen der vergangenen fünf Jahrzehnte aus dem Bereich Grubensicherheit dar. Der zweite Band behandelt die Staubbekämpfung und die technischen Maßnahmen im Arbeitsschutz.
#RAG Aktiengesellschaft #Mining #underground mining #abandoned mining #de-dusting technology #ventilation, dust extraction
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02.03.2023 (227 Clicks)
Metso Outotec wins Order for Iron Ore Pelletizing Plants in China
Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engin...
#Metso Outotec #Chengde Zhaofeng Iron and Steel Group, Co. Ltd #Mining #processing
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06.03.2023 (186 Clicks)
Atlas Copco’s portable air compressors: designed for toughness
The first of its kind in the company’s facilities in Antwerp, the new a...
#Mining #Geotechnics #Energy #surface mining, quarrying #underground mining
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13.03.2023 (165 Clicks)
Sandvik introduces Toro LH518iB with AutoMine
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is introducing Toro™ LH518iB with Aut...
#Sandvik Mining and Construction Central Europe GmbH #Mining #surface mining, quarrying #underground mining #Machinery for Mining and Construction #Digitalisation
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08.03.2023 (163 Clicks)
CSIRO launches CarbonLock to tackle climate change
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has announced the launch of...
#Mining #Tunnelling #Geotechnics #Energy
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