25.01.2022 (268 Clicks)
Hexagon wins Magazine Award for autonomous Mine Haulage Solution
Hexagon has won the Mining Magazine 2021 Fleet and Equipment Award for its autonomous mission management system. It marks the third time in six years that Hexagon has been honored by readers of the magazine. The annual awards celebrate excellence and a commitment to advancing the state of play in mining.
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25.01.2022 (259 Clicks)
ABB steps up with new Version of digital Service for Grinding – including mobile App
- Global technology company ABB has updated ABB Ability Predictive Maintenance for grinding, moving it to a cloud-based platform enabling new features including additional trend monitoring and analytics
- New Grinding Connect app allows mine operators to check gearless mill drive performance from anywhere via smartphone or tablet
- ABB Ability Predictive Maintenance helps extend asset lifetime and avoid unforeseen downtime
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25.01.2022 (275 Clicks)
High Value Contract for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel expected to be awarded in the Spring of 2022
Femern A/S expects to award a major contract for the supply and installation of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s electrical and mechanical installations to one of the three bidding consortia in the spring of 2022.
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25.01.2022 (255 Clicks)
Akobo Minerals appoints renowned Expert to head its ESG Developments
Akobo Minerals, the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and mining company, announced that it has appointed Dr Cathryn MacCallum as head of ESG to further the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) program. She takes up the post on 1st February 2020 as part of the company’s management team.
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25.01.2022 (238 Clicks)
Cimic's CPB selected for WHT Tunnelling Works
Cimic Group company CPB Contractors, in a joint venture with John Holland, has been selected by the NSW Government to deliver the Western Harbour Tunnel - Southern Tunnelling Works as a modification to the Rozelle Interchange contract.
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25.01.2022 (258 Clicks)
Fugro partners with University of Houston on Workforce Development Effort
Fugro has joined the University of Houston (UH) and its four partnering universities, UH-Downtown, UH-Victoria, UH-Clear Lake and Sam Houston State University, on a collaborative project to advance Geo-data science skills in the energy sector. The project, “Data Science for the Energy Transition,” is being funded through a 3-year grant with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and will offer undergraduate and master’s students specialised training in statistical and machine learning techniques for subsurface Geo-data. Fugro’s role as an industry partner on the project is to provide UH with real-world Geo-data and guidance on their use for hands-on training opportunities.
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24.01.2022 (362 Clicks)
Petropavlovsk PLC - New CFO
The Board of Directors of Petropavlovsk PLC announced the appointment with immediate effect of Mr Stanislav Ploshchenko as the Group's Chief Financial Officer, based in Moscow.
Mr Ploshchenko has over two decades of experience in finance including CFO positions at major publicly-listed companies. He began his career at Commerzbank before joining steel and coal producer Mechel (NYSE: MTL), initially as head of corporate finance and then for seven years as CFO. He subsequently joined NASDAQ-listed CTC Media as CFO, overseeing the company's restructuring and eventual delisting following an acquisition. Since 2016, he has served in several senior posts at East Mining Company, including CFO, acting CEO, and deputy CEO for business efficiency.
Mr Ploshchenko holds a master's degree in international securities, investment and banking from the University of Reading (UK) as well as finance degrees from the Russian State Academy of Finance and the University of Portsmouth (UK).
The Board would like to express its thanks to outgoing CFO Danila Kotlyarov for his dedication, professionalism, and financial stewardship over the past two transitional years. During his tenure, the Company was able to strengthen its balance sheet and significantly improve its debt profile and transparency. The Board wishes him well in all his future endeavours.
Mr Kotlyarov will remain with the Company until 28 February 2022, and thereafter take on an advisory role, in order to ensure a smooth transition.
Source: Petropavlovsk
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20.01.2022 (294 Clicks)
The Pre-Feasibility Study on Dannemora in Sweden confirms viable Possibilities for “green” Iron Ore Production
Grängesberg Exploration Holding AB - GRANGEX - presents the results of the completed Pre-feasibility study (PFS) of the conditions for the recommencement of production in the Dannemora mine. The key objective for the PFS has been to investigate the possibility to develop Dannemora as a carbon-free mine operation.
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20.01.2022 (358 Clicks)
Progress on Sustainability Standard for Mining
GRI convenes multi-stakeholder group to develop new Sector Standard
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20.01.2022 (285 Clicks)
Webuild wins “Diriyah Square Package 2” multistorey mega Car Park Contract in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Webuild Group has won a €940-million contract (VAT included) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to build a multistorey mega car park for 10,500 vehicles. The Diriyah Square – Package 2 Super-Basement Works includes a three-storey underground parking area whilst the total built up area is almost 1 million square metres. Commissioned by the Diriyah Gate Development Authority, it will create more than 9,000 jobs.
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23.12.2022
Doing well, doing good
The Pula Group has embraced a dynamic model for corporate citizenship that provides a conceptual framework for crafting a strategy for a company “to do well, while doing good”. The model...
#The Pula Group #Mining #environment protection
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.
...23.12.2022
On the autogenous Healing of Cracks in waterproof Concrete Structures – Experiences in the Field and Conclusions drawn
Structural planning engineers usually refer to EN 1992-3 when designing watertight concrete (WU concrete) structures such as basements, tunnels and water tanks. This standard can be interpreted...
#A.S.T. Bochum GmbH #Geotechnics #Tunnelling #sealing sheets, geomembranes #sealing #sealing technique
21.03.2023 - 22.03.2023
Bergdagarna 2023
27.03.2023 - 29.03.2023
AusIMM - Underground Operators Conference 2023
29.03.2023 - 30.03.2023
Solids Dortmund
13.04.2023 - 14.04.2023
ICSMGE 2023: 17. International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (912 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 (3796 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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Sorcia Minerals and Sinolithium Materials join forces for the construction of “battery-grade” Lithium hydroxide conversion plants
Sorcia Minerals, specialist in the extraction and transformation of high puri...
#Mining #processing
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24.02.2023 (326 Clicks)
International Battery Metals to begin Commercialization
International Battery Metals Ltd., (the "Company" or "IBAT&quo...
#International Battery Metals Ltd. #Mining #processing
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27.02.2023 (269 Clicks)
H.C. Starck Tungsten´s Goslar site certified according to EMAS
H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders, a subsidiary of Masan High-Tech Materials Group...
#H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH #TÜV Nord #Mining #processing #Processing
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21.02.2023 (217 Clicks)
H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders addresses growing additive manufacturing segment with dedicated trademark
H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders, a subsidiary of Masan High-Tech Materials Group...
#H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
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