02.06.2019 (3065 Clicks)
Hexagon announces new early Warning Radar System for Rockfalls and other fast-moving Events
Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital solutions, announced IDS Georadar Rockspot, a radar system that fills a critical gap in the monitoring of natural and engineered slopes. The system detects, tracks, and analyses the slightest movements from rockfalls, avalanches, and other fast-moving landslide debris flow.
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29.05.2019 (3134 Clicks)
Epiroc breaks Ground for Heat Treatment Plant in Örebro, Sweden
Epiroc, a leading productivity provider for the mining and infrastructure industries, today holds the groundbreaking ceremony for a new heat treatment plant for rock drills in Örebro, Sweden.
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29.05.2019 (2339 Clicks)
Umicore and Glencore develop Partnership for sustainable Cobalt Supply in Battery Materials
Umicore and Glencore announce today that they have entered into a long-term revolving agreement for the supply of cobalt hydroxide (cobalt) to Umicore's battery materials value chain.
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28.05.2019 (3184 Clicks)
Sika opens Production Plant in Qatar
Sika is starting operations at a plant in Doha, Qatar, for the production of concrete admixtures. The country on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula is an attractive market thanks to large-scale infrastructure investment and a number of mega projects, both ongoing and planned.
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27.05.2019 (3752 Clicks)
Ground-breaking 3D Mapping System developed by a Skanska, Costain and Strabag Joint Venture scoops Esri UK Award
Esri UK, the world's leading provider of geographic information systems (GIS), has awarded a solution developed by a Skanska, Costain and Strabag joint venture working on HS2 with the ‘Map Creator’ award at its annual event.
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26.05.2019 (2741 Clicks)
39th APCOM 2019 in Wroclaw „Mining Goes Digital“ next Week!
Mining Innovation traditionally starts at an APCOM conference. This year the 39th conference for „Applications of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry“ is performed from June 03-07 2019 in Wroclaw/Poland:
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25.05.2019 (3362 Clicks)
Successful Re-use for Herrenknecht TBM in The Hague
In The Hague, a refurbished tunnel boring machine (Mixshield, Ø 11,340 mm) has successfully excavated the twin tubes of the Victory Boogie Woogie Tunnel. After only 12 months, in January 2019 the final breakthrough took place near the city center of the Dutch coastal city. With a length of around 1,600 meters per tube, the tunnel section built using mechanized tunnelling technology is the centerpiece of Rotterdamsebaan, the largest infrastructure project in The Hague.
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25.05.2019 (2218 Clicks)
Carmix Machines for the Construction of Residential Area near Moanda Mine in Gabon
The mining company Comilog, a subsidiary of the Eramet Group, has opted for the reliability and strength of Carmix machines for the construction of a large residential area near the Moanda mine in Gabon.
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23.05.2019 (2699 Clicks)
EDR: Starting Consulting Government of Ethiopia
The EDR GmbH expands its foreign business on the African continent. In Iraq and Doha, EDR was already active as consultant. Now it is intended to realize projects in Ethiopia.
From April 14 to 18, 2019, Benedikt Sander-Kessels, Managing Director at EDR, visited the country as member of an economic delegation of the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, led by State Secretary Roland Weigert. At the same time, Prime Minister Markus Söder accompanied the delegation, and ceremonially opened the Africa office of the Bavarian State Ministry in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The aim of the get-together was to intensify economic cooperation between engineering / technology companies from Bavaria and Ethiopia. Initial talks were held with ministers and representatives of the Ethiopian state government about potential projects within the areas water, energy and infrastructure.
After the first exchange and meeting in person EDR will create a strategy concept for its intented entrance into the Ethiopian market. Thereby, the focus will be on the development and implementation of projects in the areas of hydropower - hydraulic engineering in general - and infrastructure.
Source: EDR
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23.05.2019 (3114 Clicks)
Robbins TBM breaks through nearly One Year Early in Nepal
Double Shield Machine flies through Himalayan Hard Rock
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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
23.12.2022
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 a Generation Change can succeed
The BEUMER Group has had a new CEO since June 1, 2022. The previous and the new CEO explain how a generation change like this can succeed....
#BEUMER Group GmbH #Mining #Tunnelling #underground mining #surface mining, quarrying #Conveyor technology
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
17.04.2023 - 21.04.2023
Hannover Messe 2023

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (918 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 3: Technikentwicklung in der Vorleistung
27. September 2018 (3846 Clicks)
Das Buch 3 der Reihe „Dokumentation der technischen Entwicklung bei der RAG“ stellt die Evolution der Vorleistung in den vergangenen 50 Jahren dar. Da sie den Zugang zur Lagerstätte schafft, ist sie die Grundvoraussetzung zur Gewinnung des Rohstoffs Kohle und bildet die Grundlage für den langfristig sicheren und leistungsfähigen Betrieb eines Bergwerks.
#RAG Aktiengesellschaft #Mining #underground mining #abandoned mining
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27.02.2023 (278 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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02.03.2023 (218 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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08.03.2023 (156 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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13.03.2023 (151 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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