06.07.2019 (3023 Clicks)
Cimic’s UGL secures Extension with Sydney Trains
Cimic Group company UGL has secured a five-year extension to its contract with Sydney Trains for the delivery of maintenance and logistics services for a portion of Sydney’s metropolitan passenger rail fleet.
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04.07.2019 (3161 Clicks)
Record Resources Export Result delivers another Milestone for Queensland Trade
Exports from the Queensland resources sector over the last 12 months have earnt $70 billion for the first time, based on trade data released today.
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03.07.2019 (3706 Clicks)
K+S Brine Challenge was great Success
Winners of the crowdsourcing competition are from the USA and Australia
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02.07.2019 (3411 Clicks)
Hochtief Consortium completes eight-lane Motorway Bridge over the St. Lawrence River in Montreal
- 3.4-kilometer-long structure connects Canada with the USA
- Consortium will operate the route for 30 years
- Partner: Hochtief PPP Solutions, Flatiron, Iridium, Dragados
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02.07.2019 (2746 Clicks)
New Leader for Queensland Exploration Council in 2019
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) together with its explorer-focused membership body the Queensland Exploration Council (QEC) has welcomed a new Chair for the QEC, Kim Wainwright.
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01.07.2019 (2900 Clicks)
Salini Impregilo Group invests in Sustainability in Argentina and acquires Riachuelo Megaproject
Fisia Italimpianti of the Salini Impregilo Group has acquired a contract worth $215 million to build Lot 2 of the Riachuelo system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a mega engineering and infrastructure project to reduce pollution in the Riachuelo River, the most polluted in the country.
With the contract awarded, performed for Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A. (Aysa), the Salini Impregilo Group, which is already involved in Lot 3 of the Riachuelo system, confirms its strategic role in the development of an important project to fight pollution in the Argentinian capital.
Environmental sustainability is one of the drivers of the commercial development plan of the Salini Impregilo Group and Fisia Italimpianti, which has always been committed to the development of avantgarde technology involving pollution and the supply of potable water, especially on the Arabian Peninsula. It is a sectorial leadership that is based not only on technical expertise, but also on the support of the entire Group, enabling Fisia Italimpianti to compete on international markets. This is the idea behind Progetto Italia (Project Italy), an operation launched by Salini Impregilo to consolidate the construction sector in Italy in order to seize better opportunities throughout the world.
The new project will see Fisia Italimpianti develop, within a 36-month period, a pre-treatment wastewater plant and accompanying pumping stations with a capacity of 27 cubic metres per second that will make it one of the biggest plants of its kind in the world.
The project is the second of three lots of the Riachuelo system that will contribute to improving the severe environmental conditions of the Matanza Riachuelo River Basin, guaranteeing flexibility and safety to the water purification system of Buenos Aires and having a direct impact on the health and quality of life of its 4.3 million residents.
To be completed by 2022, the Riachuelo system will treat 2,332,800 cubic metres of wastewater a day. Given its social and environmental importance, the $1.2-billion cost of the system is supported financially by the World Bank.
Based in Genoa with more than 90 years of experience, Fisia Italimpianti is present in Argentina since 2017. With this project, it enters the South American market for water treatment plants. It operates in markets such as Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, with its growth based on the global trend of rising demand for water. In light of the fact that some 20% of the global population suffers from water scarcity, the United Nations foresees that this figure will rise to 40% by 2025, emphasising the need to increase as quickly as possible the capacity to produce potable water and treat wastewater, Fisia Italimpianti’s core business.
Source: Salini Impregilo
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01.07.2019 (2694 Clicks)
QRC signs MoU with Mackay, Isaac, Whitsundays (Councils) to further strengthen Resources Jobs
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and the Greater Whitsunday Council of Mayors (GWCoM’s) have signed an agreement to ensure a greater commitment to jobs and investments into the region’s economy.
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01.07.2019 (3370 Clicks)
Strabag commences expanded Contract for Polyhalite Mine in the UK
- A further 24 km of mechanised tunnelling and construction of 37 km underground mineral transport system
- Start of construction for Drives 2 + 3 in late June 2019
- Mining of world’s largest polyhalite deposit at Woodsmith Mine near Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, from 2021
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29.06.2019 (3650 Clicks)
Contract Win for Implenia in Norway
New railway line including station for the town of Moss | Contract worth approximately NOK 3,400 million
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26.06.2019 (3037 Clicks)
Balfour Beatty’s Perth Transport Futures project awarded ‘Contract of the Year’ at NEC Awards
Balfour Beatty was commended at the New Engineering Contract (NEC) awards ceremony last week as it secured the 2019 ‘Contract of the Year’ award.
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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
18.07.2022
World’s first Deployment of a full-face Tunnelling Machine with Mineral oil-free Hydraulics
A full-face tunnelling machine running on biodegradable hydraulic fluid has now been used to drive a steeply inclined tunnel in a water conservation area. This article reports on the project and rel...
#SaarGrundbau GmbH & Co. KG #Fluid Competence GmbH #Herrenknecht AG #Tunnelling #Supply tunnels #water hydraulics
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 (1027 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 (3878 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 (226 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 (180 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 (164 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 (162 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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