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29.05.2020 (681 Clicks)

Fire in Crushing Station at Boliden Kevitsa

During last night a fire occurred in the building for primary crushing in Boliden´s mine Kevitsa, located in Finnish Lappland.

29.05.2020 (621 Clicks)

LKAB produces Apatite from Mine Waste in a new Pilot Plant

LKAB is developing technology to recycle mine waste to produce phosphorus mineral fertilisers, rare earth elements (REEs), fluorine and gypsum, in a project called ReeMAP. The first step is to use the mine waste to produce an apatite concentrate, something LKAB is now doing in their pilot plant.

27.05.2020 (704 Clicks)

EGEC: Carbfix and Eavor Geothermal Innovators of the Year

This year the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2020 was earned by the Icelandic Carbfix project and German company Eavor on equal merit.

The Carbfix process captures CO2 and other sour gases from emission sources, transforming them into rocks underground in less than two years. This overturns the common view that mineral storage in Carbon Capture & Storage projects takes hundreds to thousands of years. Carbfix has global scaling potential in and beyond the geothermal industry for decarbonising the economy.

Eavor’s innovation is a novel and scalable closed-loop geothermal system of several deep horizontal wells connected to vertical wells. This overcomes the limitation of deep geothermal systems, which normally rely on vertical single wells only. By running on thermosiphon, it also enables the geothermal industry to offer both a baseload and dispatchable energy source.

27.05.2020 (976 Clicks)

Petropavlovsk: Retirement of Chairman - Board Changes

Petropavlovsk PLC announced the appointments of Ms Fiona Paulus and Mr Tim McCutcheon as Independent Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. It also announces that Sir Roderic Lyne will retire from the Board following the Company's Annual General Meeting on 30 June 2020 and will be succeeded by Ms Paulus as Chairman.

26.05.2020 (777 Clicks)

Solution Partner - SIEMAG TECBERG GmbH partners with SIEMENS AG for Automation and Drive Technology

SIEMAG TECBERG announced the expansion of a customer / supplier relationship and partnership that has existed for many years between Siemens and SIEMAG TECBERG.

Within the scope of this supplier relationship, Siemens produces and supplies automation and drive technology products based on the design and engineering of SIEMAG TECBERG.

25.05.2020 (789 Clicks)

More Gas Exploration for Queensland

Santos and Denison to pump more Queensland gas

Queensland continues to take the lead on gas supply for the domestic market, with Santos and Denison Gas the latest to take up the hunt in the state’s proven gasfields.

22.05.2020 (685 Clicks)

Hatch named one of Australia's Top Intern Programs

For the third year in a row, Hatch has ranked in a list of Australia’s Top Intern Programs for 2020. Hatch placed seventeenth in the list of the top forty intern programs, which are providing amazing educational opportunities for students and young professionals across the nation.

20.05.2020 (758 Clicks)

Femern A/S activates Contracts

On 12 May 2020 Femern A/S has activated the conditioned contracts on ’Tunnel North’, ’Tunnel South’ and ’Ramps and Portals’ that were signed between Femern A/S and the construction consortium Femern Link Contractors (FLC) on 30 May 2016.

20.05.2020 (709 Clicks)

Flatiron awarded Rehabilitation and Lane Replacements Project in Los Angeles

Flatiron has been awarded a contract for a key project to rehabilitate a nearly 10-mile stretch of State Route 210 in the Los Angeles community. Work on the more than $135 million contract for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is expected to commence later this spring. Flatiron is one of the largest infrastructure contractors in North America.

19.05.2020 (682 Clicks)

Mann+Hummel Filter Cubes now also provide clean Air in Heilbronn, South Korea and Brazil

• 26 filter columns to be installed on main traffic road in Heilbronn
• Filter Cubes in leisure park and residential complex near Seoul reduce air particulate matter
• In Brazil, Mann+Hummel is helping to reduce particulate matter in the center of Indaiatuba

Towns and municipalities around the world are taking a variety of measures to reduce air pollution and avoid vehicle bans. Solutions include Mann+Hummel’s Filter Cubes, whose efficacy has been demonstrated in scientific collaborations.

After 23 Filter Cubes were installed at Stuttgart’s Neckartor intersection in October 2018, the 250m-long section of road – previously Germany’s worst affected location for particulate matter and hazardous gases – saw a drastic reduction in air pollution. These results convinced municipal authorities and developers outside Germany to install the technology, designed by filtration specialist Mann+Hummel.

Activated carbon helps reduce nitrogen dioxide

In Heilbronn, too, hazardous gases such as nitrogen dioxide will soon be minimized. Beginning in July 2020, 26 Mann+Hummel combi filters will be installed on a highly frequented section of road in Heilbronn city center. The systems there are intended to help protect residents and passers-by from particulates that are harmful to health and to help avoid bans on diesel vehicles.

“More and more residents and municipalities are becoming aware of the dangers to health posed by high concentrations of air pollutants, like particulates. As specialists in filtration systems, we are using our expertise to help make the air in cities cleaner and thus improve the quality of life,” says Jan-Eric Raschke, Director & Chief Product Owner Public Air Solutions – Mann+Hummel.

The enhanced Mann+Hummel combi filter includes a filter layer, which retains particles, and additional activated carbon layers for adsorbing nitrogen dioxide. Highly porous activated carbon media are used here, which can efficiently adsorb nitrogen dioxide due to their large surface area. The technology stands out thanks to its particularly low-pressure reduction. This means it can clean air efficiently while keeping energy usage low. Control electronics enable the user to adapt filter operation and to react to the current air quality.

From Ludwigsburg to the world

In the South Korean capital Seoul, where the subject of particulate matter is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention, Samsung C&T Corporation wants to offer visitors to the ‘Everland Resort’ improved air quality and therefore installed eight Filter Cubes III in the leisure park’s entrance area in January 2020. The company also had two filter columns installed at a playground in a newly-build residential complex to protect children from particulate matter while they play.

In Indaiatuba, Brazil, an inland city with around 235,000 residents, four Filter Cubes were installed at the beginning of March. The filter columns will be used for a six-month study in the city center, where there is a high concentration of bus and passenger traffic. The technology, which is completely new to Brazil in this form, filters 80 percent of particulates between 2.5 and 10 microns. There are also plans to extend the project to other Brazilian cities and metropolitan areas.

So far, 92 columns have been installed on three continents. In total, Mann+Hummel Filter Cubes clean 1.25 million cubic meters of air per hour worldwide. Filter Cubes can be used anywhere in the world where people are exposed to particularly high levels of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide. This applies, for example, to streets with heavy traffic and large intersections. Further application areas include bus stops, train stations and underground stations. In addition to the free-standing Filter Cubes, Mann+Hummel also provides filtration systems that can be integrated directly into bus stops or into advertising or information boards.

Source: Mann+Hummel