15.09.2020 (805 Clicks)
Milan’s new M4 Metro Line: first TBM completed Tunnel Excavations
Milan’s new M4 Metro Line: tunnel excavations completed as TBM reaches Solari Station. Phase two: focus on opening first section of line built by Webuild
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15.09.2020 (632 Clicks)
Station Locations confirmed for Western Sydney's New Metro
The exact station locations for the new Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport project have been confirmed.
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15.09.2020 (630 Clicks)
Canberra answers QRC Calls to hit the Gas for Covid Recovery
The Queensland Resources Council has welcomed today’s announcement by the Morrison Government of a multi-pronged plan to develop more Queensland gas for market as part of a Covid-19 recovery.
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15.09.2020 (611 Clicks)
Strabag bolsters Market Position in Czech Railway Construction with new Order
- Upgrade of 9.6 km section from Dětmarovice to the Polish border
- Consortium with Czech partner OHL ŽS a.s (Strabag’s share: 66.5 %)
- Project schedule: 29 months
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14.09.2020 (597 Clicks)
Resource Exploration Funding Boost would pay COVID-19 Recovery Dividend for Queensland
The Queensland Resources Council is urging the State Government to commit extra funding from its $3 billion COVID-19 stimulus package to a collaborative program to boost exploration for new resource discoveries.
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10.09.2020 (1290 Clicks)
GHH Mining Machines: A step up Down Under
The specialist for civil engineering and mining machinery GHH has set its sights on the Australian continent. An experienced partner is supporting the German manufacturer.
With its loaders, dump trucks and utility vehicles for rock logistics above and below ground, GHH has long been represented on many continents. Now the manufacturer, which is part of the Schmidt Kranz Group, is making the leap to the red continent. 'We want to shorten the distance to our customers in Australia,' says Global Sales Manager Ken Stapylton. 'Contact before, during and after the purchase is important to us - after all, we are happy to supply tailor-made solutions'.
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10.09.2020 (843 Clicks)
The World Tunnel Congress 2020 has now moved to a digital platform!
True to its commitment to innovation while embracing the “new norm”, the World Tunnel Congress 2020 will now be held fully digital, paving the way for tunnelling academicians and industry players alike to be a part of the world’s greatest meeting of tunnellers, regardless of where they are.
Short for ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2020, WTC2020 was initially due to be held in September at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). Recent circumstances set off by the COVID-19 pandemic has led to many cancellations of major events around the world and drove the need to move the World Tunnel Congress 2020 (WTC2020) into a digital platform as a result of global border control, restrictions on mass gathering and the requirement for physical distancing.
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10.09.2020 (669 Clicks)
Orica’s FRAGTrack™ wins international Good Design Award
Orica’s innovative fragmentation measurement technology FRAGTrack™ has been awarded a Good Design accolade in the engineering category, for outstanding design and innovation.
Dating back to 1958, the annual Good Design Awards recognise and celebrate products or services that have shown excellence in design innovation and impact.
FRAGTrack™, Orica’s automated fragmentation measurement device, accurately and reliably measures rock size and fragmentation following the blasting stage in mining and quarrying. For these sites, optimal fragmentation can greatly reduce energy consumption, improve equipment productivity, and increase production rates – and removes the need for manual sampling to keep team members safe.
Designed in collaboration with Design Anthology, Newie Ventures and Your Engineer Mechanical Engineering, the Good Design Awards jury said:
“This is an innovative design that has the potential to improve commercial and safety outcomes in the mining and extractive industries that use drill and blast techniques. An excellent piece of engineering design using scanning and multi-camera technologies with extensive software engineering in a highly innovative application.”
While conventional methods and technologies for fragmentation measurement are prone to operator bias and an inability to operate in harsh mining environments, FRAGTrack™ captures, analyses and reports real-time data digitally – and can be fully installed and upgraded remotely.
“This is a clever solution to the tedious problem of quantifying fragmentation after blasting. It ruggedises cameras and processors to survive in harsh mining and environmental conditions. A solid piece of industrial and engineering design that deserves to be recognised and celebrated.”
Accepting the award on behalf of the team, Orica’s Vice President of Digital Solutions Rajkumar Mathiravedu acknowledged:
“We’ve been able to develop this unique digital solution by combining more than 20 years of customer input, internal expertise and collaborations with market-leading specialists Design Anthology, Newie Ventures and Your Engineer Mechanical Design to make it a reality. This award is recognition of the extraordinary people and partners behind this innovative and value delivering technology.
“Throughout the development process we’ve taken the time to listen to the needs of our customers, and then work with them to evolve the design and engineering to suit harsh mining conditions, delivering real impact and outcomes for them - It’s what makes this such a unique and impactful innovation, especially as our customers strive for greater competitive advantage in these challenging times.”
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08.09.2020 (691 Clicks)
Clearer Boundary for Urban Transformation in Kiruna
LKAB has established a clearer boundary for properties that will be affected up to 2035, by which time main level 1365 will have been mined out.
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07.09.2020 (749 Clicks)
Orica welcomes Sanjeev Gandhi to its Executive Committee
Orica recently welcomed Sanjeev Gandhi to its Executive Committee, and he will lead the APA region as Group Executive & President, Australia Pacific & Asia.
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06.04.2023
GeoResources Journal 1-2023
Special Topic: Focus on nature and climate
GeoResources Journal 1-2023 is dedicated to the main topic areas of mining, tunnelling, geotechnics and energy, as well as the special topic: Focus on nature and climate....
#Herrenknecht AG #CFT GmbH - Compact Filter Technic #DMT GmbH & Co. KG #J. D. Theile GmbH & Co. KG #F. Willich GmbH + Co. KG #Tunnelling
06.04.2023
Driving the Stuttgart Airport Tunnel – efficient Use of Resources using Tunnel Anchors made of high-strength Steel
For the Stuttgart Airport Tunnel of Deutsche Bahn AG, anchors made of high-strength steel were used instead of conventional anchors of rebar steel. This contributed to efficient use of resources, to...
#Stahlwerk Annahütte #Tunnelling #anchor #anchoring equipment, roof bolting #anchoring work
06.04.2023
Postal Logistics Hub as a Coal Mine Restructuring Project – Ukrainian-German Ideas for the Post-mining Era
The world’s energy industry is going through a period of noticeable reductions in the production and use of hard coal. These reduction rates vary from fairly radical in the EU to very flexible...
#Mining #Energy #abandoned mining
04.06.2023 - 08.06.2023
ICOE 2023 6th International Conference in Ocean Engineering
06.06.2023 - 08.06.2023
FLOOD & COAST 2023
06.06.2023 - 09.06.2023
74. BHT - Freiberger Universitätsforum
07.06.2023 - 09.06.2023
17 DECGE Danube – European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (1207 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 1: Technikentwicklung und Forschung der RAG
27. December 2019 (5128 Clicks)
Das Buch 1 "Technikentwicklung und Forschung der RAG" behandelt zusammenfassend die Ergebnisse der Bücher 2 bis 6 und ergänzt um das Thema Lagerstätte aus dem Buch 7. Das Thema „Forschung und Entwicklung“ wird genauso behandelt, wie der Streckenausbau, die Entwicklung der Technikbereiche, die Bergwerksautomatisierung und die Unternehmensdigitalisierung.
#RAG Aktiengesellschaft #Mining #Digitalisation
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11.05.2023 (256 Clicks)
Roland Hecken to become new COO at HBT GmbH
Since May 2, 2023, Roland Hecken has joined the management of HBT GmbH as Tec...
#HBT GmbH #Hauhinco Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG #EXPROTEC GmbH #Mining #underground mining #Machinery for Mining and Construction
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10.05.2023 (239 Clicks)
EU-funded MaDiTraCe project: technical solutions for transparent ESG-standards for critical raw material supply chains
In January 2023 MaDiTraCe, a research and innovation project funded by the Ho...
#DMT GmbH & Co. KG #Mining #surface mining, quarrying #underground mining
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15.05.2023 (187 Clicks)
LKAB - Historic permit application decisive for the green transition in the north
LKAB today submitted an historic environmental permit application that is nec...
#LKAB #Vattenfall AB #Mining #surface mining, quarrying
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17.05.2023 (150 Clicks)
Epiroc to purchase key assets in Australian mining equipment manufacturer Schramm
Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and ...
#Epiroc Group #Mining #surface mining, quarrying #underground mining #drill bits #drilling tools
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