Issue 04/2022

Technical Solutions

Conveyor “Rules of Thumb”

 

Research & Development

Innovative research approaches to gypsum recycling

 

Trends & Equipment

Gypsum – a scarce raw material?

Content

EDITORIAL

Raw materials availability

Dear readersThe discussions about the future energy supply are accompanied, e.g., by the question of the future availability of the raw material gypsum, which is used both as a natural raw material...

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TRENDS & EQUIPMENT

Forecast

Gypsum – a scarce raw material?

The premature decommissioning of power plants in Europe and elsewhere along with the corresponding sharp decrease in the quantities of flue gas desulphurization (FGD) gypsum are stoking fears that in...

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TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Fact or Fiction?

Conveyor “Rules of Thumb”

This article examines the need for training conveyor operators and maintenance personnel by discussing the many informal design axioms that have developed over the years, otherwise known as...

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTS

NEWS

Optimized lifetime of wear parts

Mining customers will benefit from the closer cooperation of thyssenkrupp Mining Technologies and Magotteaux by optimized and cost-efficient wear parts for mining and aggregates equipment. The...

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Metso Outotec expands the Nordtrack range

Metso Outotec adds a new impact crusher to its Nordtrack mobile crushing and screening range, targeting especially smaller-sized applications and jobsites in the construction and demolition waste...

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FOLLOW-UPS

Focus: Secondary Raw Materials

Freiberg Conference “Processing and Recycling”

After the previous “Processing and Recycling” conference had to be conducted as a web event, the conference on 11 and 12 November 2021 could again be held as an in-person event in Freiberg – although...

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Paths to sustainability

16th MiningForum 2022 in Berlin in May

The 16th MiningForum will take place in Berlin on May 19 and 20, 2022. This is where the industry’s key decision-makers, experts and specialists meet every two years for an intensive exchange of...

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FOCUS INDUSTRY

Small environmental impact

Ship unloading with the SAMSON Eco Hopper

SAMSON Materials Handling got an order for an Eco Hopper from Bataan/Philippines. The unit is designed to receive coal which is unloaded at the quay area via crane grabs with a discharge direct to...

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Optimise productivity from mine to market

From operational silos to integrated decision making

If mining companies are to survive in the ‘new normal’, they must optimise productivity from mine to market. However, particularly in industrial minerals mining, there is often a disconnect between...

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