Highlights at HILLHEAD 2024

U‌WT supplies sensors for the detection of limit levels and levels in bulk solids and liquids. The new capacitive liquid line can be used in all liquids, foams, pastes or for the identification of...

The so-called “VAC-Cubes”, with a pressure of 20 000 to 36 000 Pa, which can remove an air volume of 210 to 1050 m³/h, represent the latest addition to the range of the manufacturer of extraction and...

Valdeau’Mat, a new family-run recycling platform in the Lille region, wanted to tackle the growing issue of construction waste and a reliance on external material supplies, in order to implement the...

VALDEAU’MAT is a family-owned company newly created by two brothers, Steeve and Benjamin Vandeginste, with the objective of recycling construction and demolition waste in the Hauts de France area,...

In the Upper Palatinate town of Lauterhofen, Hermann Trollius GmbH have been processing limestone and dolomite for three generations. Aside from traditional marketing, the company is now taking unconventional approaches. In order to conserve resources efficiently, Trollius is now for the first time making use of the leftovers of washing crushed dolomite. ...

Dear Readers The use of glass recovered from old glass fragments (“cullet”) not only economises on natural resources, but also, and above all, on energy. In this respect glass is a very valuable raw...

New research shows that magnesium and other metals in mine waste can be dissolved and recovered thanks to acid-producing bacteria. Researcher Nathan van Wyk believes that the method has great...

1 Lake Uyuni According to the research work of the public-owned company Comibol, the lithium reserves found in Bolivia amount to 100 mill. t lithium and 2000 mill. t potassium. General Motors and...

1 Introduction Waste is a source of secondary raw materials, but at the same time can negatively impact the natural environment and public health. The flue dust generated from the ferrochrome industry...