IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 07-08/2010

Renaissance of GfA screening machines

Since 2001, at the latest, Metso Minerals have extended their position in the market as a manufacturer and supplier of screening machines all over Europe due to the merger of Nordberg and Svedala. The...

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Issue 12/2014 NETZSCH

Renamed

On 28th August 2014, Gebrüder NETZSCH Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Linz/Austria has been renamed NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme Österreich GmbH. The change of name reflects the company‘s development over...

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Renewables to become the new normal at remote mines

The Energy and Mines World Congress that took place in Toronto provided great insights into the recent developments of onsite renewable energy applications at remote mines. Generally, the year 2019...

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Reorientation at Rockster

Rockster was founded in 2004 by Wolfgang Kormann and supported by Norbert Feichtinger as a partner from the very beginning. In 2023, at the beginning of its 20th business year, the company can look...

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Issue 07-08/2016

Reorientation of the mining industry

China’s surplus capacities

Due to its gigantic appetite for commodities, China has been a source of big profits for the global mining industry. But now the growth has apparently come to an abrupt end, resulting in overcapacities not only in China but also in the countries that supply ...

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Issue 09/2011

Repair of hoisting magnets

Whether for scrap loading and sorting, for handling coils, slabs, billets and other raw pieces, hoisting magnets are predominantly used in steel processing and steelmaking. They are used for different...

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Issue 06/2016

Replacement at the point

Tsubaki has introduced a wear indicator for large pitch chain drive sprockets which provides a clear indication of wear, allowing the sprocket to be replaced before it fails. Eliminating the ...

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Issue 07-08/2015

Replacing a six-tonne slewing ring bearing for iron ore loading

In the Norwegian port of Narvik, Swedish mining company LKAB employs a huge loading station to load bulk carriers with iron ore. Any shutdown of the station is enormously costly. Because, in this instance, time really is money, experts from the SKF Soluti

W   eighing a total of 2500 tonnes, the gigantic loader in the port of Narvik ensures that iron ore from the LKAB mines in Kiruna, Svappavaara and Malmberget finds its way into the entrails of the...

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Issue 06/2015

Report on the annual meeting “Mineral Processing and Recycling 2014” in Freiberg

On 12 and 13 November 2014 about 150 experts in the field of mineral processing and recycling again met on the occasion of their annual meeting in the event hall “Old Refectory” of the Freiberg...

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Issue 04/2018

Report on the Processing and Recycling Conference

A‌fter the annual conference “Processing and Recycling” had been held from 2012 to 2016 at the “Alte Mensa” con­ference centre at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, this year the event was...

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