Mining

Drilling technology
Surface mining
Alternative extraction procedures
Construction machines

Issue 11/2019 13th Saxon Raw Material Day

Saxon regional planning and structural change in the brown-coal regions

T‌he 13th Saxon Raw Materials Day took place on 18 June  2019 – again at full house – in the familiar setting of the Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski in Dresden. Its focus was on the topics of the...

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Issue 11/2019 Salt extraction in transition

Mechanical cutting with Sandvik continuous miners

A‌fter 120 years of drill-and-blast extraction, one of Western Europe’s largest salt mines transitioned to continuous mining. The shift to a quieter method under urban areas has extended mine life by...

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Issue 09/2019 Additional drill meters

Sandvik’s surface top hammer drill rig RangerTM DX900i is convincing in operation

T‌o match the high demand for natural stone grains in the current boom in mainstream construction, some operators who normally drill and blast on their own are buying additional drill meters through...

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Issue 07-08/2019 Commando™ DC300Ri

New multipurpose drill rig from Sandvik for various construction applications

S‌andvik Mining and Rock Technology releases a new surface top hammer drill rig to its offering. The versatile Commando™ DC300Ri is ideal for drill and blast contractors as it suits multiple different...

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Issue 03/2019 Liebherr

Liebherr

A‌t bauma 2019, Liebherr will present all the latest product developments and innovations from across the whole range of construction machines, material handling and mining, as well as components....

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Issue 03/2019 Wirtgen

Wirtgen

W‌ith the introduction of the 220 SM/220 SMi surface miner, Wirtgen is unveiling a new machine designed especially for use in small and medium-sized mining operations as well as for routing work and...

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Issue 01-02/2019

Contract for continuous mining system in Thailand

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, a leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of industrial plants and systems, has signed a contract to supply a large-scale continuous mining...

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Issue 01-02/2019 Process control

Ground breaking technology for top hammer drilling monitoring

R‌ockPulse™, a new technology and product introduced by Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology, is the first practical solution for real-time tool stress monitoring in top-hammer drilling. The add-on...

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Issue 01-02/2019 Profitable

Surface miners drive up savings in coal mining

M‌ine operators for some time now have been increasingly turning to an alternative to conventional rip-and-stack or drill-and-blast coal mining: the use of surface miners. Diverse studies and tests...

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Issue 09/2018

Sandvik drill rig technology in operation at the mining of shell limestone

M‌any medium-sized companies in Germany also form the economic foundation and hold their ground in the tough competition in the extraction and processing of rock products. A typical example is...

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