Mining

Hand-Built in Japan since 1930

In 1930, the company now known as Kobelco created Japan’s first electric mining shovel. This machine paved the way for all future Kobelco construction machinery and set the tone for decades of...

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Mining equipment order

Metso has won a significant order to deliver a pellet plant, including grinding, filtration and a pyro-processing pellet plant to a large-scale steel operation of JSW Steel Ltd. in India. This new...

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New President of the “Society of Mining Professors“

The President of the Technischen Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kretschmann, has taken over presidency of the “Society of Mining Professors/Societät der Bergbaukunde“ (SOMP), which...

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Epiroc presents Serpent Automatic

+Epiroc now takes its Serpent ventilation system to the next level by launching automatic functionality. Serpent Automatic stands for better air quality with optimized air flow and low energy...

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Issue 07-08/2018

Tin International sell Sadisdorf and Hegelshöhe licenses

The Tin International AG sell their licenses for Sadisdorf and Hegelshöhe in the East Ore Mountains to the joint-venture partner Lithium Australia (ASX:LIT). The total consideration amounts to...

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Issue 07-08/2018

New Managing Director Sandvik Mining Rock Technology

With effect from 1 June 2018, Friedrich Hirtler has been appointed Managing Director of Sandvik Mining and Construction Central Europe GmbH, having taken over this demanding management role on an...

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Issue 07-08/2018

Symposium on Mineral Processing 2018

A‌t the invitation of the Institute of Mineral Processing Machines at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (TU BAF IAM), the 13th Symposium on Mineral Processing was held at the beginning of...

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Issue 07-08/2018

Impressive history of innovation

I‌t‘s been 80 years since Charles Warman invented the ­Warman® slurry pump, a pump that revolutionised the mining industry and continues to push the boundaries of pump performance to this day. In...

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Pyhäsalmi Mine gets a new zoning plan

A copper and zinc mine has been operating in Pyhäjärvi, located in the Oulu Region in Finland, since the 1960s. The mine is Europe’s deepest. It will stop operating at the end of 2019, but afterwards,...

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Issue 06/2018

Sachtleben Minerals wins Silver Stevie Award

Sachtleben Minerals GmbH & Co. KG has won the Silver Stevie Award in the category of Video (subcategory of the nomination: Corporate Video/Image Film). Producer of the clip entitled “The Miner” was...

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