As of January 1st 2018, the management board of the DTM Group will be expanded. Besides Prof. Dr. Eiko Räkers (CEO) and Ulrich Pröpper, also Dr. Maik Tiedemann and Jens-Peter Lux will join the...
Mining machinery manufacturers producing in Germany have achieved a turnaround. After falling earnings for four years in a row, the industry now anticipates a black zero for the trend in sales in...
Collecting, saving and making available geological data, especially data and information on the geology of raw materials is a key task of Saxony’s Geological Survey (Dept. 10 of Saxon State...
With over 600 pieces of earthmoving equipment U&M operates the largest contract mining fleet of extra-heavy equipment in the country. Hitachi EX1200, EX2500 and EX5500 Hydraulic Excavators, and 100,...
Epiroc AB has begun operating as an independent business. In January 2017, the Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco announced its intention to split into two companies: in future, the industrial...
The recovery of mineral resources is one of the world’s major “movements of masses“. Each year, more than 30 billion tons of rock, earths, ores, and energy raw materials are mined worldwide. They form...
Rio Tinto officially opened its Silvergrass iron ore mine in Western Australia. The US$ 338 million project is the 16th mine at Rio Tinto’s world-class iron ore operations and will produce...
FLSmidth is strengthening its Africa footprint with the opening of a new office in Accra, the capital of Ghana. The new presence in Accra will provide a hub for regional operations, as there is...
The Central Asian Republic of Kasachstan is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of raw materials - considerable gold deposits prove the resource wealth of this country. The “Mining World...
Mining machinery manufacturers from Germany are back on track, with incoming orders increasing by 45 % in the first half of the year. Closer cooperation with Australia is set to bring further growth....