Issue 11/2012

Summary: Consumption of copper has increased enormously in recent years. Demand is greater than supply and prices are climbing to record levels....

Summary: As a result of in some cases unclear waste-law classification, the majority of ­industrial countries suffer from a deficit in suitable...

Summary: The REDWAVE XRF sorting system combines the REDWAVE technology from BR-Wolfgang Binder GmbH – an optical sorting system – with the X-ray...

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe recently opened a new warehouse in Taiwan (Fig.). XAR® heavy plate can now be supplied just in time throughout Asia and...

Th. Scholten GmbH has been feeling the positive effects of the economic upswing in Germany and is delighted about its very positive order situation....

Two EX8000-6s have recently been added to the fleet of Hitachi mining machines at Vale’s Moatize coal mine in Tete/Mozambique. The EX8000-6 is the...

For the grinding of solids the use of a cyclone can be beneficial, depending on the material properties. The rotation of the mill’s rotor or a...

FLSmidth’s 600 Series SuperCell is the newest introduction to the world of flotation technology (Fig.). Designed and engineered at FLSmidth’s...

From the engineering and manufacturing phase up to the final construction site, the entire machinery, e.g. roller mills for raw material or cement...

Students from the universities RWTH Aachen, TFH ­Bochum, TU Clausthal and TU Bergakademie Freiberg were right in the middle, i.e. right in the middle...

About 125 international representatives from business and ­science took up the invitation of Technologieförderung Münster GmbH and the Netzwerk...

Today’s HAVER & BOECKER OHG dates back to the year 1887 when the company was founded by Carl Haver and Eduard Boecker at Hohenlimburg. In 1897 the company moved to Oelde in Westphalia, where the head office has been located since then. In addition to wire weaving, the engineering works established in 1925 has developed into the second mainstay of the company. 125 years after its foundation, the company has developed into a global player with more than 50 international subsidiaries. New business areas were gradually opened up and further developments made. The 125 years of a successful company development were celebrated in August 2012 within the framework of a festive event (Fig. 1) and an open day in the Wire Weaving Division as well as the HAVER TECHNOLOGY DAYS. About 350 customers, representatives and employees of the HAVER Group from Germany and abroad met for the HAVER ­TECHNOLOGY DAYS 2012 in the A2 ­Forum in Rheda/Germany (Fig. 2). The objective of the event was to inform international guests about the organisational and technical developments originating from the family-owned company, to get a feel for the international tendencies and to bundle activities within the HAVER Group. Strategy Day On the first day of the event, called the Strategy Day, Managing Director and Partner of Haver & Boecker Dr. Reinhold Festge was able to line-up a number of renowned speakers: Prof. Dr. Georg Unland (Saxony State Minister for Finance and Professor at the TU Berg­akademie Freiberg), Dr. ­Martin Wansleben (General Managing Director of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce), Dr. Aliko Dangote (President of the Dangote Group in Nigeria; (Fig. 3). In addition, Dr. Fabian Festge (General Manager of HAVER IBAU INDIA) reported on the current development in Asia, and...

Engineered for the toughest applications around the world, the new Generation 9 range of Terex articulated trucks (Fig. 1) are powered by Scania®...

Donaldson releases a new dust collector range with innovative PowerCore® technology. The PowerCore® VH series for abrasive dust applications...

The new developed DustBoss® DB-M (Fig.) is well suited to operating conditions involving very fine dust particles, including slag dust or fly ash. The...

The Kimberley Metals Group (KMG) launched the “Ridges Iron Ore Project,” a new mine in the ­Kimberley region of Western Australia, in 2011. Here the...

Leading quarrying companies are placing increasing emphasis on the highest possible standards for safe, efficient and productive operations. When...

Decreasing landfill capacities, rising landfill costs and the growing shortage of raw materials are demanding increasingly sustainable and...

Together with its French partner, Mint Equipment, dsb INNOCRUSH recently clinched an order for the supply of another ­INNOCRUSH 35. With this order,...

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FQM) is investing in a new trolley assist system for Hitachi dump trucks at the Kansanshi copper and gold mine, near...

Powerscreen launches the new Warrior 1400X screen (Fig.), which offers improved performance, lower operating costs, and easier serviceability in...

Metso’s latest development in comminution equipment, the HRCTM (Fig.), contains several key innovations in order to increase throughput and decrease...