Product News Munson Machinery: Stand-Alone Lump Breaker Utica (NY), United States – Munson Machinery has introduced a new De-Clumper Lump Breaker modelread more
Project News LKAB invests in Pilot Plants for Phosphorus and Rare Earth Metals Production LKAB is investing approx. EUR 4.3 million in pilot plants for production of phosphorus and rare earth metals as part of a pre feasibility study to define a process that enables recycling of mine waste through innovative processing, producing critical raw materials. The pilot phase will continue thro…read more
Product News Gebr. Lödige: CoriMix® continuous ring layer mixer Intensive mixing. Gebr. Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH is presenting the CoriMix® continuous ring layer mixer at POWTECH 2017. The basis of the robust system is the high circumferential speed of the mixing unit, which forces the product into a concentric ring layer. The process demonstrates its true str…read more
Project News NRW Holdings Subsidiary wins AUD 973 million EPC contract for KCGM Growth Project Belmont (WA), Australia – On July 3, 2023, NRW Holdings Limited announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Primero Group Limited (Primero) has entered into a contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC Contract) with Northern Star Resources Limited for its KCGM Growth Project in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.…read more
Company News Acmon Group commissioned another Project in the Chemical Industry Sector Schimatari, Greece – The Acmon Group recently commissioned a project for the Greek construction chemicals company Alchimica, which includes a complete processing unit - from raw material reception to bagging and palletizing of finished products. The chemical industry has always been an important industrial sector for th…read more
Personal News Eirich: Solutions for Preparation of Compounds for Graphite Electrodes In the production of compounds for graphite electrodes, coke is mixed with pitch and additives at temperatures around 180°C. This process is a key factor in determining the quality of the final product; as well as optimizing the mixing of all the recipe ingredients, it is necessary to fill the pore…read more
Product News Retsch: Mixer Mill achieves Grind Sizes in the Nanometer Range According to Retsch, the newly developed Mixer Mill MM 500 is the first ball mill with a frequency of 35 Hz which produces enough energy for efficient wet grinding of samples down to the nanometer range.read more
Product News Munson Machinery: Paddle Blender with Choppers intensifies Shear Utica (NY), United States – A new Munson Machinery Paddle Blender equipped with four high-speed choppers provides added shear to break lumps and/or disperse dry bulk solids, pastes, slurries and emulsions containing agglomerates during blending. It handles free- and non-free-flowing materials that are dry, moist, oily or pas…read more
Company News MoistTech Corp. and Weighing & Inspection announce Partnership in the Benelux Region Sarasota (FL), United States – MoistTech Corp and Belgium based company Weighing & Inspection have announced a strategic partnership to provide advanced moisture measurement capabilities for manufactured materials to customers in the Benelux region. The partnership will deliver a unique workflow capability focused on improvin…read more
Project News Evolution Mining approves AUD 250 million Process Plant Expansion at Mugari Mine Sydney (NSW), Australia – The Board of Evolution Mining has approved a capital investment of AUD 250 million for the Mungari plant expansion from 2 million tonnes to 4.2 million tonnes per annum following completion of the Feasibility Study. The investment will extend the mine’s operational life by 17 years to 2038. read more
Company News Zeppelin Systems hacks something out at the Solids 2024 Trade Fair Friedrichshafen, Germany – The trade fair for granulate, powder and bulk solids technologies in Dortmund, Germany, has come up with something special this year to inspire the international audience: The ‘Bulk Masters’ hackathon will start on October 8 2024 - the new hands-on event at the trade fair duo Solids and Recyclin…read more
Product News Flexicon: Mobile, Sanitary Conveying System for IBC Unloading Whitstable, United Kingdom – The Flexicon Mobile Sanitary IBC Unloading and Conveying System transfers contamination-sensitive bulk solid materials from Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) to downstream processes, dust-free. read more
Company News Ajax Vertical Screw Blenders for Polymer Production Bolton, United Kingdom – Solids handling specialist, Ajax Equipment, has supplied a global chemical producer with two large stainless steel vertical screw blenders for polymer powder production in South Korea. Ajax’s vertical screw blenders feature twin ‘fountain’ mixing screws, with each blender handling batches of u…read more
Product News Flexicon: High Capacity Tipper for mobile Bins Whitstable, United Kingdom – A new open-chute High-Lift Bin Tipper from Flexicon hydraulically raises and dumps mobile bins into a hopper that feeds an integral flexible screw conveyor operating under loss-of-weight control. Bins weighing up to 1350 kg are rolled into a three-sided pen, where a lifting tongue centred inboard of…read more
Project News EGA’s Guinea Mining Project receives massive thyssenkrupp Barge Loader Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced that the final major piece of equipment for its under-development bauxite mining project in the Republic of Guinea has arrived in the West African country. The barge loader, which is the height of a four-storey building, was shipped to Guinea from thyssenkr…read more
Product News Lödige continuously operating Ploughshare Mixer KM 2000: One for All Universal applicability, consistent reproducibility, maximum homogeneity of the end product and short residence times: These features characterize the continuous Ploughshare® mixer KM developed by Lödige Process Technology. Therefore, it is the right type of mixer for a multitude of applications. …read more
Company News Black Sand through Crushing Technology from BHS-Sonthofen Sonthofen, Germany – Cement manufacturer Amreyah Cement relies on crushing technology from BHS-Sonthofen in its plant in Egypt. The company is using the BHS rotor centrifugal crusher of type RSMX 1222 to recover high-quality additives from previously unused slag for the first time to make its cement production more sust…read more
Company News NTPC awards GE Steam Power USD 335 million in Contracts to supply and install three Wet FGD Systems On July 01, 2019, GE Steam Power announced that it has been awarded three contracts from NTPC Limited to supply and install Wet FGD systems for a combined value of INR 2311 crores (USD 335 million). GE’s scope includes design, engineering, civil work, supply, erection and commissioning of Wet F…read more
Company News thyssenkrupp to deliver Gearless Drive Overland Conveyor to Quellaveco Copper Mine, Peru thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions business area recently won a contract to supply a material handling system for Anglo American’s new Quellaveco copper mine in the Moquegua region of Peru. As part of the contract, thyssenkrupp will supply a 4,700 m long, 1,830 mm wide high-capacity overland conv…read more
Product News Bühler launches Digital Service MoisturePro for optimal Food and Feed Drying Uzwil, Switzerland – Bühler has officially launched MoisturePro, a cloud-based digital service that drives significant improvements in yield and reduces energy costs and the environmental footprint of thermal processing in the food and feed industry.read more
Company News EDEM and The Barnes Group Advisors collaborate to advance Use of Simulation in Additive Manufacturing Edinburgh, United Kingdom – Discrete Element Method (DEM) specialist EDEM and The Barnes Group Advisors, specialists in advising on and solving problems associated with industrial additive manufacturing, announced a collaboration agreement to advance the use of simulation to aid design decisions for equipment and processes in …read more
Product News Rotary Batch Mini Mixer resists Abrasion Utica (NY), United States – A new abrasion-resistant Rotary Batch Mini Mixer model MX-10-AR blends up to 283 l of aggregates, metal powders, pigments, sand, chemicals, reinforced thermoplastics and other abrasive materials, with or without liquid additions, in ratios down to one part per million with total uniformity in two to…read more
Product News Flexicon: Bulk Bag Discharger with Dual Flexible Screw Conveyors Whitstable, United Kingdom – A new Flexicon Bulk Bag Unloader with Dual Flexible Screw Conveyors feeds two downstream processes dust-free. The BULK-OUT® BFF Series Discharger features top-mounted receiving cups and a removable bag-lifting frame for forklift loading of bulk bags. Z-CLIP strap holders allow rapid, secure inserti…read more
Market News POWTECH and PARTEC 2019: Powerful Process Engineering Duo in Nuremberg Nürnberg, Germany – New formats and unrivalled technical breadth proved to be the recipe for success. This year too, POWTECH impressed once again as a leading international fair for the powder and bulk solids industries. Over three days, some 14,200[1] visitors enjoyed a first-class trade fair programme and made useful…read more
