This edition of The Best of Germany focuses on work being done by VDMA Mining member companies to give the best possible support to the global mining industry. German mining equipment manufacturers have taken great efforts to optimize operational safety of the machines. In cooperation with their worldwide customers, this leads to a unique level of safety, particularly for underground mining.. This also leads to substantial improvements in energy consumption, optimized endurance of machines and plants, and higher efficiency in total.
Originally presented at Longwall USA 2005, this presentation explores the uncertainty for coal development opportuniti ...View more
Timely and rapid intervention to underground combustion events (fires, explosions, and spontaneous combustion) is the k ...View more
Originally presented at Longwall USA 2005. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has been studying their operational ...View more
The coal business finished weak in 2015 and it's off to a slow start in 2016. The information contained in the 2016 Longwall Census reflects a ma ...View more