Scooptram ST 14 loader is setting new standards for equipment, safety, performance, ergonomics and serviceability in the competitive 12 to 16-t market segment

Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Wennmohs, Atlas Copco MCT GmbH, Essen, Germany

Implementing the new EU emission regulations: the challenge facing mining equipment manufacturers

Dipl.-Ing. Günther Robert Saelhoff, GHH Fahrzeuge GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Transport Technology in Room and Pillar Coal Operations – An Overview

Dipl.-Ing. Marinus J. Pouls, Bucyrus Europe GmbH, Lünen, Germany

30 years of GTA Maschinensysteme – A Lower Rhine success story

Dipl.-Ing. Karsten Gutberlet, Chief Editor, VGE Verlag GmbH – Verlag Glückauf, Essen, Germany

SHAFT SINKING

Shaft sinking north of the Arctic Circle Planning, construction and installation of the WS 10 mine project for MMC Norilsk Nickel, Moscow, Russia

Dr.-Ing. Oleg Kaledin, Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Neff, Dipl.-Ing. Dietmar Schilling, Ing. Andre Marais, Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

HEALTH AND SAFETY

A Safe Method for Cutting down Production Loss in Case of a Mine Fire

Dr.-Ing. Walter Hermülheim, Central Department of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Herne, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Betka, Central Mine Rescue Station, RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG, Herne, Germany

PLANNING

Hard rock mining the opencast way versus a combination of opencast and deep mining methods – An energy balance sheet

Dr.-Ing. Alexander Hennig, Chief Engineer, Professor Dr.-Ing. Christian Niemann-Delius, B.Sc. Thorsten Skrypzak, Institute for the Opencast Mining and Drilling (BBK III), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany