http://www.industry.siemens.de/pressRSS Siemens I&S PressCopyright 2007 Siemens AGSiemens AG I&S PressMininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1948&languageId=2Xstrata Copper has again ordered motors, drives and power-supply equipment, which are intended for an SAG mill and two ball mills, from the Siemens Industry Solutions Division. The ore mills are for use in a South American development project. Siemens received a similar order from Xstrata Copper in spring 2008. Sep 14, 2009Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1949&languageId=2A consortium consisting of the Siemens Industry Solutions Division and Siemag M-Tec² GmbH, Netphen, has received an order from Datong Coal Mine Group. Co., Ltd., China, to supply two new winders for the Majialiang coal mine. The Siemens part of the scope of supply has a volume of more than four million euros. Completion of the project is scheduled for the end of 2010. In China, more than 80 shaft winding installations have already been equipped with Siemens technology.Sep 14, 2009Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1896&languageId=2With its all-inclusive solution packages for the mining industry, Siemens offers companies new ways of reducing their investment and operating costs and making production more efficient. “We combine drive technology and power supply with automation and mechanical aspects to create new solutions that have fewer interfaces and are less complex,” explained Bernd Zehentbauer, head of business administration for Siemens Mining Technologies at the 3rd international “Media Summit Metals and Mining Technologies” fair of the company in Moscow. This reduces the level of investment and is setting new standards when it comes to operating costs. “Our goal is to ensure the profitability of mining facilities and the sustainability in the area of opencast mining in an economically difficult environment,” emphasized Zehentbauer.May 19, 2009Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1897&languageId=2In the “Paracatu” gold mine belonging to the Canadian based mining company Kinross Gold Corporation, Siemens started up the world's first ore-grinding mill with the Frozen Charge Shaker function in December 2008. With the help of this solution, which is integrated in the Simine Mill GD gearless mill drive, charge that has become firmly attached (frozen) to the inside wall of the mill can be removed as required. This prevents the mill from being damaged as a result of charge falling down in an uncontrolled manner and also, simultaneously, reduces maintenance times considerably. Given that production is worth thousands of US dollars per hour, a production loss of several million US dollars incurred for each maintenance cycle can be avoided.May 19, 2009Water/Wastewater, Pulp & Paper, Metal, Manufacturing Industry, Process Industry, Mining, Marine Solutions, Cementhttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1864&languageId=2Siemens views the current economic environment as a good opportunity to increase its market share in industrial equipment and solutions. “It is especially in times of changing economic conditions that industrial companies expect systematic solutions that help cut costs while also securing their investment. As leading industry suppliers we are deliberately targeting energy-efficient and cost-effective innovations which permit our customers to achieve an early return on investment”, stated Klaus Helmrich, CEO of the Drive Technologies Division at a Siemens trade press conference prior to the Hanover Fair 2009. Against the backdrop of declining greenfield business, it is efficiency, flexibility and reliability of existing plants which have gained in importance. “Here, economical operations go hand in hand with environmental protection using green solutions”, stated Jens Wegmann, CEO of Siemens Industry Solutions. “In a large number of modernization projects, they help us save more than three quarters of the cost of energy.” Mar 12, 2009Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1846&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division is to equip the new Çöllolar open-cast lignite mine in Turkey with a control center and communications system. The ordering party is the Ciner Group, Istanbul. In this project, a wireless LAN-based solution will be used for data transmission in the entire mining area for the very first time. This saves investment costs for the communications infrastructure and makes it more flexible. The new instrumentation and control system is scheduled to start operating in summer 2009.Dec 08, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1805&languageId=2By organizing itself into four operational segments, Siemens Mining Technologies is bundling its portfolio. “By concentrating on our solutions and services business, we can integrate process expertise and electrical engineering competence to provide extra value to our customers and improve our market opportunities”, says Dietmar Jürges, who is responsible for worldwide mining business at Siemens VAI. With effect from October 1, worldwide operational business will be controlled by four segments, namely Mobile Mining Solutions, Drive Solutions, Process Solutions and Services. “The aim”, according to Jürges, “is to substantially boost growth and to double our share in this five billion euro market to over 10 per cent.”Sep 22, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1803&languageId=2Siemens announces the introduction of a new AC drive system for heavy haul trucks that offer payloads of 260 tons and larger. This latest generation electrical drive system reduces environmental impact, offers greater fuel economy and lowers operating costs in the mining industry. The new Siemens drive systems will power the newly announced Komatsu 860E-1K truck with other development projects planned for the future. Sep 22, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1799&languageId=2With the addition of draglines to the mix, Siemens Mining Technologies has created a single drive design platform for shovels, trucks and draglines. This significantly lowers costs for operations, training and maintenance. By adding Siemens remote diagnostic and analytic solutions, mining companies can further reduce downtime and optimize productivity to improve operations. Sep 22, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1792&languageId=2Siemens International Trading Ltd., Shanghai, has received an order from the Shandong Yuncheng Coal Mine to supply the drives, automation systems and braking systems for three new shaft winding installations. The project is worth more than ten million euros. The winding installations are scheduled to start production in Spring 2010. Aug 26, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1790&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions (IS) Division is to serve as the general contractor for the installation of a 13.5-kilometer-long belt conveyor system for Vattenfall Europe Mining AG in the German federal state of Saxony. The system is scheduled to start operating in the middle of 2010 and will transport raw brown coal from the Reichwalde open-cast mine to Boxberg power station. The value of the order is in the middle two-digit million euro range.Aug 20, 2008Water/Wastewater, Pulp & Paper, Metal, Manufacturing Industry, Mining, Marine Solutions, Cementhttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1779&languageId=2Jul 30, 2008Metal, Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1739&languageId=2Siemens VAI is creating new manufacturing and service centers to support its moves to become a local supplier of plants and process solutions for open-cast mining and for iron, steel and metal production. “We aim to use acquisitions and joint ventures to expand our business network for engineering, plant solutions and maintenance in order to reinforce our local presence and our proximity to the customer”, explained Dr. Richard Pfeiffer, CEO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, to the international press in Cracow on Thursday. Siemens VAI plans to further increase local content, especially in China, India, Russia and Ukraine. Following a 33 percent rise in new orders to 3.5 billion Euro in 2007 (September 30), Werner Auer, CFO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, is expecting “considerable” further growth thanks to new projects and the expansion of the company's service solutions. Jun 05, 2008Metal, Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1740&languageId=2The level of investment required for new construction used to be the factor that was decisive for the economic efficiency of a steelworks, whereas the production costs were less significant. Today, the costs of energy and raw materials as well as flexibility and quality in production determine the competitiveness of production facilities and steel companies. “The conditions of operation and production constitute an enormous source of potential for improvements and cost reductions”, explains Bruno Lindorfer, who is responsible Research & Development at Siemens VAI. Having a life cycle of 20 to 30 years, plants and processes undergo continual changes. More than any other plant builder, Siemens VAI possesses a broad technological basis – from automation and electrical engineering to mechanical solutions – as well as comprehensive process knowledge. Thanks to these advantages, says Lindorfer, “we are able to come up with innovations that optimize investments in the steel industry and secure company competitiveness.” Jun 05, 2008Metal, Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1741&languageId=2By using new process technologies, producers of iron and steel are making a significant contribution towards protection of the climate. According to Dr. Richard Pfeiffer, CEO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, “it will take years to change iron and steel production over to green methods.” Projects of Siemens VAI from last year, however, show that “this is possible, in principle” and that environment-relevant progress is closely intertwined with improvements in economic efficiency. Jun 05, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1742&languageId=2Siemens announces a new drive designed for smaller electric mining shovels with a 20-30 m3 bucket load. In conjunction with Bucyrus International, Inc., Siemens has received orders for several of these new units to be supplied on machines destined for operations in Asia and South America. Additional orders are expected for delivery over the coming year. Jun 05, 2008Water/Wastewater, Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1743&languageId=2Siemens VAI and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg Technical University for Mining and Technology have formed a cooperation to develop innovative solution concepts for the mine water problem. The research team connects fundamental as well as applied knowledge from laboratory and pilot scale to the scale of mining operations and creates new interfaces between different areas of science that can help to find new solutions for old problems. Jun 05, 2008Metal, Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1747&languageId=2Siemens Ltd. has recently secured two major orders from Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), a Government of India Enterprise, for the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) at Visakhapatnam. The first order is for the power supply and augmentation package and the second order is for the plant material handling systems. The total value of both the orders is Rs 1614 million, approx 25 million Euro. Both projects are scheduled for completion by mid-2009.Jun 05, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1748&languageId=2Mining Technologies, a business segment of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, has started manufacturing its inverter/control components for shovels and trucks at its factory in Nashik, India. “We selected the Nashik factory for the inverter/control manufacturing because of its long history of producing traction inverters for Indian Railways, which use similar equipment and technology as the shovel drive system,” said Walter Koellner, Director Marketing and Development for Mining, Siemens Energy & Automation. “By manufacturing in India, we will speed the time to market considerably to better serve India’s demand for mining equipment.”Jun 05, 2008Mininghttp://www.industry.siemens.de/press/Details.aspx?pressArticleId=1735&languageId=2The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has received an order from Aurox Resources Ltd., an Australian company based in Perth, to supply “Simine Mill GD” gearless drives for two ore mills which are part of the Balla-Balla iron-ore project in Western Australia. The two mills are to be equipped with “frozen charge shakers” which allow the controlled removal of charge stuck to the sides of the grinding pipe. The order has a volume of more than 20 million euros and the project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2010. May 08, 2008