German mining equipment

Journal Article · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Engineering and Mining Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5666506

The German mining equipment industry developed to supply machines and services to the local mining industry, i.e., coal, lignite, salt, potash, ore mining, industrial minerals, and quarrying. The sophistication and reliability of its technology also won it worldwide export markets -- which is just as well since former major domestic mining sectors such as coal and potash have declined precipitously, and others such as ore mining have all but disappeared. Today, German mining equipment suppliers focus strongly on export sales, and formerly unique German mining technologies such as continuous mining with bucket wheel excavators and conveyors for open pits, or plowing of underground coal longwalls are widely used abroad. The status of the German mining equipment industry is reviewed.

• OSTI ID: 5666506
• Journal Information: Engineering and Mining Journal; (United States), Vol. 194:10; ISSN 0095-8948
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
MINING EQUIPMENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
COAL MINING
PERFORMANCE
CONVEYORS
EXPORTS
LONGWALL MINING
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
EUROPE
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAULAGE EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINING
TRADE
UNDERGROUND MINING
WESTERN EUROPE
012000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Mining