Johannesburg, South Africa, January 13, 2015 – Open pit mining and underground solutions provider, Tenova TAKRAF, has completed the supply and installation of a complete Bucket Wheel Excavator (BWE) ...

It is the world's largest open-ended huge drilling machine, and it is still in service and still in operation. Construction started in 1980, and it was completed five years later. Total construction ...

Bucket wheel excavators (BWEs) represent a pinnacle of modern mining technology, designed to extract vast quantities of material under extreme conditions. Their mechanics integrate robust components ...

The first commercial petroleum mining at the Athabascan oil sands near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta began at the end of September 1967. German machinery was used right from the beginning . In ...

When mining companies need to move a lot of material they turn to some of the biggest equipment in the business. Bucket wheel excavators, spreaders and large-belt conveyors are capable of moving up to ...

What is 30 stories tall, moves at a half a mile per hour and churns through 240,000 tons of rock every day? Bucket wheel excavators. The most famous of which being the Bagger 288, bucket wheel ...