Mobile machines working underground – Safety requirements for traction batteries
At 10.3 per cent of German export market share, Guinea recorded the highest increase in the 2023/2024 fiscal year.
Following a rather disappointing trade fair in 2023, the 2025 edition ensured great satisfaction among exhibitors.
For the fifth time, exhibitors and VDMA members presented themselves to young visitors and provided exciting insights into the various apprenticeships in the construction equipment industry.
What an inspiring Mining & Minerals Hackathon Award Ceremony at bauma 2025.
How can digital technologies and interoperability make mining more efficient and sustainable?
What challenges do machine manufacturers face when exporting to Asia - and how does the VDMA provide support?
bauma is coming to the right time. Uncertainties and volatility are affecting more than ever international trade and the general setup for the mining industry.
Mining was the focus of the bauma FORUM on 8 April 2025.
At bauma 2025, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elisabeth Clausen, Head of the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies at RWTH Aachen University and Stephan Oehme spoke about research and technological developments for the future of mining.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan still have many good projects up their sleeves. Kazakhstan plans to expand its role in the global production of rare metals and earths.
Beyond the political noise, USA remains the largest market for German machinery export.
The economic outlook for the region remains good, although it appears that sales of mining equipment declined in 2024 compared to 2023.
The economic situation for the mining industry as a whole remains stable at a good level.
Which trade fairs are coming up this year?
The VDMA Mining & Minerals delegation to China in March 2025 began its trip with a visit to the JINGANG Group in Jinan.
The VDMA Mining & Minerals OPC UA demonstrator at bauma 2025 - a fascinating example of how modern communication technologies can shape the future of mining.
The Mining & Minerals Board of Directors is composed as follows:
VDMA Construction Equipment and VDMA Mining & Minerals leverage diplomatic linkages for market expansion.
This year’s VDMA Industry Meeting Mining & Minerals on 21 November at Zeche Zollverein in Essen focused on current pressing issues such as securing raw materials, sustainability and the implementation of regulatory requirements.
For the first time, a German Pavilion was organised, which was prominently showcased with 19 exhibitors and met with great interest from trade fair visitors.
CIM Connect 2025 offers three days of immersive learning and knowledge sharing, enhanced by professional development courses preceding the convention.
At China Coal & Mining, which will take place in Beijing from 28 to 31 October 2025, a private-sector joint stand will be organized without financial support from the federal government.
Ambassador Chibesakunda's compelling message highlighted growing opportunities for German mining technology suppliers across Africa, with Zambia taking center stage.
Sustainability, technological progress and future prospects are just some of the topics that concern our industry.
These were some of the topics discussed at the meeting of the Steering Committee Asia which took place at Zeche Zollverein before the Industry Meeting Mining & Minerals 2024.
Rio Tinto received a delegation of 14 member companies from VDMA Mining & Minerals from 25 to 27 November 2024. The Australian mining group is in the starting blocks to mine one of the world's largest lithium deposits.
Production conditions in Germany were the main topic of discussion at the Executive Board meeting on 21 November 2024 at Zollverein colliery.
Activities in and around Latin America were the focus of the Construction-Equipment and Plant Engineering as well as Mining & Minerals trade associations in November and early December.
We cordially invite you to watch our festive Christmas greetings from the Construction – Equipment and Plant Engineering and Mining & Minerals trade associations. Wishing you much joy!
2025 will be a highlight year for mechanical and plant engineering companies and startups. VDMA Startup-Machine connects young companies with established players in mechanical engineering at the leading industry events.
More efficient project management, autonomous robots and AI-supported innovations for a sustainable construction industry.
In this interview, the Chairman of the Mining & Minerals Association answers the questions of which topics are of interest to the industry and how the VDMA supports its members.
bauma 2025 highlighted startups that are pioneering the transition to zero-emission and sustainable practices in the construction sector.
At bauma 2025, startups played a key role in the transformation of the mining industry towards greater efficiency, safety and sustainability.
At bauma 2025, startups presented their innovative drive concepts tailored to the specific requirements of the construction industry.
Declining production figures in Germany - Focus on lithium mining - Economic expectations for 2025 dampened.
Here you may find the information material of this year's Industry Meeting Mining & Minerals at Zollverein Colliery.
24 companies participated in the German Pavilion; that is about half of the companies that would have liked to take part, but were on the waiting list.
The trade fair which took place in Belo Horizonte from 9 to 12 September reflected the positive mood in the Brazilian mining industry.
The EU's planned lithium partnership with Serbia offers the opportunity to reconcile both raw material security in Europe and compliance with strict sustainability criteria.
The processing of mineral raw materials is becoming increasingly important. The Mining Association has therefore been renamed Mining & Minerals.
The delegation trip to Chile from 2 to 7 June 2024 by members of VDMA Mining aimed to underline the important role of mining technology manufacturers as enablers of sustainable and resource-conserving raw material extraction.
VDMA Mining is driving collaborative innovation, and talent attraction with a view to futureproofing the mining industry.
These were some of the topics discussed at the meeting of the VDMA Mining Steering Committee Asia, which met in Windhagen on 11 June 2024 at the invitation of Wirtgen GmbH.
In cooperation with the Association for Latin America (LAV) and ProColombia, VDMA Mining organized an information event on Colombia in Frankfurt.
This year's summer Executive Board Meeting took place on 29 May at the invitation of Maschinenfabrik Köppern GmbH & Co. KG. One of the items on the agenda was the renaming of the trade association to Mining & Minerals.
The event, which was supported by the AMT of RWTH Aachen University and DMT, was an impressive experience for the participating students and the challengers, who were able to see what students are capable of in less than three days.
VDMA Mining supported a market development trip to Saudi Arabia - the focus country of our Steering Committee Asia in 2024.
What is the Cyber Resilience Act? What are the tasks of the CECE Mining in Brussels? What is the status of standardization in processing technology?
Canada offers great potential for efficiency, digitalization and green mining. At the invitation of AHK Canada and with the support of MICA, nine mining suppliers were able to gain comprehensive insights of mining in Canada.
Imports of European construction machinery and mining equipment to Brazil grew by 13 per cent and 22 per cent respectively in 2023.
Contagious solidarity and enthusiasm at the “Diaspora and Global Ukrainian Community - Strong Partners in the Recovery of Ukraine” in Berlin, 19-20.04.2024 - 61 billion euros from the USA and 500 million pounds from the UK soon for Ukraine.
At the 2nd Rebuild Ukraine, the joint German stand was the largest national pavilion with more than 51 exhibitors, including 12 members of the Trade Association Construction-Equipment and Plant Engineering in the VDMA.