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From 2–5 September 2026, the international raw and building materials industry will gather at Europe’s largest basalt quarry in northern Hesse for steinexpo 2026. Around 130 exhibitors have already booked approx. 40,000 m² of space.
Global sales of mining and processing technology remained stable at a high level in 2024, with a slight decline of 1.2% compared to 2023. Nevertheless, there were some changes within the most important supply regions.
Following a rather disappointing trade fair in 2023, the 2025 edition ensured great satisfaction among exhibitors.
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 VDMA Mining & Minerals delegation to China in March 2025 began its trip with a visit to the JINGANG Group in Jinan.
The Mining & Minerals Board of Directors is composed as follows:
Here you will find events at mining universities.
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.
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 customers of the VDMA Mining & Minerals members are located on all 5 continents. Accordingly, we offer regular forums in steering committees to exchange information on the development of the markets there.
We cooperate with the leading German mining faculties.
Digitalization and automation in mining require a language for data exchange. Manufacturers, operators, universities and the OPC Foundation have formed a working group to develop this language.
