www.thyssen-schachtbau.com THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GROUP Report 2002 THYSSEN SCHACHTBAU GROUP SCHACHTBAU THYSSEN www.thyssen-schachtbau.com 2002 Content MINING GERMANY CONSTRUCTION GERMANY 1 Situation update DIG 48 High-lustre mesh proves to be a brilliant TS Mining solution in every way 5 AV 8 – A symbol for the future TS Bau GmbH TS Shaft Sinking and Drilling 51 Riesa gets new youth training centre 9 Tunnelling through frozen sand 52 One thousand years of shipping on the river Saale 10 Controlled fall is the shortest route to the shaft 55 New road scheme looks to the future 13 Ventilation borehole doubles as coal clearance shaft DIG 56 Interior design by DIG provides the TS Mining finishing touch 14 Combination support system proves its worth TS Bau GmbH as an all rounder 58 Gohlis Bypass gets the traffic moving again TS Shaft Sinking and Drilling 60 Regeneration of high-profile refuse site 20 Mechanised sinking of the Primsmulde upcast 62 Duisburg’s new coal import terminal shaft sets new raise boring and shaft boring records (1,260 m) CONSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL Central Services · Work Safety Östu-Stettin 24 Trend reversal but TS still tops safety league 64 „Knoten Rohr“ relieves rail congestion 66 Vienna underground extension line poses MINING INTERNATIONAL engineering challenge TMCC Östu-Stettin – Tunnelbau 26 McArthur River –Year 9, Ongoing Infrastructure 69 Kaprun Hydroelectric plant: New poser descent Development stage is a triumph of environmental engineering TS Shaft Sinking and Drilling Stettin Hungaria 30 Constructing underground sealings and dams 72 Casinos Ausztria in the MAGYAR MÜVELÖDÈS HÀZA in the Potash and Rock-Salt Industry TGB Construction Division 74 Avon Ring Road TGB 78 Thyssen Construction Ltd. (Wales) 36 Thyssen Trenchless Technology produce the winning formula TS Shaft Sinking and Drilling Östu-Stettin 39 Thyssen Schachtbau at the Gotthard! 79 Easy when you know: Formwork for the TMCC Plabutsch tunnel is sourced from a single supplier 40 Hydroelectric Projekt Pingston Creek TECHNOLOGY/PRODUCTION TS Shaft Sinking and Drilling 42 Gold in Tanzania – Buly shaft touches bottom TGB Engineering Services 81 Thyssen engineering services are contracted Byrnecut to solve the engineering problems associated 44 Tara Mines – SWEX Projekt with carbonisation of tyres Down-under-Mining in Ireland Technology + Service 84 Major Contracts 86 Help is near at hand – just where the customer needs it 87 Siemens Power-Generation Publisher: Assistence: Photos: Employees Thyssen Schachtbau Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH, Jeanette Meier David Bowie Photographic Archive TS Ruhrstraße 1 DSK AG Archives TS-Subsidiaries Translation: 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr J. Klingenburg Maps p. 75: © Crown copyright. 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Redaktions-Service Benk, Lithos (if not digitally received): Günther Schmidt Copyright by Manfred König TIFF, Digital Repro, Dortmund IMPRINTWerner Ziegler Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH Report 2002 Situation Update SITUATIONLadies and gentlemen, business partners and associates, fellow workers, UPDATE the latest issue of the Thyssen Schachtbau business performance and will enable the 2001/2002 Report – published as usual in high-quality Group to take effective countermeasures STRUCTURAL IMPROVE- text and picture format – presents the and to be generally more accurate in the latest technical developments taking place updating of its business projections. MENTS NOW IN PLACE – in the different TS operating sectors and BUSINESS-SECTOR RESULTS reports on the activities of our Group com- With aggregate performance standing at STABLE, THOUGH INLAND panies worldwide, including a number of 541.7 mill. €, the Group achieved a result CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ambitious engineering projects and various before tax of 15.1 mill. €. This result is “custom-built” solutions which have been shown for the first time without the prorata SHOW LOSSES – TUNNEL- developed for our broad client base. turnover of joint venture operations; on a LING SECTOR RECORDS like-for-like basis the year’s performance HIGH GROWTH RATES But first let us review the events of 2001 exceeded both the target objectives and and then look ahead to see what this year the previous year’s figures. The result was In the German Mining sector the TS Mining will bring for our Group as a whole and for also well ahead of target and much im- division has again worked additional shifts our five business sectors. proved on the previous year (which, how- for DSK, the TS Shaft Sinking and Drilling ever, was affected by high extraordinary division substantially increased the volume 2001 charges). of orders on hand. These two business Group investments totalled 27.8 mill. €. units, which now operate as independently- OVERALL PERFORMANCE Employee numbers fell to 4,328 (as at organised profit centres, are reacting in a SLIGHTLY UP AS OVERSEAS 31 December) as a result of market trends very consistent way to the changes that BUSINESS IMPROVES – and Group reorganisation, and also take place in their respective markets: GROUP RESULTS SATIS- following the disposal of shares in Micro Mining responds to the further decline in Carbon. output from the Ruhr and Saar coalfields by FACTORY – NET ASSETS introducing greater mobility and a process STRENGTHENED – Continuing structural problems and market of cost adjustments, though without com- REORGANISATION NEARING difficulties, including the ongoing restruc- promising its high standards of quality and COMPLETION turing of the German coal industry and the safety (20,000 accident-free shifts have slackness in the construction sector, which now been worked at Lippe Colliery); Shaft With the implementation of our strategic has now almost reached crisis point, Sinking and Drilling is deliberately in- realignment plan (5 business sectors, continue to make life very difficult for creasing its manpower and technical concentration on core business), the those divisions and companies in the do- capacity in order to undertake various successful management of high inherited mestic Mining and Construction sectors. major projects, such as the Sedrun shaft for liabilities (most recently bringing the These operations are still faced with the the Gotthard main tunnel. Colrok coal mining project in Australia to challenge of achieving revenue and The business sector is still examining account) and the near completion of cost improvements, either alone or in various opportunities for collaborative and restructuring measures in the various association with third parties, so as to profit-sharing ventures. operating companies and strategic sectors ensure profitable growth. (management, systems, cost structures, In the International Mining sector our operating sites), the Thyssen Schachtbau contract mining business has for the first Group has now substantially completed the time in years not been burdened by extra- business turn-around first set in motion in ordinary expenses (notably the run-down of 1999. projects in North and South America and Improved risk management at holding- Australia), though this sector has been company and operating level will to a large affected by fluctuating market develop- extent prevent unexpected developments in ments. Report 2002 1 Situation Update Östu-Stettin GmbH: ÖBB Tunnel, Unterwald. Breakthrough on 21st February 2002 2 Report 2002 Situation Update While Byrnecut, in spite of problems in the has now established itself as a general con- on their area of work. Our established edi- shotcreting business, has managed to reach tractor in the construction and engineering torial team has as usual done an excellent a plateau and win some major contracts, industry (for example the project for Tele- job in selecting and processing this year’s such as the Jundee-Gold project in western kom Austria’s HQ in Vienna) and even more contributions and in providing our readers Australia, TMCC has had to contend with the successfully in international tunnel con- with an attractively-presented package. fact that because of falling prices for raw ma- struction (including the new Cologne- We should like to express our heartfelt terials clients have postponed development Rhine/Main intercity express line and the thanks to all authors and editors for their projects in Canada and the USA, and in some Plabutsch tunnel at Graz). The promising contributions to this year’s publication. We cases have even suspended current opera- tunnel construction business is to be are confident that Report 2002 will again tions (for example at East Boulder mine). further expanded by way of targeted in- prove of great interest to all our readers Efforts are also under way to extend vestment and collaborative ventures. and will appeal to industry professionals collaboration with partners both inside and and laymen alike. outside the TS Group with a view to In the Technology/Production sector TS winning international mining and shaft- Technologie + Service, which now operates sinking contracts. as an independently-organised profit cent- MEETING OUR BUSINESS re, has won increasing numbers of outside OBJECTIVES