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IHC Merwede companies have been building wet mining tools since the late 19th century. Among the first were, in 1887 the gold dredger Danae (Italy) and in 1894 gold dredger Werchne (Russia). In 1908 the first tin mining dredgers were delivered to Thailand and Malacca.

Preceeding the post WWII revival, six Dutch shipyards joined forces in 1943, to build six sea-going tin dredgers for the Billiton Company, a former Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary. In the process, the cooperating companies, pooling a long history of ship- and dredger building experience, formed IHC Holland. This was the beginning of an ever closer union, which ultimately produced IHC Merwede as we know it today.

IHC companies have been involved in the design and fabrication of dredge mining equipment since the end of the 19th Century. Most of this equipment is used in dredge mining projects all around the world, thus generating a great deal of in-house knowledge, furthering technical development. In addition to important innovations like the development of the dredging wheel, dredge mining automation systems, submerged pumping technology and track chain bucket ladder systems, IHC Merwede is constantly trying to improve the latest state-of-the-art designs for dredge mining systems, and their operation.

IHC Mining builds equipment for mining gold, tin (casserite), aluminium (bauxite), mineral sands (ilmenite, rutile, zircon) and diamond deposits, rock salts and other wet mining applications.

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