XinLong’s Technology Centre, Luoyang Mining Machinery Engineering Design Institute (LMMEDI),is the largest organisation for comprehensive technology development and research in mining, metallurgy, coal, non-ferrous metals and building materials in China. LMMEDI employs approximately 700 staff of which more than 600 are engineers (with approximately 30 masters and doctors) involved in research and development of machinery design, manufacturing, automation, hydraulics, construction, cement, active lime, pellets plants, plant design, water supply and drainage, heating and ventilation, electrical supply and testing technology, etc.