Month: November 2015
- News in Brief 06_2015
Showcasing the successful structural changes in the community of Quierschied
At the end of September 2015, the Göttelborn spoil tip was handed over to Industriekultur Saar GmbH (IKS) by RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, in Sulzbach. This meant that the tip became part of the landscape at Industriekultur Nord (LIK.NORD) and was made accessible to the public. RAG Aktiengesellschaft invested a…
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91 minerals found in a Saxon mine
The 23rd Original Saxon Mine Calendar 2016 is published under the title of “Type-localities of minerals from the Erzgebirge”. Of the 5,000 worldwide known minerals 91 of those are to be found in Saxony, and of those 91 the most were found in the Ore Mountains. The wall-calendar displays 13…
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NGOs for sale: how the US super-rich influence EU climate and energy policy
On 9th October 2015 the European Association for Coal and Lignite (EURACOAL) released a report on the funding of anti-coal campaigns by NGOs. It finds that a wave of money is flooding into the EU policy space from a small number of super-rich donors, many from the US, who hope…
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AIMEX 2015 – A brief review
This year, AIMEX, the largest mining trade fair in the Asia-Pacific region, which is held every two years, took place from 1st to 4th September in Sydney. This trade fair, which has been in existence for over 35 years, appeals in particular to mining suppliers who, as exhibitors, can present…
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Henry Rauche: Die Kaliindustrie im 21. Jahrhundert.
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 With this book, which has the subtitle “The state of technology in raw material extraction and raw material preparation, as well as in the disposal of the tailings that arise from this”, the author is addressing a current key issue. In addition to phosphorus and nitrogen,…
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19th Aachen International Mining Symposium (AIMS 2015) and its successful handover to Professor Lottermoser
The 19th Aachen International Mining Symposium (AIMS) took place in May 2015. Under the guidance of Prof. Per Nicolai Martens, the 2015 AIMS Conference was again a great success with more than 300 participants coming from over 30 countries. The program comprised more than 70 papers covering topics in mining…
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dena
As the successor to Ulrich Benterbusch, who has returned to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Kristina Haverkamp has become Managing Director of the German Energy Agency (dena), in Berlin.
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E.ON
On 15th November 2015, Guido Knott, who had been Division Manager for Policy and Communication at E.ON SE in Dusseldorf since 2010, became a member of the management board of E.ON Kernkraft GmbH in Hanover, a company that will operate under the name PreussenElektra in the future. On 1st January…
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IPCC
The South Korean scientist Hoe Sung Lee has been voted in as the successor to Rajendra Pachauri (an Indian national) as head of the United Nations’ (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in New York.
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RAG Mining Solutions
On 30th September 2015, Arnold Gehlen retired from the Management Board of RAG Mining Solutions GmbH in Herne.
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