Year: 2016
- Industry News 06_2016
Aided by Cat Longwall Equipment, Two Russian Mines Surpass National Monthly Coal Production Record
Two Russian longwall mines operated by the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) recently surpassed the national monthly coal production record. The Kotinskaya Mine produced 1,050,452 tonnes of raw coal in August to set the all-time record, and Taldinskaya-Zapadnaya Mine No. 1 produced 1,020,109 tonnes of raw coal to exceed the national…
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„Glückauf im Wandel“: RAG representative office and Saarpolygon opened in Ensdorf
In the presence of Federal Ministers Peter Altmaier and Heiko Maas, the new RAG representative office – a communications centre in a former machine hall – and the Saarpolygon landmark – a 30 m tall steel sculpture – have been opened in mid-September at the Duhamel plant in Ensdorf/Germany (Figures 1,…
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„STEAG 2022“: Strategic perspectives in the energy sector
The framework conditions for producing electricity in conventional large-scale power plants have changed substantially for the long-term as a result of the revised German energy policy. Prioritising renewable energies triggers economies of scale and price effects that place the owners and operators of fossil-fuel power stations in particular under considerable…
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BDEW
At the end of September 2016, Roger Kohlmann left the General Executive Management Board of the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), Berlin/Germany. He is succeeded by Andrees Gentzsch, former Director of the Legal division of the General Executive Management Board.
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BDI
In April 2017, Joachim Lang, who is currently Head of the Berlin representative office of E.ON SE, will become General Manager of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) in Berlin/Germany. He will succeed Markus Krebber, who will be moving to the IT industry.
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DRV KBS
On 1st October, Prof. Dr. Karl Friedrich Jakob became this year’s Chairman of the Board of the self-governing bodies of the German Statutory Pension Insurance Scheme for Knappschaft-Bahn-See (DRV KBS), Bochum/Germany. He succeeds Edeltraud Glänzer.
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Entso-E
In early 2017, Laurent Schmitt will become the new Secretary-General of the European Network of Transmission System Operators, Entso-E, Brussels/Belgium. Schmitt is currently Global Smart Grid Strategy Leader at General Electric. At Entso-E he will succeed Konstantin Staschus.
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Gazprom
Since 19th September 2016, Gazprom Germania GmbH, Berlin/Germany, has had a new Board of Management. Mikhail Sereda and Nikolai Dubik succeeded Vyacheslav Krupenkov and Andrey Biryulin.
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K+S AG
The Supervisory Board of K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel/Germany, has invited Otto Lose to join the company’s Board of Management for the Potash and Magnesium Products division as of 1st January 2017.
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RWE
Rolf-Martin Schmitz has been the new Chairman of the Board of RWE AG. Essen/Germany, since 15th October. Markus Krebber was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Following the IPO of innogy SE, the former Chairman of the Board of RWE, Peter Terium, became the company’s Chairman of the Board. RWE’s former Chief…
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