Year: 2024
- Industry News 06_2024
On a grand scale: Geothermal energy system for climate-friendly district in Frankfurt
By the time the climate-friendly neighborhood in Frankfurt’s Hilgenfeld district is completed, the team from BAUER Resources GmbH, Schrobenhausen/Germany, with its three drilling rigs will be long gone. It will be almost like they were never even there. “Almost” being the key word. What will remain is an impressive geothermal…
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Emission-free customised vehicle for the Morsleben mine rescue service: A technical milestone from Bergmann Maschinenbau
The Morsleben Mine Rescue Service has taken delivery of incredible, zero-emission special-purpose vehicles from the German company Bergmann Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, marking a new era in rescue operations. The R803e is a truly remarkable vehicle (Figure 1), developed and manufactured in Meppen/Germany. It’s the epitome of German engineering,…
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Unveiling the latest model of the most accurate surveying gyroscope in the world at INTERGEO 2024: DMT presents the GYROMAT 6000
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, an independent, global engineering and consulting company, launched the newest model of the GYROMAT series at INTERGEO 2024: the GYROMAT 6000 (Figure 1), the most accurate gyroscope measuring system for high-precision surveys, such as tunnel construction or shipbuilding. It combines the tradition of absolute…
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Wolfram invests in a new Sandvik processing plant in Mittersill
The metal tungsten forms the basis for valuable high-tech components in many industries. With its mine in Mittersill, Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG, Mittersill/Austria, operates one of the most important tungsten mining operations worldwide. As the ore is being selectively extracted at ever greater depths and the uphill transport routes…
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After a successful transformation: RAG is training again
In recent decades, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, has actually only known one direction: closure of shafts, socially acceptable staff reductions. In this context, the company also had to discontinue its training activities at the end of 2018. Until then, RAG had given over 100,000 young people a career perspective. The company…
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Mona Neubaur visits STEAG
On 20th September 2024, the members of the STEAG Group’s works councils met at the former Zollverein colliery in Essen/Germany. In addition to Gerhard Grabmeier, Chairman of the General Works Council, and the directors Andreas Reichel and Ralf Schiele, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Minister-President, Mona…
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Planning permission granted for SME AG’s Pöhla ore mine
After years of intensive proceedings, planning permission under mining law has been granted for the Pöhla ore mine project, with effect from 30th September 2024. As requested, the permission is limited to a period of 70 years. Saxony Minerals & Exploration AG (SME AG) has been active in the Ore…
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Relief announcements on energy costs are a glimmer of hope – but now the German government must act
The VIK – Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft e.V., Berlin/Germany, calls on the German government to quickly implement Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s announcements to relieve the burden on industry. The entire manufacturing sector has been suffering for months from high energy prices and steadily deteriorating local conditions, as all indices…
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Review – BNatSchG, Berliner Kommentare
Frenz/Müggenborg (eds.): BNatSchG, Berliner Kommentare, 4th completely revised edition, 2,098 pp, Erich Schmidt Verlag, ISBN 978-3-503-21157-9, 168.00 €. The new edition of the commentary on the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG), published on 28th August 2024, provides a comprehensive explanation of the amended law, including the state law provisions, implications…
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TAKRAF Group advances its commitment to ESG for its employees, clients, partners and all stakeholders
First sustainability report voluntarily complies with the European Union’s (EUs) ESG reporting standard TAKRAF Group’s ESG performance helps clients and partners reduce emissions, water use and waste, all while maintaining high safety standards TAKRAF Group conducted double materiality analysis in consultation with both internal and external stakeholders TAKRAF Group is…
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