Year: 2025
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Kerstin Terhardt succeeds Jürgen Rupp and becomes the new Chief Financial Officer of the RAG-Stiftung
At its meeting on 23rd September 2025, the Board of Trustees of the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, appointed Kerstin Terhardt as the new Chief Financial Officer of the RAG-Stiftung (Figure 1). On 7th May 2026 she will succeed Jürgen Rupp, whose contract expires after two terms and a total of seven years…
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A tower that glides up underground
A tower that glides up underground? Sounds strange – but it is. You can see it in the centre shaft of the Ibbenbüren mine water channel. The ATI consortium erected the 70 m high steel and concrete structure in just two weeks (Figure 1). The Ibbenbüren tower was not only built…
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Steag Iqony Group divests coal-fired power plant in Türkiye
Steag Iqony Group, Essen/Germany, has completed the sale of its 51 % stake in Turkish power plant company Isken to Oyak, its long-standing 49 % partner. Steag Iqony Group focuses on executing its growth strategy in its German core market. At the same time, the power plant will remain in experienced hands.…
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Radar interferometry working group publishes policy paper
After three years of intensive work, the Deutsche Markscheider-Verein e. V. (DMV), Peine, has completed the development of its principles on the subject of radar interferometry at the end of 2024. This document is intended to provide users without in-depth knowledge of InSAR with a basic understanding of how to…
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Maintaining competence became internationally sought-after expertise
BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Peine/Germany, is celebrating its 25th birthday. The engineering subsidiary of the Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung (BGE), Peine, was founded in 2000 under the name DBE TECHNOLOGY GmbH as a subsidiary of the BGE predecessor organization Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Bau und Betrieb von Endlagern (DBE). At the…
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VIK elects Executive Board: Three new members strengthen the association’s leadership
At the general meeting of the Association of Industrial Energy and Power Industry (VIK) in Berlin/Germany on 13th October 2025, three new members were elected to the Executive Board. With their extensive and long-standing experience and industry expertise, they will significantly enrich the work of the association. The following new…
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WESTKALK invests 3 M € in Warstein
WESTKALK Vereinigte Warsteiner Kalksteinindustrie GmbH & Co. KG, Warstein/Germany, is currently investing 3 M € in state-of-the-art electrical engineering at its Warstein site (Figure 1). Transformers, switchgear, switch cabinets, relays and power supplies have been gradually replaced since spring 2025. The project is scheduled for completion at the end of…
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Review // Günther Oestmann: Markscheider-Instrumente
Günter K. Strauss, Jochen S. Beck, Günther Oestmann: Markscheider-Instrumente – Geschichte und Entwicklung im mitteleuropäischen Bergbau vom Altertum bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts (Surveyor’s Instruments – History and Development in Central European Mining from Antiquity to the Mid-19th Century). ATHENA at wbv, Bielefeld, 2025, 748 pages, two volumes in…
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New process enables almost perfect digital twins of RAG sites
Using a new scanner, RAG’s geomonitoring team can generate highly accurate 3D models in no time at all using Gaussian splatting – mobile and with impressive depth of detail. In future, other departments within the company will also be able to use the equipment for surveys, enabling them to create…
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Mechanical completion of the mine water treatment plant in Gravenhorst: functional tests and commissioning can begin
A modern mine water treatment plant is currently being built in Gravenhorst, a district of Hörstel/Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia (Figure 5). An important milestone in the project has now been reached: mechanical completion. The building construction, civil engineering works and installation of all central components were successfully completed by the…
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