Since 1st April 2017, Holger Becker, formerly at EnBW AG, has been the new Commercial Director of Großkraftwerk Mannheim AG (GKM). He succeeds Markus Binder, who has become Chairman of the Executive Board of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and moved to Lausitz Energie Kraftwerk AG (LEAG).

Former Financial Director Burkhard Lohr succeeded Norbert Steiner as Chairman of the Executive Board of K + S AG, Kassel/Germany, on 12th May 2017. Thorsten Becker, who used to manage the Investor Relations department, has taken on Lohr’s previous role. At the head of the K + S Supervisory Board, former BASF Chairman Andreas Krei-meyer replaced the long-standing Chairman of the Supervisory ...

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV AG, Gerhard Roiss, has been appointed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of state-owned electricity company Verbund AG, Vienna/Austria. He succeeds Gilbert Frizberg.

The Supervisory Board of Thyssengas GmbH, Dortmund/Germany, has decided to cease collaboration with the Chairman of the Management Board, Axel Botzenhardt, initiate proceedings to terminate his contract and find a suitable replacement. The Federal Network Agency has been informed. Until a replacement has been appointed, the second Managing Director, Bernd Dahmen, will be solely responsible for the management of the ...

Contrary to reports from other sources, the appraisal of RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Herne/Germany, of their mine water concepts has been confirmed by the current results of an expert survey commissioned by the State government of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was published in January. According to this survey, the PCB soil seepage is considerably reduced by the increase in mine water. Today, the ...

Of the 3.5 million or so companies in Germany, fewer than 1 % conduct research. This small but exclusive community includes the BEUMER Group, based in Beckum/Germany. In order to acknowledge their special commitment to research and development, the Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany (Stifterverband der deutschen Wissenschaft) honoured the system provider with the “Innovation through ...

The last six years saw a close cooperation between the rope manufacturer CASAR, the distributor Nobles and the Telfer gold mine, based in the Pilbara region in the state of Western Australia. The Telfer mine is wholly owned by Newcrest Mining Ltd. Gold and copper are extracted, above ground as well as underground (Figure 1). The copper and gold deposits ...

The technology service provider DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, has been awarded a contract for a high-resolution 3D vibro-seismic survey to determine the geological structure of the subsoil in the Upper Rhine Plain. The seismic project will deploy approximately 7,000 wireless geophones and cover a total of around 58 km2 in the Landau region (Rhineland-Palatinate). DMT will use vibro ...

Flexco Europe GmbH, Rosenfeld/Germany, has developed an innovative device for the ergonomic maintenance of conveyor belts in coal mines, steelworks and wood-processing mills. The Flexlifter enables service personnel to hoist the tensioned belt on the system to the required height without physical exertion. The belt lifter can be loaded with up to 3 t and is available in three sizes. ...

TAKRAF GmbH, a Leipzig based company with a wealth of experience in development, design, fabrication, erection and commissioning of equipment and systems for the global mining and material handling industry, has secured a major contract for the turn key supply and installation of a bauxite handling plant in Guinea, West Africa. The contract value is approximately 100 m e. TAKRAF, ...