Wealth Minerals Ltd. and Voith have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Pabellón Lithium Project in northern Chile jointly with the Quechua Indigenous Community of Ollagüe (CIQO) and further partners. About the Pabellón Lithium Project The Chilean Ministry of Mining has included Pabellón on its shortlist for awarding a Special Lithium Operation Contract (CEOL), based on its ...

Munich-based technology company abaut GmbH has completed a 3.2 M € funding round. The round was led by Swiss VC EquityPitcher Ventures, with co-investors Bayern Kapital, EIT RawMaterials, and existing investor BAUER AG from Schrobenhausen. With the fresh capital, abaut is resolutely pursuing its mission: to make construction and raw materials operations more productive, transparent, and predictable – through intelligent digitization on ...

In a key project award, TAKRAF Group (‘TAKRAF’) is supplying seven DELKOR High-Density Thickeners and shear thinning technology for a new copper tailings facility for the National Copper Corporation of Chile (‘Codelco’), the world’s largest copper producer. Known as the Talabre Thickened Tailings Project (Proyecto Relaves Espesados Talabre or PRET), the supply of DELKOR equipment represents a long-term solution for ...

Good news for greater educational equality in the Ruhr area: the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, the project sponsor Accenture and KfW are jointly enabling the establishment of a new TUMO learning centre. TUMO is an innovative, free educational concept for young people between the ages of twelve and 18 that was developed in Armenia and introduced in Germany on the initiative of ...

Backfilling of shafts XII and 2 on the grounds of the Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen/Germany began in spring 2023. The shaft work is now being completed (Figure 1). In consultation with authorities, politicians and scientists, RAG Aktiengesell­schaft, Essen, has developed a concept for the long-term optimisation of mine water management in the Ruhr area. To this end, water ...

The question of how sustainable digitalisation can be achieved in post-mining was the focus of the symposium “Nachbergbauzeit NRW 2025 – Digitalisation meets tradition” held on 20th March 2025 at the Student Centre of the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany (Figure 1). Around 250 participants were able to experience in a variety of presentations and direct exchanges how much ...

On 1st May 2025, Ivonne Arenz (Figure 1) took over as managing director of the Association for Mining, Geology and the Environment (VBGU), Berlin/Germany. She succeeded Olaf Alisch, who is now taking well-deserved retirement after almost 20 years of successful service to the VBGU. “Thanks to European regulations and in view of the global constraints, the topic of “domestic mining” ...

The decline in energy consumption in Germany has slowed. In 2024, primary energy consumption fell by 1.1 % to 10,538 PJ or 359.6 Mtce compared to the previous year (Figure 1). In 2023, the decline was still just under 8 %. According to calculations by the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen), energy consumption in Germany is currently just under 30 % ...

Following a meeting of the Supervisory Board of BAUER AG, Peter Hingott will be stepping down as a member of the Executive Board. Supervisory Board member Klaus Pöllath has been appointed to the Executive Board by the Supervisory Board – his position on the Supervisory Board is suspended. Klaus Pöllath has been a member of the Supervisory Board of BAUER ...

Not every trade fair is a barometer of the industry – but bauma is, time and time again. The world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment took place from 7th to 13th April 2025 at the Munich Exhibition Centre, Munich/Germany. In a time marked by global challenges, bauma impressively demonstrated ...