- Dec- 2017 -15 December
Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA
The Shareholders’ Committee of Voith Management GmbH, Heidenheim/Germany, has decided on a successor for long-standing President of the Corporate Board of Management, Hubert Lienhard. Stephan Schaller, currently a member of the Voith Shareholders’ Committee and head of the BMW Group’s global motorcycle division, has been appointed as his successor. Lienhard,…
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Wintershall
Oil and gas group Wintershall, Kassel/Germany, has appointed Hugo Dijkgraaf Managing Director of its Norwegian subsidiary. He succeeds Bernd Schrimpf, who has retired.
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Positive results for the RAG-Stiftung after two years of its „Glückauf Zukunft!“ project
Roughly two years ago, the Essen/Germany based RAG-Stiftung foundation, RAG AG and Evonik Industries AG collaborated with the IG BCE union, Hanover/Germany, to launch the “Glückauf Zukunft!” project, aiming to wind down the German coal mining industry by the end of 2018. The programme acknowledges the industry’s historical achievements while…
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New quarter on the Shamrockring
The RAG site on the Shamrockring is to be converted to a residential and business district over the next few years. Essen-based FAKT AG has acquired the plot and is planning a large amount of development within the existing buildings at the 10 ha site in Herne/Germany. FAKT AG CEO…
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STEAG subsidiary Mingas-Power forges ahead with its “Haldenwind” mine dump wind power project
A lunar landscape of boulders and craters as far as the eye can see – project partners Mingas-Power, ENNI Energie & Umwelt Niederrhein (ENNI) and RAG Montan Immobilien (RMI) have officially brought the Kohlenhuck wind farm on the plateau of the Kohlenhuck mine heap in the north of Moers/Germany online.…
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Agora‘s legal report on the transition away from coal is flawed, superficial and solely ideologically motivated
“Flawed, superficial and solely ideologically motivated” is how the DEBRIV association, Berlin/Germany, sees the legal report on the energy transition submitted by the Agora Energiewende thinktank. One particularly problematic aspect of the report is the ease with which Agora skates around constitutionally protected legal positions. In its assessment, DEBRIV lists…
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New management team plans greater working hours flexibility for employees
The management team of the Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE), Hanover/Germany, reassesses its position following the vote on the managing Executive Committee. In future, the union will turn more of its attention to the challenges of digitalisation. This is reflected in a specific board division, which Francesco Grioli is…
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Industry 4.0 – a firm commitment to mining is necessary
At their annual conference on 28th September 2017, the Vereinigung Rohstoffe und Bergbau e. V. (VRB), Berlin/Germany, called for politicians to make a firm commitment to domestic raw material extraction. An industrialised society cannot survive without a reliable supply of various raw materials. This is especially pertinent when the economy is…
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Awarding the 2017 Helmuth Burckhardt prize
Der Helmuth Burckhardt-Preis der Vereinigung Rohstoffe und Bergbau (VRB), Berlin, ging in diesem Jahr an den jungen Master of Science (M. Sc.) Kian Will aus Zell (Bild 4). Der Fachspitzenverband des deutschen Bergbaus sprach dem Jungakademiker anlässlich der Mitgliederversammlung am 28. September 2017 in Berlin den Preis zu. Der Burckhardt-Preis wird…
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The best thesis at the conference: THGA student receives the Oskar-Niemczyk prize in Austria
How can the world power itself in the long term? And how can we make sustainable use of raw materials in the future? Experts frequently exchange ideas on these topics at the “Mining, Energy and Raw Materials” conference held by the Deutscher Markscheider-Verein (DMV). This year, the conference took place…
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