- Oct- 2016 -13 October
MIBRAG
On 1st July 2016, the former Head of the Lignite-Fired Power Stations business division at RWE Power AG, Armin Eichholz, succeeded Joachim Geisler as Chairman of the Board of Management of Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH (MIBRAG), Zeitz/Germany.
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Total
On 8th July 2016, Bruno Daude-Lagrave became Managing Director of Total Deutschland GmbH, Berlin/Germany. Prior to that, he managed AS24, the HGV automatic filling station business unit of Total. Daude-Lagrave succeeded Hans-Christian Gützkow, who has moved to the parent company in Paris/France.
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UNFCC
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico is the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Bonn/Germany. She succeeded Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica, who served a term of six years in office.
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Grant notification awarded
The North Rhine-Westphalian State Environment Minister, Johannes Remmel, summarised the results of a feasibility study for an underground pumped-storage power station at the Prosper-Haniel mine near the city of Bottrop in a few words: “Prosper-Haniel could be transformed from a mine into a power station and then into a battery”.…
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50 years of the Bund Deutscher Bergmanns-, Hütten- und Knappenvereine
“Anyone who isn’t inspired by tradition cannot shape the future.” That is the quote with which Association Chairman Kurt Wardenga welcomed around 80 guests to the 50th anniversary of the Bund Deutscher Bergmanns-, Hütten- und Knappenvereine e. V. (Association of German Mining and Smelting Communities) on 18th June 2016 in…
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Energy consumption increases noticeably
Energy consumption in Germany increased by 1.6 % in the first six months of this year compared with the same period the previous year. A total of 6,821 PJ or 232.6 mt of coal equivalent (SKE) were consumed in the first half of the year. The increase in consumption has been…
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The German Coal Importer Association presents annual report
In August 2016, the German Coal Importer Association (VDKi), Hamburg, presented its annual report which, among other things, addressed the development of global coal markets (Figure 1). According to the report, coal mining fell worldwide by almost 3 % to 7.0 bn t in 2015. At 10 %, the drop in coking…
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THGA steps up cooperation with Belgorod
Crude oil, natural gas, coal and metals – raw materials giant Russia extracts millions of tons of its mineral resources every year and continues to work hard to develop new resources. To do so, it relies increasingly on efficiency, sustainability and reliable production processes – all of which are aspects…
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Greater sustainability and competition: Georg Agricola Technical University involved in rare earth research project in Brazil
Without them, a great deal of our essential modern technology would be inconceivable: Rare earth metals – known as “rare earths” for short – are used in wind turbines, LEDs, high-performance batteries and MRI scanners, to name a few. Unlike the name suggests, these metals are not actually rare, but…
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Georg Agricola Technical University backs foundation of a post-mining department in Peru
Peru is one of the richest countries in South America in term of raw materials: It has the world’s largest known copper resources and is one of the largest producers of gold and silver. However, the mining boom does have its drawbacks: Use of obsolete technologies and lacking environmental standards…
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