- Nov- 2015 -30 NovemberNews in Brief 06_2015
Henry Rauche: Die Kaliindustrie im 21. Jahrhundert.
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 With this book, which has the subtitle “The state of technology in raw material extraction and raw material preparation, as well as in the disposal of the tailings that arise from this”, the author is addressing a current key issue. In addition to phosphorus and nitrogen,…
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19th Aachen International Mining Symposium (AIMS 2015) and its successful handover to Professor Lottermoser
The 19th Aachen International Mining Symposium (AIMS) took place in May 2015. Under the guidance of Prof. Per Nicolai Martens, the 2015 AIMS Conference was again a great success with more than 300 participants coming from over 30 countries. The program comprised more than 70 papers covering topics in mining…
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dena
As the successor to Ulrich Benterbusch, who has returned to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Kristina Haverkamp has become Managing Director of the German Energy Agency (dena), in Berlin.
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E.ON
On 15th November 2015, Guido Knott, who had been Division Manager for Policy and Communication at E.ON SE in Dusseldorf since 2010, became a member of the management board of E.ON Kernkraft GmbH in Hanover, a company that will operate under the name PreussenElektra in the future. On 1st January…
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IPCC
The South Korean scientist Hoe Sung Lee has been voted in as the successor to Rajendra Pachauri (an Indian national) as head of the United Nations’ (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in New York.
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RAG Mining Solutions
On 30th September 2015, Arnold Gehlen retired from the Management Board of RAG Mining Solutions GmbH in Herne.
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Schalker Eisenhütte
At the end of 2015, Dr Andreas Merchiers will retire from the Management Board of Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Bochum and, on 1st January 2016, he will take office as a professor at the TFH Georg Agricola University of Applied Siences in Bochum. His successor at Schalker Eisenhütte will…
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Shell
On 1st January 2016, Stijn van Els will become Chairman of the Management Board for Deutsche Shell Holding GmbH in Hamburg. He is taking over this role from Peter Blauwhoff, who is retiring. Van Els will simultaneously serve as Managing Director of Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH.
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TFH Georg Agricola
After having completed his second term of office as a vice-president of the TFH Georg Agricola University of Applied Siences in Bochum, which he has held since 2009, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Dauber is leaving his post at his own request. His successor is Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Paschedag, who was appointed…
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BDEW
Tilman Schwencke has been in charge of the strategy and policy division at the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) in Berlin since 1st July 2015. He took over the post from Andreas Kuhlmann, who has moved to the German Energy Agency (dena).
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