- Jun- 2024 -6 JuneNews in Brief 03_2024
STEAG calls for fair remuneration for reserve power plants
In 2022, STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, brought around 2.5 GW of additional power plant capacity back onto the market. Of all the power plant operators, this was the biggest contribution to ensuring security of supply in Germany during the recent energy crisis. These plants are now being withdrawn from the market,…
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STEAG applies for decommissioning of Herne 4 power plant
Hard coal-fired power generation has been a tradition in Herne/Germany since the 1960s. Back then, the first power plant unit, Herne 1, went into operation. STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, continued this tradition with the commissioning of unit Herne 4 in 1989 – and continues to do so today. The plant, with…
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Iqony Fernwärme and RWE sign new heat supply contract
Iqony Fernwärme GmbH, Essen/Germany, and RWE AG, Essen/Germany, have extended their existing contract for the supply of heat from RWE’s Essen-Karnap waste-to-energy plant to Iqony’s district heating network. The new contract will run from 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2036. The waste-to-energy plant in Essen-Karnap has a heat output…
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Reform of Mining Law − EU Critical Raw Materials Act − Transformation
The 5th Colloquium on raw materials, environmental and climate protection (Kolloquium zu Rohstoff-, Umwelt- und Klimaschutzfragen – KRUK) took place online on 22nd January 2024 with Prof. Walter Frenz, Teaching and Research Area of Mining and Environmental Law (BUR) and Prof. Axel Preuße, Institute for Marrow Sheath, Mining Damage Science…
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Digitalisation, automation, electrification
The industry emphasised its innovative spirit at the 11th colloquium “Conveying Technology in Mining”, which has been held at Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld/Germany, for two decades. The global demand for raw materials is increasing – also due to numerous future technologies. The mining industry is therefore constantly on the…
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VIK concerned about the expected decommissioning of further power generation capacities
The Association of the Industrial Power Industry (VIK), Berlin/Germany, is very concerned about the announced further closures of coal-fired power plant units on a considerable scale. Various power plant units in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lusatia were expected to be shut down at the end of March 2024 when the Replacement…
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Engineering and consulting service provider DMT opens up new markets in Latin America
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, part of the TÜV NORD GROUP’s Energy & Resources business unit, has acquired a majority stake in the Brazilian company Saga Consultoria and is bringing the company under the DMT brand umbrella. The engineering and consulting service provider is thus expanding its presence with a…
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Wolfsberg lithium project gains access to the US capital market with Nasdaq listing of Critical Metals
The merger between European Lithium Ltd. and Sizzle Acquisition Corp. to form the newly founded Critical Metals Corp. has been finalised. Critical Metals began trading on the US technology exchange Nasdaq on 28th February 2024 under the symbol CRML (Figure 1). Critical Metals will advance the construction and commissioning of…
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A peristaltic pump for virtually all fluids and pastes
Peristaltic pumps pump fluids gently even if they contain a high proportion of solids. With its PERIPOWER product range, FLUX-Geräte GmbH is tapping into the benefits of this pump technology and providing a wide range of models for virtually any application. In the smallest variant, a DN10 peristaltic pump pumps…
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Empowering the Partnership with Caterpillar: Continental Receives Approval for Off-Highway Truck Tires
From now on: Caterpillar Off-Highway Rigid Dump Truck models globally available with Continental RDT-Master tires Sensors ex factory inside the tires allow professional tire monitoring Partnership underlines Continental’s growth strategy in the earthmoving segment Continental has announced its most recent Original Equipment approval of the RDT-Master off-the-road (OTR) tire. It…
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