- Mar- 2023 -1 March
Board of trustees reorganized at the RAG-Stiftung
The Board of Trustees of the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, which has five ex officio members and eight additional members, met on 28th November 2022 in Berlin and elected Armin Laschet as its Chairman from among the additional trustees in accordance with the foundation’s statutes. Michael Vassiliadis remains Deputy Chairman. Prior to…
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RAG investigates cause of contaminated groundwater around Prosper II
Currently, the final operating plan procedure for the termination of the mining supervision for the former Proper II shaft (Figure 1) of the former Prosper-Haniel mine in Bottrop/Germany is underway. Within the procedure, an “orienting hazard assessment” was carried out. The expert recommends prohibiting groundwater extraction there due to the…
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Ewald Woste new Chairman of the STEAG GmbH Supervisory Board
STEAG GmbH’s Supervisory Board has a new Chairman: Ewald Woste, an experienced and accomplished industry expert who has worked in the energy sector for 30 years, was unanimously elected on 8th December 2022 by the 20 members of the board. Woste will take up the post in a landmark phase…
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Mining equipment secures Germany as a high-tech location
The mining industry is doing well at the moment, benefiting from a high order backlog. In 2021, the manufacturers of technology for the extraction of raw materials achieved a total turnover of 3.18 bn € in Germany as a production location. From January to September 2022, turnover of 3.75 bn €…
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A safe place for hazardous waste for 50 years
Hazardous waste has been stored in part of the Wintershall potash mine in the Werra region of eastern Hesse/Germany since 1972. The Herfa-Neurode underground waste disposal site, which today belongs to the K+S Werra Verbundwerk, is the longest-serving and largest of its kind in the world, setting standards in safe…
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Lhoist opens first underground limestone mine in North Rhine-Westphalia
“With the experimental mine, we as Lhoist Germany are starting an ambitious experiment for the Lhoist Group in Europe,” explained Thomas Perterer, Managing Director of Lhoist Germany, Wülfrath. For the first time in North Rhine-Westphalia, otherwise inaccessible deposit areas are to be developed on an industrial scale and with the…
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NORI and Allseas lift over 3,000 t of polymetallic nodules to surface
The Metals Company Inc. (TMC), Vancouver/Canada, an explorer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped source of critical battery metals, announced on 14th November 2022 that its subsidiary NORI and offshore partner Allseas have successfully concluded the first integrated system test in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean…
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OZ Minerals, Boliden and Rio Tinto agree to innovate on solutions to pave the way for lower footprint mines
OZ Minerals, Boliden and Rio Tinto will collaborate to unlock new and innovative technologies for managing tailings, helping the mining industry to further reduce risk while extracting the materials the world needs for the energy transition from what was previously regarded as “waste”. Under the umbrella of the Think &…
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DMT presents comprehensive service portfolio for deep geothermal energy at GeoTHERM – Europe’s largest trade fair for geothermal energy
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, a TÜV NORD GROUP company based in Essen, will be taking part in GeoTHERM expo & congress, the largest geothermal trade fair and congress in Europe, on 2 and 3 March 2023. Trade visitors, media representatives and decision-makers will have the opportunity to exchange views…
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Tsurumi’s best-sellers – dewatering pumps
Which pumps do companies rely on when it comes to removing dirty water? The pump manufacturer Tsurumi has taken a look – these are the best-sellers of 2022. Moving water from A to B: What seems simple is sometimes a feat of strength. The Japanese pump manufacturer Tsurumi has been…
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