Explosion-proof smartphone Smart-Ex® 03 honoured by the German Design Council in the “Excellent Product Design – Computer and Communication” category The explosion-proof 5G smartphone Smart-Ex® 03 from Pepperl+Fuchs has been honoured with the German Design Award – Special Mention 2024 by the German Design Council. The award recognises the remarkable design achievements of Pepperl+Fuchs and its subsidiaries ECOM Instruments and ...

After intensive preparations, Iqony Energies GmbH, Saarbrücken/Germany, a subsidiary of the energy company Iqony GmbH, Essen/Germany, has decided to modernise and convert its existing district heating generation plants and district heating network on the site of the former Camphausen mine into an innovative and climate-neutral heat generation system (Figure 1). Waste heat from mine water from RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, will ...

At the full works council and delegates’ conference of the STEAG Group (Figure 1), Essen/Germany, Andreas Reichel, Chairman of the Management Board and Labor Director, made it clear that the forthcoming sale of the energy group to the Spanish infrastructure investor Asterion Industrial Partners means more scope for STEAG in shaping the energy and heat transition. Speaking to the participants ...

On 8th August 2023, the German Mining, Geology and Environment Association (VBGU), Berlin/Germany, an employers’ association that has been dedicated to constructive dialogue in mining and raw materials extraction in Germany for over 30 years, appointed its previous Vice President Jens-Peter Lux, Managing Director of DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, as President and Michael Paul, Technical Managing Director of ...

The Helmuth-Burckhardt Prize 2023 of the German Raw Materials and Mining Association (VRB), Berlin/Germany, went to two prizewinners this year, Hannah Weinbach M.Sc. and Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Sensenschmidt (Figure 1). The German Mining Association awarded the prize to the young academics at its general meeting on 14th September 2023 in Berlin. The Burckhardt Prize has been awarded annually since 1971 for ...

Under the motto “Rethinking rehabilitation mining – Innovative approaches on the road to sustainability”, the international mining symposium WISSYM 2023 came to a successful close. From 25th to 28th September 2023 in Dresden/Germany, 200 participants from 15 countries discussed issues of innovation, technology development and resource efficiency, as well as the highly topical subject of public perception and acceptance of ...

Mine water, risk management, monitoring – when mining ends, it leaves behind a variety of tasks. How to deal with them responsibly was the focus of the 21st Altbergbaukolloquium from 9th to 10th November 2023 on the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein in Essen/Germany. Around 500 experts from all over Germany came together at the site, ...

On 15th September 2023, Mark Heinzel, Head of Division North and Latin America of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), welcomed the more than 150 participants of this annual forum organized by the Competence Center Mining and Mineral Resources of AHK Chile at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin/Germany (Figure 1). This time, the keynote speakers were ...

Menzel Elektromotoren has been certified for the production of large squirrel-cage motors in ignition protection type Ex p pressurization for operation in zone 1 hazardous areas where an explosive gas/air mixture is likely to occur in normal operation. The test specimen, a compressor motor for the petroleum industry, underwent a gas displacement test (test of the air purge system), leak ...

The health and safety of all employees at BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH, Schrobnhausen/Germany, is a top priority. This commitment has now been recognized by the Federation of the German Construction Industry with the silver SAFETY AWARD for specialist foundation engineering (Figure 1). During the General Meeting of the Federal Department (BFA) for Specialist Foundation Engineering, the award was officially presented to ...