- Feb- 2021 -16 FebruaryIndustry News 01_2021
First underground TOMRA sensor-based sorter starts operation at K+S rock salt mine
K+S Minerals and Agriculture GmbH, Kassel/Germany, a major salt producer, turned to TOMRA Sorting Mining, Wedel/Germany, for a solution for the replacement of the existing sorting system at its rock salt mine in Grasleben, in Lower Saxony/Germany. The two companies have a long-standing research and development relationship, focused on exploring…
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Video library heavily pumped up
Customer training in Corona times? No difficult task for Tsurumi. On his website, the manufacturer has published numerous videos demonstrating the maintenance of dewatering and sewage pumps. They not only show how things are done technically, but also provide valuable insights into the design of the pumps. Once again, the…
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Mine water as valuable water – Mining meets electric mobility
What connects coal mining and electric mobility? One has been a thing of the past in Germany since the end of 2018, the other is a future technology. Lithium connects the past and the future (Figure 1). The mine water from the former mining tunnels contains this valuable raw material, which…
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Death of Alfons von Bronk
Alfons von Bronk, former Member of the Executive Board of Bergbau AG Lower Rhine, died on 2nd December 2020 at the age of 91 (Figure 1). “We have lost an exceptional person, to whom we owe a great deal. We will cherish his memory”, said Peter Schrimpf, CEO of RAG…
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Green hydrogen for green steel made in Duisburg – STEAG and thyssenkrupp are planning joint hydrogen project
Energy company STEAG GmbH,Essen/Germany, steel producer thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg/Germany and electrolysis technology specialist thyssen-krupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH, Dortmund/Germany, are working on a joint feasibility study. The study deals with the construction of a water electrolysis plant at the STEAG site in Duisburg-Walsum by thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers,…
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The sun rises in the east
With immediate effect STEAG Solar Energy Solutions, Würzburg/Germany, a subsidiary of the energy company STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, is cooperating in a new joint venture with the LSG Group from Vienna/Austria. The long-standing partners and PV experts will in future be known to customers as SENS LSG. Together their focus will…
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Energy consumption drops to historic low
In 2020 energy consumption in Germany fell 8.7 % compared with the previous year and reached an historic low at 11,691 PJ or 398.8 Mtce (Figure 1). Compared to 2006, the year with the previously highest energy consumption in Germany since the reunification, the decline is around 21 %, reports the German…
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IWiM launches International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme 2021 with the support of Rio Tinto, Newmont Corp., New Gold, SRK Consulting and Centerra Gold
International Women in Mining (IWiM), Polegate/UK, a leading global women’s organisation focused on pursuing gender equality in the mining sector, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme (IWRMP), in collaboration with Metisphere. IWRMP is an annual cross-company initiative established to actively empower…
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Mining is essential for climate change
The mining equipment industry in Germany anticipates a decline in sales for 2020 of around 10 to 15 %. However, the industry is optimistic about the future because only state-of-the-art mining technology will be able to ensure the raw materials required for climate protection and digitisation. The importance of the mining…
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National emissions trading: VIK does not believe carbon leakage protection is guaranteed for companies
The VIK (German Association of Industrial Energy Consumers), Berlin/Germany, has criticised the deferral of the so-called Carbon Leakage Regulation. The regulation is part of the introduction of the national CO2 price by the Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG). In contrast to the regulation, the new carbon price in Germany is…
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