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After a successful transformation: RAG is training again

In recent decades, RAG Aktien­gesellschaft, Essen/Germany, has actually only known one direction: closure of shafts, socially acceptable staff reductions. In this context, the company also had to discontinue its training activities at the end of 2018. Until then, RAG had given over 100,000 young people a career perspective. The company has now completed its strategic realignment from a former coal ...

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Mona Neubaur visits STEAG

On 20th September 2024, the members of the STEAG Group’s works councils met at the former Zollverein colliery in Essen/Germany. In addition to Gerhard Grabmeier, Chairman of the General Works Council, and the directors Andreas Reichel and Ralf Schiele, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Minister-President, Mona Neubaur, delivered a speech as a guest of honor (Figure ...

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Planning permission granted for SME AG’s Pöhla ore mine

After years of intensive proceedings, planning permission under mining law has been granted for the Pöhla ore mine project, with effect from 30th September 2024. As requested, the permission is limited to a period of 70 years. Saxony Minerals & Exploration AG (SME AG) has been active in the Ore Mountains since 2016, more precisely in the Schwarzenberg district of ...

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Relief announcements on energy costs are a glimmer of hope – but now the German government must act

The VIK – Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft e.V., Berlin/Germany, calls on the German government to quickly implement Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s announcements to relieve the burden on industry. The entire manufacturing sector has been suffering for months from high energy prices and steadily deteriorating local conditions, as all indices show. In the face of a stubbornly sluggish economy, site ...

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Review – BNatSchG, Berliner Kommentare

Frenz/Müggenborg (eds.): BNatSchG, Berliner Kommentare, 4th completely revised edition, 2,098 pp, Erich Schmidt Verlag, ISBN 978-3-503-21157-9, 168.00 €. The new edition of the commentary on the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG), published on 28th August 2024, provides a comprehensive explanation of the amended law, including the state law provisions, implications of European law and environmental policy background. The editors, Prof. ...

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Lohberg 2 shaft headframe gets its face back

On 31th December 2005, the Lohberg mine belonging to RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, was closed down. Around 1,400 employees were transferred to other mines or took early retirement. In 2017, the rope sheaves were dismantled for refurbishment. In 2021, the entire shaft frame itself was scaffolded in order to renovate it as well. Now the cable sheaves are being reinstalled. This ...

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STEAG reaffirms climate targets

The STEAG Group, Essen/Germany, presented its Sustainability Report for 2023. In it, the company gives an account of its activities in the areas of climate and environmental protection, social and societal responsibility, good corporate governance and an appreciative corporate culture. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as developed by the United Nations in 2015, form the frame of reference for ...

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Hydrogen project in Saarland receives IPCEI funding approval

Iqony, the growth division of STEAG Group, Essen/Germany, which specializes in renewable energies, hydrogen projects, decarbonization solutions and the construction of new and hydrogen-capable gas-fired power plants, is planning to build an electrolyzer for the production of green, climate-neutral hydrogen at the long-established power plant site in Völklingen-Fenne. The project was classified as an “Important Project of Common European Interest” ...

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Future project of mining history: ground-breaking ceremony for new research and storage building

The Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM) – Leibniz Research Museum for Geo-resources, Bochum/Germany, is expanding its infrastructure: On 19th July 2024, construction began on a new research building with an integrated depot. Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Bärbel Bergerhoff-Wodopia, member of the board of executives of the RAG-Stiftung and chairwoman of the ...

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Turnaround: BAUER AG records successful year for 2023 despite global challenges

Looking back on the previous financial years at the BAUER Group, Schrobenhausen/Germany, the figures published by the company at the end of July practically seem to be a decisive turning point: After the conclusion of 2023, BAUER is able to look back on a turbulent but ultimately successful year. Despite the numerous changes and challenges in the company as well ...

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