News in Brief 05_2021
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CFH Group Extends Ventilation Portfolio by Tunnel Jet Fans and Smoke Extraction Fans
We are pleased to announce that CFH Group has taken over the sales divisions Road Tunnel Ventilation and Metro & Rail Ventilation from DLK Ventilatoren GmbH in Schöntal, Germany, with effect from 1st November 2021. The sales activities as well as the entire order processing of jet fans and smoke…
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Hydrogen as an opportunity for the future: The Ruhr area is leading the way in the H2 transformation and is home to the most start-ups in this sector
In order to achieve the climate objectives by 2045, an enormous transformation is required in our production and business processes – particularly in industry. As a centre of industry at the heart of Europe, the Ruhr area is taking a leading role on the continent when it comes to the…
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Joint solution for stabilising the Rhine bed after coal mining ends – RAG and WSV sign agreement
On 25th August 2021, Michael Kalthoff, Member of the Board at RAG Aktiengesell-schaft, Essen/Germany, and Prof. Hans-Heinrich Witte, President of the Federal Shipping and Waterways Administration (WSV), Bonn/Germany, signed in Essen an agreement on final subsidence damage control for the Rhine bed in the Duisburg and Wesel region (Figure 1).…
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Milestone in the Saar region: Mining authorities approve rise in mine water levels
Around nine years after the Saar mine stopped operating, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, can now finally withdraw from the mine workings. Two recent decisions by the Saarland mining authorities, namely the approval of the colliery closure plan by the local mining authority and the issuing of the permit under water laws…
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RAG Anthrazit IbbenbĂĽren GmbH is now the RAG IbbenbĂĽren division
To ensure that subsequent German coal mining industry operations run efficiently in the post-mining era, RAG Anthrazit IbbenbĂĽren GmbH has merged with RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, with economic effect from 1st January 2021. As part of the merger, all existing business relationships are automatically transferred from RAG Anthrazit IbbenbĂĽren GmbH to…
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STEAG reaches important milestones in its transformation process
STEAG GmbH (Figure 1) is making significant progress in its process of transformation initiated in the autumn of 2020. Following several profitable transactions, such as the sale of the subsidiary STEAG Power Minerals and the successful participation in decommissioning auctions under the German Act on the Termination of Power Generation…
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STEAG launches green energy campaign
The energy company STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, in cooperation with Quadra Energy GmbH, DĂĽsseldorf/Germany, is embarking on the marketing of green electricity. In that venture, STEAG is drawing on its extensive expertise in the field of energy trading with a view to concluding green power purchase agreements (Green PPAs) with operators…
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Industry association and IG BCE conclude “Coal post-mining” collective agreement
On 25th August 2021, the industry association Branchenverband Steinkohle und Nachbergbau e. V. (bsn), Essen/Germany, and the German Trade Union for Mining, Chemicals and Energy (IG BCI), Hanover/Germany, signed the “Coal post-mining” collective agreement (Figure 1). Almost three years after coal production ceased in Germany, this marks the transition of…
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What is causing the ground motion in Epe cavern field?
The ground below Gronau and the surrounding area is a challenge, even for geologists: Salt has been mined here intensively for almost 50 years. This has created large cavities, known as caverns, at depths of between 1,000 and 1,500 m. Most of them are now used to store natural gas,…
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For mankind and the environment: The Research Center of Post-Mining is rethinking water management in the Ruhr area
Intensive mining has caused the terrain and surface to sink so substantially in some areas in the Ruhr area that large depressions have formed – referred to as polder areas. In these areas, waterways cannot always flow freely anymore. The “lower” areas therefore need to be continuously artificially drained to…
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