News in Brief 06_2024
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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