News in Brief 2026
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Second Research Symposium of Bochum’s Universities of Applied Sciences boosts interdisciplinary exchange at the THGA
Following its successful debut in 2024, the research symposium organised by Bochum’s Universities of Applied Sciences (HAW) is now in its second year. This year, the Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences (THGA) hosted the event under the motto ‘Research connects – Shaping the future with knowledge’, with the aim…
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New operations building in Herne strengthens safe mine water management in the Ruhr region
With a new operations building at the RAG site in Herne/Germany, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, is strengthening its infrastructure for one of the key long-term tasks of post-mining: safe mine water management in the Ruhr region. Together with the central control room, the sustainable operations building will in future form a…
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Job offer: University Professor (W3) “Underground Mining and Depository” (m/f/d)
Clausthal University of Technology is a modern profile university focused on the Circular Economy. The guiding theme with its characteristics of resource-efficient circular economy, sustainable materials, renewable energies and digital control of the overall system is a recurrent theme throughout the university. At Clausthal University of Technology, we research, teach…
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EUR 2 billion EUR for perpetual obligations
The Board of Executives of RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, presented the figures for the past financial year today at its annual press conference at the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site in Essen and reported on the start that the foundation has gotten off to in 2026. The foundation’s annual performance remained stable…
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EURACOAL Market Report 2026 no.1 – global and EU data for 2025
The latest EURACOAL coal market report, covering the last calendar year, is now available at this link. Global coal production, including lignite, reached a record 9.1 bn t in 2025. China continues to dominant, with a new high of 4,830 Mt. The closure of the Straits of Hormuz in Q1 2026 has…
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K+S strengthens its salt division with the acquisition of two sites in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) and Poland
The K+S Group acquires Qemetica’s salt business. The salt and fertilizer producer based in Kassel (Germany) is purchasing two evaporated salt production sites in Stassfurt (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) and Janikowo (Poland) from the Polish chemical company. Thereby, K+S is further expanding its own European salt business and opening up additional growth…
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THGA further develops its university structure and reorganises its governance
The TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, is realigning its university structure and, to this end, elected two new academic vice-presidents and the head of the Rese-arch Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the university’s electoral assembly on 20 May 2026. Prof. Ludger Rattmann was elected as Vice-President for Studies and…
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Energy consumption has fallen slightly
Primary energy consumption in Germany fell slightly in the first three months of this year. The Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen) estimates a decrease of 1.7 % to 3,059 PJ or 104.4 Mtce compared with the first three months of the previous year. According to AG Energiebilanzen, the…
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Review // Walter Frenz: Reducing Bureaucracy – Using the Examples of Infrastructure, Climate Protection and the Raw Materials Sector
Walter Frenz: Bürokratieabbau – Am Beispiel der Infrastruktur, des Klimaschutzes und der Rohstoffwirtschaft (Reducing Bureaucracy – Using the Examples of Infrastructure, Climate Protection and the Raw Materials Sector), 1st edition, Year of publication: 2026, Pages: 221, Publisher: Erich Schmidt Verlag, Language: German, 978-3-503-24213-9 (E-ISBN), 978-3-503-24212-2 (Print-ISBN). Prof. Walter Frenz, Maitre…
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RAG implements mine water management plan in Saarland: pumping operations in Reden to be discontinued
RAG implements mine water management plan in Saarland: pumping operations in Reden to be discontinued RAG Aktiengesellschaft (RAG), Essen/Germany, will cease pumping operations for mine water management at the Reden site at the beginning of May. This step is part of the mine water management plan for the Saarland and…
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