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An agreement was signed during the German-Chilean Business Forum 2018 to facilitate innovation and technology transfer between providers in Germany and customers in Chile. AHK Chile and Fundación Chile’s innovation program “Expande” aim to provide a point of contact for commercial exchanges (Figure 1). To this end, AHK Chile will provide a network of contacts with the German industry and ...

27th October 2018: Forty years ago to the day, the “final tonne of ore” was mined at the Lüderich pit, the last remaining mine in the Bensberg ore mining district. A total of around 10 Mt of ore were brought to the surface between 1852 and 1978. Previously a heavily agricultural region, the focus shifted to the mining industry, which ...

On 1st August 2018 the international coal and coke trading divsion of RAG Verkauf GmbH, Herne/Germany, was taken over by Xcoal Energy & Resources Germany GmbH based in Essen/Germany. All existing customers and suppliers will continue to be supported by the long-standing and trusted team headed by Ingo Elsner. (RAG Verkauf/Si.)

The photovoltaic plant in Saarbrücken-Jägersfreude is the tenth project for montanSOLAR GmbH, Ensdorf /Germany, in Saarland. The first phase of construction of the 2.3 MWp solar power plant on the 8.7 ha site is now complete (Figure 1). And now it has officially commenced operations. The entire plant will be completed in three phases of construction over the coming years and will ...

Landschaftsagentur Plus GmbH, Datteln/Germany, has undertaken its first grazing project on behalf of RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen and RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, Essen, in Saarland. An Aubrac herd (Figure 1) has been introduced as part of the remediation of the former Saarland refinery site in Völklingen and the Lydia tip in Quierschied. To counteract the intrusion into nature and the landscape in ...

This year, the Helmuth-Burckhardt Prize, awarded by the German Raw Materials and Mining Association (VRB), was presented to young graduate engineer, Felix Heinrich, from Dresden/Germany, (Figure 1). VRB, the professional umbrella association for the German mining industry, awarded the young academic his prize at the general assembly held on 11th October 2018 in Berlin. The Helmuth-Burckhardt prize has been awarded annually ...

Power-to-X technologies (PtX) cross boundaries, transfer energy flexibly and therefore make a sustainable contribution to reducing CO2 emissions and increasing efficiency. The integrated energy storage used for systems, mains and the market also offsets the volatility of renewable energy, thereby reducing costs significantly within the overall system. The extraordinary potential of energy storage solutions, including for integrated energy, is currently ...

Six months before the start of the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, bauma, on 8th April 2019, Messe München/Germany can already announce a new record number of exhibitors. More than 3,500 exhibitors from 55 countries will be there – almost 100 more than in 2016 (Figure 1). bauma PLUS allows even more companies to present their products and ...

Energy consumption in Germany reached 6,771 PJ or 230.9 mt ce by the middle of 2018 (Figure 1), constituting a solid 1 % decrease on the previous year. Following the first three months, growth amounted to more than 5 % on account of the cool weather conditions in February and March. According to preliminary calculations by the German Working Group on Energy ...

“Without the solid contribution made by lignite during this year’s particularly long heat wave and drought, the electricity supply in Germany would have been under serious threat”, explains Helmar Rendez, Chairman of the Board of the German Lignite Industry Association (DEBRIV) in Bergheim, in his provisional appraisal of the energy supply during the summer weather conditions. On account of the ...