Archive News In Brief
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Federal Chancellor Scholz in Chile: “Don’t just take raw materials away”
Germany’s Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled to Chile at the end of January 2023 accompanied by an economic policy delegation for an official visit (Figure 1). “In the global competition of the 21st century, it is not enough to simply transport raw materials away – without consideration for the environment,…
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Rediscovering carbon: Bauer Resources participates in Carbo-FORCE
Carbon is one of the most important building blocks of life. It serves as the basis of all natural materials and forms numerous bonds. When forests die, e. g., CO2 enters the atmosphere and is bound by plants or rivers somewhere else. As a result, carbon is simply everywhere. And there’s…
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BHS-Sonthofen announces leadership changes in the Recycling Technology division
The Recycling Technology division at BHS-Sonthofen GmbH, Sonthofen/Germany, is reporting a personnel change. Daniel Zeiler has taken over as the head of the division. Alfred Weber, who had successfully managed sales for the company’s Recycling Technology division since 2007, retired at the end of last year (Figure 1). BHS offers…
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DMT takes over the majority in the PfB Test Centre for Components
DMT GmbH & Co. KG, a TÜV NORD GROUP company based in Essen/Germany, has acquired a 51 % stake in Prüfzentrum für Bauelemente GmbH & Co. KG (PfB), based in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim/Germany. The transaction took place on 1st December 2022. With the participation both companies deepen their cooperation of many years…
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Board of trustees reorganized at the RAG-Stiftung
The Board of Trustees of the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, which has five ex officio members and eight additional members, met on 28th November 2022 in Berlin and elected Armin Laschet as its Chairman from among the additional trustees in accordance with the foundation’s statutes. Michael Vassiliadis remains Deputy Chairman. Prior to…
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RAG investigates cause of contaminated groundwater around Prosper II
Currently, the final operating plan procedure for the termination of the mining supervision for the former Proper II shaft (Figure 1) of the former Prosper-Haniel mine in Bottrop/Germany is underway. Within the procedure, an “orienting hazard assessment” was carried out. The expert recommends prohibiting groundwater extraction there due to the…
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Ewald Woste new Chairman of the STEAG GmbH Supervisory Board
STEAG GmbH’s Supervisory Board has a new Chairman: Ewald Woste, an experienced and accomplished industry expert who has worked in the energy sector for 30 years, was unanimously elected on 8th December 2022 by the 20 members of the board. Woste will take up the post in a landmark phase…
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Mining equipment secures Germany as a high-tech location
The mining industry is doing well at the moment, benefiting from a high order backlog. In 2021, the manufacturers of technology for the extraction of raw materials achieved a total turnover of 3.18 bn € in Germany as a production location. From January to September 2022, turnover of 3.75 bn €…
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A safe place for hazardous waste for 50 years
Hazardous waste has been stored in part of the Wintershall potash mine in the Werra region of eastern Hesse/Germany since 1972. The Herfa-Neurode underground waste disposal site, which today belongs to the K+S Werra Verbundwerk, is the longest-serving and largest of its kind in the world, setting standards in safe…
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Lhoist opens first underground limestone mine in North Rhine-Westphalia
“With the experimental mine, we as Lhoist Germany are starting an ambitious experiment for the Lhoist Group in Europe,” explained Thomas Perterer, Managing Director of Lhoist Germany, Wülfrath. For the first time in North Rhine-Westphalia, otherwise inaccessible deposit areas are to be developed on an industrial scale and with the…
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