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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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New leadership in ISSA mining
The beginning of 2026 marks a significant leadership transition with the election of a new Board and of Kevin Mooney of Canada as new President of the International Section of the ISSA on Prevention in the Mining Industry (ISSA Mining). Mr. Mooney, who represents Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (SWCB), succeeds…
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Tunnelling Statistics Germany 2024/25 published
Since more than 45 years STUVA conducts an annual survey of authorities, construction companies and planners with the aim to capture the tunnelling volume in Germany. The results of the survey are published every year under the titel Tunnelling in Germany: Statistics, Analysis and Outlook within the journal TUNNEL (official…
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The final breakthrough has been achieved
A milestone in mine drainage at Ibbenbüren was celebrated in style. The tunnel boring machine, christened “Tisa”, used for the eastern section of the Ibbenbüren mine drainage canal, has reached its final destination: Shaft 1 of the von-Oeynhausen mine. This marks the completion of the 7.4 km-long mine water canal…
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Nominated for the German Lighting Design Award 2026
Since early 2025, the refurbished winding tower of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM), Bochum/Germany, has been illuminated in the evenings by a new dynamic lighting scheme. The light art installation, designed by LightLife, has now been nominated for the German Lighting Design Award 2026 in the “Outdoor Lighting” category. The…
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