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Not every trade fair is a barometer of the industry – but bauma is, time and time again. The world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment took place from 7th to 13th April 2025 at the Munich Exhibition Centre, Munich/Germany. In a time marked by global challenges, bauma impressively demonstrated ...

At its most recent meeting, the Supervisory Board of BAUER AG appointed Lena Effinger as a member of the Executive Board with effect from 1st June 2025 (Figure 1).  She will take on responsibility as Chief Financial Officer of BAUER AG. Lena Effinger has been with the BAUER Group since 2006 and has headed the Group Finance department since 2016, ...

The official approvals and permits for the deconstruction of the surface facilities of the Auguste Victoria 8 mine in Marl/Haltern, Germany, have now been obtained (Figure 1). The preservation order will be observed. “The deconstruction work is scheduled to start at the end of February 2025 and is expected to take 15 months,” says RAG project engineer Ulrich Ostrawsky. The upper ...

RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, has been monitoring the groundwater in the area of the Brinkfortsheide spoil tip since mid-2020 (Figure 1). A pumping test is now starting to plan a groundwater treatment plant. Ten of the 13 additional groundwater measuring points planned have already been sunk and integrated into the monitoring system. All of them are in the south-western and north-western ...

On 17th January 2025, the Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum – Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources (DBM), Bochum/Germany, celebrated another milestone in the construction of its new research and depot building at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. In the presence of around 80 invited guests, including project participants, architects and planners, as well as representatives from the fields of politics and science, ...

It is quite hot inside the Graf Moltke waste dump. Temperatures of up to 450 °C have been measured at times. The reason for this is a smouldering fire that RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, has been tackling with extensive clean-up measures since 2022. Now the second construction phase is beginning – as part of the final operation plan (Figure 1). After completion ...

Christoph Dollhausen, previously head of communications at the STEAG subsidiary Iqony, took over as head of communications for the energy group STEAG, Essen/Germany, on 1st October 2024 (Figure 1). In his new position, he will be responsible for the newly created division for communication and marketing, which includes both internal and external communication as well as stakeholder management. His team ...

From 2026, the “Steady Green Energy” battery storage system will make Deutsche Bahn’s power supply even more flexible and greener (Figure 1). To this end, the group subsidiary DB Energie and the energy company Iqony GmbH, Essen/Germany, have concluded a Power Storage Agreement (PSA). Both companies agreed on a contract under which DB Energie will use 35 MW of the ...

The lithium mining project on the Koralpe in Frantschach-St. Gertraud/Austria has reached a new milestone. After an intensive review, the company ECM Lithium AT GmbH has now received a decision from the Carinthian provincial government that the project is not subject to an environmental impact assessment (EIA). This is an important step towards realising the project and establishing a European ...

The German-Chilean Mining Forum, which takes place alternately in Chile and Germany, celebrated its 13th edition in November 2024. This central event within the framework of the bilateral cooperation agreement on mining and mineral resources was organised by AHK Chile, the German-Chilean Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Under the motto “Multidimensional Cooperation for Responsible Mining and Resilient Supply Chains”, the ...