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Climate-friendly heating for the Saar region
Saarbrücken-based STEAG New Energies GmbH and Fernwärme Verbund Saar GmbH (FVS), together with Entsorgungsverband Saar (EVS), will add a heat extraction system to the waste-to-energy plant (AVA) Velsen (Figure 1) . In the future, around 170,000 MWh/a of heat will be fed into the Saar District Heating System via a…
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Energy consumption is down due to the pandemic
As forecast by the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen) on the basis of current calculations for the first half of the year, energy consumption in Germany is likely to decline by around 7 % this year and could, in unfavourable conditions, even fall by up to 12 % (Figure 1).…
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Virtual phasing out of fossil fuels: THGA participates in new project for repurposing former mining areas
How can a former mining area be transformed into a revitalised landscape? What needs to happen so that the areas can be used once again? To be able to produce comprehensive simulations of scenarios such as this in future, the new “TRIM4Post-Mining” project is now being launched with participation of…
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Global standard for post-mining: research centre at the THGA advises international committee
We are surrounded by standards in our day-to-day lives. We all use the designation A4, e. g., as a standardised value for the height and width of paper sheets. Yet when it comes to standardising something worldwide, this is where the International Organization for Standardization or ISO steps in. There are…
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Mining machinery manufacturers are reinventing themselves
The manufacturers of machines for extraction and preparation of raw materials have also been shaken by the coronavirus pandemic. The figures underline this. In reaction to this, the sector is working hard to reinvent itself. Everyone agrees here that driving forward new developments and digitisation of processes are the best…
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Redpath Deilmann: sinking work completed
Since 2018, Redpath Deilmann GmbH, Dortmund/Germany, has been sinking two shafts for the new Nezhinskiy potash mine in Belarus on behalf of Slavkaliy IOOO (Figure 1). The sinking crews completed their work on 17th July 2020. Both shafts were sunk using shaft boring roadheaders (SBR) from Herrenknecht. The total construction…
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CFH Group strengthens bundling of business activities in the ventilation sector
CFH GmbH (www.cfh-group.info), Gladbeck/Germany, has joined with ventilation specialist Korfmann Lufttechnik GmbH, Witten/Germany, to set a common course for the future. The cooperation among the subsidiaries and holding companies in the ventilation sector will be further intensified by the CFH Group’s assuming full holding of Korfmann Lufttechnik GmbH and their…
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RAG-Stiftung ends first year of funding obligations successfully – and remains on course despite the coronavirus crisis
The Board of Executives of the RAG-Stiftung presented the figures for the 2019 business year on 4th June 2020 in Essen/Germany. Summary: The foundation model worked to its full extent and as expected in the first year in which financing for the perpetual obligations was to come from the German…
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RVR to gradually take over 20 spoil tips from RAG Aktiengesellschaft
RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, is putting its spoil tips in new hands: The Ruhr Regional Association (Regionalverband Ruhr, RVR) is taking over 20 redeveloped mining sites with a total surface area of 1,149 ha (Figure 1). These are primarily intended to be developed into natural sites and activity areas. “The mountains…
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PCB pilot facility shows: Stable operation at both RAG Aktiengesellschaft sites but new analytical process needs further development
RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, tested methods for further reducing PCB in pit water at pilot facility level in Bergkamen and Ibbenbüren. The initial results from this series of tests are now available. The investigation into the PCB content takes place at the margin of detectability in the trace substance range. The…
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