Archive News In Brief
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Africa workshop for the network: “Do it better!”
After 400 participants – entrepreneurs from Germany and Africa – had achieved record attendance at the 6th German-African Economic Forum NRW on 18th February 2020 in Dortmund/Germany, which featured many interconnected issues, a specifically designed workshop was held on 4th March 2020 at EnergyAgency.NRW’s mining industry network, Düsseldorf, in Gelsenkirchen…
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Company marks a new milestone with another shaft sinking record in Belarus
In 2018 Redpath Deilmann (formerly Deilmann-Haniel), Dortmund/Germany, commenced work on a contract from Slavkaliy IOOO to construct two surface shafts for the new Nezhinsky potash mine in the Republic of Belarus. The project remit is to sink two 8.0 m diameter freeze shafts to a depth of some 700 m,…
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GHH “solid as a rock”
Three manufacturers are currently repositioning themselves, rebranding and building up the GHH Group, Gelsenkirchen/Germany: One of the largest suppliers of machines for mining, tunnelling and special civil engineering (Figure 1). This step is illustrated by a common logo consisting only of the letters GHH and a corresponding corporate design, which…
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DuPont Sustainable Solutions acquires Lodestone Partners
DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS), Geneva/Switzerland, announced on 3rd March 2020 that it has acquired the assets of Lodestone Partners, a global consulting firm recognized for helping companies in the resource industry achieve sustainable improvements in operating performance. The acquisition, which was effective 29th February 2020, deepens DSS’ knowledge and capability…
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Advent International, Cinven and the RAG-Stiftung take over thyssenkrupp elevator business
The international private-equity firms Advent International (Advent) and Cinven announced together with RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, that they have signed binding agreements with thyssenkrupp AG to acquire thyssenkrupp Elevator Technology. As part of the transaction, thyssenkrupp AG will reinvest in the elevator business and acquire a substantial minority share in the company.…
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RAG Aktiengesellschaft offers compensation for mining-related tremors – agreement reached with VBHG
Residents of certain areas near the former West, Prosper-Haniel, Lippe, Auguste Victoria and Ost mines are entitled to file claims for the period from 2008 until the closure of the relevant mine. Underground coal mining in the Ruhr region resulted in repeated tremors at the ground surface on some occasions.…
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STEAG building for the future of energy
A new and highly efficient combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Herne/Germany, will secure the supply of electricity and heat in the heart of the Ruhr area in the future (Figure 1). The new power plant will use the principle of combined heat and power generation (CHP), is…
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STEAG provides climate-friendly geothermal energy in Erding
STEAG New Energies GmbH, Saarbrücken/Germany, and the Zweckverband Geo-wärme Erding (Erding Geothermal Energy Association) are expanding the existing Erding 1 combined heat and power plant, which will enable up to 18 % of the total heating requirements of the Bavarian district town of Erding to be covered by geothermal energy in the…
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Private households are using less energy for heating and lighting
The energy demand for heating and lighting in Germany has decreased in the last ten years (Figure 1). According the current calculations by the Working Group on Energy Balances (AG Energiebilanzen), the heating demand in 2018 was 17 % lower than in 2008. A significant proportion of this change is due…
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Renewables opening doors for innovative energy solutions in mining
The year 2019 was the turning point for renewable energy projects at remote mines. More than a dozen projects were commissioned or announced. Mining companies have adopted solar and wind power to reduce their energy cost and carbon footprint in a rather lengthy process. In the last years, successful flagship…
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