After intensive preparations, Iqony Energies GmbH, Saarbrücken/Germany, a subsidiary of the energy company Iqony GmbH, Essen/Germany, has decided to modernise and convert its existing district heating generation plants and district heating network on the site of the former Camphausen mine into an innovative and climate-neutral heat generation system (Figure 1). Waste heat from mine water from RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, will ...
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STEAG heads for strong growth
At the full works council and delegates’ conference of the STEAG Group (Figure 1), Essen/Germany, Andreas Reichel, Chairman of the Management Board and Labor Director, made it clear that the forthcoming sale of the energy group to the Spanish infrastructure investor Asterion Industrial Partners means more scope for STEAG in shaping the energy and heat transition. Speaking to the participants ...
Read More »Mining, Geology and Environment Association appoints new president
On 8th August 2023, the German Mining, Geology and Environment Association (VBGU), Berlin/Germany, an employers’ association that has been dedicated to constructive dialogue in mining and raw materials extraction in Germany for over 30 years, appointed its previous Vice President Jens-Peter Lux, Managing Director of DMT GmbH & Co. KG, Essen/Germany, as President and Michael Paul, Technical Managing Director of ...
Read More »Helmuth-Burckhardt Prize 2023
The Helmuth-Burckhardt Prize 2023 of the German Raw Materials and Mining Association (VRB), Berlin/Germany, went to two prizewinners this year, Hannah Weinbach M.Sc. and Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Sensenschmidt (Figure 1). The German Mining Association awarded the prize to the young academics at its general meeting on 14th September 2023 in Berlin. The Burckhardt Prize has been awarded annually since 1971 for ...
Read More »Review of a successful mining symposium WISSYM 2023
Under the motto “Rethinking rehabilitation mining – Innovative approaches on the road to sustainability”, the international mining symposium WISSYM 2023 came to a successful close. From 25th to 28th September 2023 in Dresden/Germany, 200 participants from 15 countries discussed issues of innovation, technology development and resource efficiency, as well as the highly topical subject of public perception and acceptance of ...
Read More »21st Altbergbaukolloquium: Experts discuss the consequences of mining at the Zollverein Coal Mine
Mine water, risk management, monitoring – when mining ends, it leaves behind a variety of tasks. How to deal with them responsibly was the focus of the 21st Altbergbaukolloquium from 9th to 10th November 2023 on the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein in Essen/Germany. Around 500 experts from all over Germany came together at the site, ...
Read More »German-Chilean Forum on Mining and Mineral Resources 2023 took place in Berlin with great success
On 15th September 2023, Mark Heinzel, Head of Division North and Latin America of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), welcomed the more than 150 participants of this annual forum organized by the Competence Center Mining and Mineral Resources of AHK Chile at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin/Germany (Figure 1). This time, the keynote speakers were ...
Read More »Plant train performs impressively in limestone in Greece
Infrastructure project “Amvrakia Odos” implemented with a combination of jaw and cone crusher and a screening plant A mobile Kleemann plant train is deployed in Amphilochia on the Greek mainland. The efficient plant train consists of the jaw crusher MOBICAT MC 120i PRO, the cone crusher MOBICONE MCO 110i PRO and a classifying screen MOBISCREEN MSC 953i EVO. Economic and ...
Read More »“Christening ceremony” heading East
Tisa – this will be the future name of the tunnel boring machine that will drive the mine water channel from the central shaft to Oeynhausen’s shaft 1. The name was given to the Dorsten artist Tisa von der Schulenburg, who was closely associated with the hard coal mining industry. She not only thematised mining artistically, but also distinguished herself through ...
Read More »STEAG’s future secured: Asterion takes over company as a whole
Kommunale Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (KSBG) has sold its stake in the energy company STEAG GmbH, Essen/Germany, to the Spanish infrastructure investor Asterion Industrial Partners. The boards of the owners have given their mutual consent to this and the contract has been signed and notarised accordingly (signing). The transaction volume amounts to approximately 2.6 bn €. This amount corresponds to the ...
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