Archive Staff News

Prof. (em.) Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. Walter Knissel died on 20th March 2018 in Bad Gandersheim at the age of 83. The sad news of his passing gives us cause to look back on his life, which was so closely linked to mining here in Germany and around the world. He was born on 13th December 1934 in Landstuhl in the Palatinate ...

For three decades, Johann Mesch was at the top of Bauer Umwelt and, since 2010, of BAUER Resources GmbH, Schrobenhausen/Germany. On 1st April 2018, he left his post and since then Peter Hingott (chair) und Roman Breuer have formed the new dual leadership.

On 1st January 2018, Amir Reza Sinai was appointed as the new managing director of the BEUMER Group Co., Ltd., based in Bangkok/Thailand. The subsidiary, which has 59 employees, acts as the BEUMER Group’s regional headquarters in South East and East Asia, where it covers the divisions Conveying & Loading Systems and Palletizing & Packaging Systems. It also provides solutions ...

At the regular meeting of the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, board of trustees on 9th May 2018, Bernd Tönjes was, as expected, unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Executives for RAG-Stiftung for a five-year term. He succeeds Werner Müller, who, as he announced on 28th February 2018, on 24th May 2018 stepped down from this role and from ...

At the start of April, Hartmut Frank, who has been managing the Ibbenbüren coal power station since 2004, took on the additional role of manager of Lingen gas power station. Both power stations belong to RWE Generation SE, Essen/Germany. The previous manager of the Lingen power station, Hans-Peter Fricke, is transferring to a new position within the RWE Group.

Pipeline network operator Thyssengas GmbH, Dortmund/Germany, has appointed Jörg Kamphaus as its Commercial Director with effect from 1st July 2018. He succeeds Bernd Dahmen, who will enter into retirement on 30th June 2018.

Günter Hilken, Chairman of the Executive Board of Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, was elected to the Chair of the Executive Board of the Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft e.V. (VIK), Berlin/Germany, at a meeting of the association’s board on 27th April 2018. He succeeds Roland Mohr in the role, who is leaving office after three and a half ...

Simone Peter, Federal Chairperson of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen between 2013 and 2018, became President of the German Renewable Energy Association (BEE) in Berlin/Germany on 1st March 2018. She has taken over from Fritz Brickwedde who left the position for personal reasons.

On 31st December 2017, Bernd Länger left the Centre of Excellence for Mining of the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sydney/Australia, which is part of the German Mining Network (GMN). The process of appointing a new manager is under way.