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Review // Walter Frenz: Handbook Raw Materials Industry
Walter Frenz: Handbuch Rohstoffwirtschaft – Recht, Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften, Nachhaltigkeit, Klimaschutz, Digitalisierung (Handbook Raw Materials Industry – Law, Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sustainability, Climate Protection, Digitalisation Reducing Bureaucracy), 1st edition, Year of publication: 2025, Pages: 1145, Publisher: Erich Schmidt Verlag, Language: German, 978-3-503-24213-9 (E-ISBN), 978-3-503-24212-2 (Print ISBN), DOI: 10.37307/b.978-3-503-23745-6. Once…
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From Data to Decisions – where Digital Value is Truly Created
Author: Stefan Ebert, Managing Director, Digital Mine GmbH, Aachen/Germany DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.04.06.ENFDDDV How a Proof of Concept becomes a Proof of Value Digital technologies are now widely available in the mining sector. Nevertheless, many digitalisation initiatives fail to deliver the expected economic benefits. The reason often lies not in the technology…
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Developing Strategies to Reduce the Shortage of Skilled Labour, using Skilled Workers in the Mining Industry as an Example
Authors: Dipl.-Ing. Toni Schmidt, TS BAU GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr/Germany Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Drebenstedt, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg/Germany DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.04.05.ENDSRSS Supplying the economy with qualified skilled workers is a fundamental prerequisite for maintaining Germany’s position as a business location and ensuring stable economic growth to safeguard prosperity in the…
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Strategic Pathways to De-Risk and Decarbonize Rare-Earth Supply Chains – A Responsible Supply Lens on Building Resilient, Low-Emission Rare-Earth Value Chains by 2030
Author: Arun M Vijayan; Beroe Inc., Chennai/India DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.04.04.ENSPDRD Rare-earth supply chains face a triple challenge: geographic concentration, high carbon intensity, and structural bottlenecks in the midstream. While demand from electric vehicles, wind energy, robotics, and defence is projected to reach approximately 100,000 t by 2030, the current supply architecture is…
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Regional Capabilities and the Organization of Global Mining Value Chains – How Smaller Open Economies Contribute to Critical Raw Materials Supply Chains through Digital Intelligence, Certified Engineering, and Knowledge Infrastructure
Author: Birgit Linnamäe, PhD Candidate in Management, Estonian Business School; Strategy Advisor, Nordic Vision Group, Tallinn/Estonia DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.04.03.ENRCOGM The article examines the role of smaller open economies in global mining and critical raw materials value chains. Its central argument is that mining value chains may be global in reach, but…
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Awareness Alone is not Enough – KSL Kupferschiefer Lausitz Caught Between the Need for Raw Material Security and Reality: “Mining with ESG” within the European Raw Materials Framework
Author: Blas Urioste, KSL Kupferschiefer Lausitz GmbH, Spremberg/Germany DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.04.02.ENAAINE The European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) has highlighted the strategic importance of domestic raw materials projects. At the same time, a tension is evident in specific projects: whilst Europe calls for more resilient supply chains, strategic autonomy and…
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CRMA – the “Green-Deal-Paradox”?
Author: Ass. iur. Ivonne Arenz, Managing Director, Verband Bergbau, Geologie und Umwelt e.V. (VBGU), Berlin/Germany DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.04.01.ENCTGDP The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) represents the European Union’s key legislative framework for securing a resilient, sustainable and competitive supply of critical and strategic raw materials. Its objectives are to strengthen domestic…
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Joint Storage of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Oxygen Self-Rescuers – Recommendations for Safe Operation
Author: Tim Kuhne, Advisor in the Fire Safety Unit of the Emergency Management Prevention Department at the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry (BG RCI), Heidelberg/Germany, and Head of the Workplace Fire Safety Section at the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Berlin/Germany) DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.03.04.ENJSLIB…
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Development and Establishment of Calibration and Validation Sites for Radar Interferometric Analyses (InSAR) for Monitoring Ground Movement caused by Mine Water Rebound during the Post-Mining Era
Author: Dipl.-Ing. Volker Spreckels, RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.03.03.ENDECVS For several years now, satellite-based radar interferometry (InSAR) have been establishing themselves in day-to-day operations for the large-scale monitoring of ground movements in areas of both active and decommissioned mineral extraction. The combination of remote sensing techniques, such as satellite navigation…
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Evaluation of a Continuously Measuring Point Sensor for Determining Air Velocity
Authors: Dr.-Ing. Franziska Günther, Dipl.-Ing. Amarbayasgalan Baasanzorig, Dipl-Ing. Max Friedemann, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg/Germany DOI: 10.66356/mrg.2026.03.02.ENECMPS Mine ventilation is of central importance for safety in underground mining. It can account for up to 50 % of total energy consumption. To improve efficiency, optimised control is necessary, which requires continuous measurement…
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