Fachartikel 03_2018

In the summer of 2018, Prof. Martin Junker will be leaving RAG AG in Essen/Germany. As of May 2018, Manfred Müller has been appointed Managing Director of RAG Mining Solutions, while also upholding his managerial duties at RAG Verkauf GmbH.

The property developers RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, Essen/Germany, are now planning a series of forward-looking change-of-use projects on some 9,020 ha of company-owned land and properties that were previously part of the RAG corporate portfolio. Proposals for potential new developments also involve schemes based on the use and generation of renewable energies, including the use of solar power, spoil-tip wind ...

With 5.5 million inhabitants, the Ruhr Area is one of the largest urban centers in Europe. In times of the industrialization, the Ruhr Area became an industrial conurbation. The coal mines which are now part of the RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, provided work. Due to the underground coal mining in depths of more than 1,000 m, there is an area with ...

Pumped-storage power plants are an efficient option for energy storage to address short-term variances. In general, pumped-storages are dependent on high differences in altitude and therefore located in mountainous areas. An advantageous variation is the installation of pumped-storage power plants completely or partially underground. Three variations are feasible: usage of the infrastructure of closed mines, usage of the infrastructure of ...

The German coal industry will leave an extensive infrastructure behind when it finally comes to a close at the end of 2018. Mine shafts up to 1,200 m in depth, a huge network of underground workings and extensive water drainage and pumping facilities create real prospects for all kinds of after-use projects. The development of underground pumped hydro storage power ...

A (post-)mining Germany produces approximately 750 mt of resources per year. The top position is held by the German rock industry with its annual production of approximately 500 mt aggregate (gravel, sand, and stones). It might be difficult to imagine that the rapid development of open data, digitalisation, modern communication systems, driverless cars, smart technology and the Internet of Things might ...

The use of geosynthetics in mining operations grows annually, as mining companies focus on the technical and economic advantages of geosynthetics. These polymeric materials enable more efficient barriers, stronger access roads, space-saving and safety-enhancing retaining structures and much more. This paper presents a summary of geosynthetics in mining works, with a particular emphasis on heap leach pads, tailings management, evaporation ...

There is a new industry sector emerging in Germany that concerns itself with the post-mining era. This will very much involve various aspects and issues that will be of interest to the world of economics. While most of the potential solutions being proposed for the tasks and problems arising in post-mining Germany has involved the mobilisation of geological and engineering ...

Nature protection has now moved onto the agenda for Hambach lignite mine. Environmentalists have set up a camp on the site and the Berlin-based German Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) has petitioned for legal protection as an environmental organisation. Can habitat and species protection as part of EU legislation stop lignite mining in its tracks? 1  Current situation ...