Fachartikel 2018
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Will Nature Conservation Spell the End of Opencast Mining at Hambach?
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…
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Intelligent Telescopic Boom for Underground Scaling
The cooperation between the TML Technik GmbH, Monheim/Germany, and the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT)of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen/Germany, will create a synergy between the innovative construction and design of telescopic arms and the development of intelligent, mining-capable condition monitoring systems. As a result, an intelligent telescopic arm…
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Smarter Mining – Machine Maintenance by Epiroc
Advances in the operating life and durability of plant and machinery also mean higher maintenance and repair costs due to greater wear and tear. Parts increasingly have to be replaced or repaired as a result. At the same time the true value of the machine will fall as it becomes…
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From Conveyor Element to Intelligent, Interlinked Operating Assistant: Chains – Smarter and more Reliable with Sensors
Developments in mining chain technology have led to a massive increase in the transmittable forces, along with a corresponding rise in production performance, and have helped extend the length of the winning face. At the same time, the potential offered by the available materials has been largely exhausted. In the…
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Main Mine Fan “Made in Germany” for the Uvalnaya Russian Coking Coal Mine
There is a new coking coal mine, Uvalnaya, close to the Russian town of Novokuznezk. The Russian company JSC “UK Sibirskaja” operates this mine. The first coal was mined from the first developed working panel in August 2017. It is planned to start mining further seams successively in a two-year…
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Expanding Processing in Chile. A necessary challenge.
Extractive industry is vital for modern civilization, but operations are subject to a number of restrictions centering largely on their negative environmental impacts. This industry is therefore forced to adopt new technologies and processes in order to mitigate factors that drive up costs and threaten profitability. This article sets out…
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Learning from China!
The rise of China must be one of the most impressive transformations of our times. And yet many of us fail to comprehend this phenomenon or fully realise the implications of China’s ascendancy, whether in the form of political influence or the impact on world security and the global economy.…
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Coal 2017
In 2017 the German coal market suffered a serious collapse and consumption fell overall by more than 11 % to a figure of 50.3 mtce, its lowest level since 1990. By West German standards the decline was the worst since 1945. The slump was mainly due to displacement effects in the…
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Responsible Mining
Mining influences the natural and social environment to a great extent. More than other industries, the mining industry is aware of this impact, especially regarding their historical legacy. Responsible mining is characterized by this awareness and the dealing with the impact. The common definition of sustainable development reflects the combination…
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Mining Has Never Been More Important – So Let’s Mine with Principles
Germany played a leading role in planning for a low-carbon economy, introducing the Energiewende policy five years before the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Energiewende helped catalyse the renewable energy market and the growing electrification of economies around the world. Helping the world decarbonise is one important role that…
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