Fachartikel 02_2023
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Mining in Space – Excavation of Raw Materials on Other Celestial Bodies
The exploration of space has fascinated humankind for decades. Along with this, establishing a colony on other celestial bodies, such as the moon or Mars, has gained increasing interest. For building such a colony, the use of extraterrestrial raw materials is of great importance. In order to make these raw…
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LiquidEarth: At the Desk and yet on Site
LiquidEarth is a cloud-based software solution for geological exploration projects and mining that bridges the gap between field and office work. It saves geological data to the cloud, visualizes it, and enables all parties involved in a project to collaborate easily, quickly and remotely. They can view, interpret and adjust…
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The Introduction of Battery-Electric Mining Equipment – Opportunities and Risks
The requirements for the realization of greenfield projects have changed due to the aspiration of society, but also of potential investors, for sustainable raw material extraction. Through emission-free mining technology, the expectations of the industry can be met more and more. In the future, the success and support of greenfield…
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Exploration Concept and Implementation of a Salar with Lithium Brine in South America
Salars and salt lakes occur in South America and other arid areas of the World and contain large quantities of lithium brine. The concentration of brine varies across the salars. A good knowledge of the internal structure of the salars is needed to optimize the exploitation and pumping plan. This…
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Innovation Networks – A New Market Access to the Mining Sector in Peru
Peru is considered one of the ten richest countries in resources in the world and currently occupies an important place in the production ranking. The country is home to numerous mining companies that are increasingly focused on the innovation of technologies and processes, which has improved the competitiveness of the…
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Securing the Battery Mineral Supply Chain: A Tanzanian, US American, German Collaborative Model
As global powers work to secure mineral supply chains for high-capacity battery manufacturing, collaboration with Africa is more important than ever. Germany’s participation in the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), an alliance of twelve nations and the EU, signals that winning the race to secure battery minerals requires global collaboration. The…
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Diversification and Sustainability − Criteria for Success in Times of Tense Raw Materials Markets
Rare earths, cobalt, magnesium, lithium: Over 90 % of the metallic raw materials used in Germany were imported last year. A significant part of these imports originated from countries with difficult political situations or monopolies in the exploitation and processing of raw materials. These dependencies have gained even more geopolitical importance…
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