Fachartikel 2024
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Certificate for a Better Future – CERA 4in1 Is the First Holistic Certification System for Sustainability in the Raw Materials Sector
The raw materials sector has recently attracted a lot of attention. Geopolitical conflicts and other crises make supply chains more volatile, raising awareness amongst the wider public of how essential the raw material sector is. This is particularly true for mineral raw materials, as they are essential for the energy…
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Sustainability – Climate Change, Raw Materials, Future
Sustainability requires concrete help from everyone to utilise existing resources in such a way that they are also available for future generations and the world remains liveable. There are differences in the way different age groups understand and implement the concept of sustainability. One study shows that Generation Z –…
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Why Is Coal Still Being Phased Out?
The phase-out of coal-fired power generation decided and pursued in Germany on the grounds of climate policy is proving to be increasingly questionable in terms of energy policy. It makes neither an internationally proportionate contribution to CO2 reduction nor an economically convincing contribution to climate-friendly electricity generation at national level.…
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The Opportunities Offered by Sustainability
Sustainability in the raw materials sector is no longer defined purely in ecological terms – securing the raw materials base has become an integral part of the concept of sustainability. This opens up opportunities for German companies, particularly in the area of raw material recovery and the development of processing…
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Anglo American’s Path to Sustainable Innovation
The mining methods and equipment we deploy today are unlikely to be acceptable in the future. Stakeholders are rightly demanding that we must do better in the way we mine, while delivering safe, repeatable and consistent operational performance. As we strive to meet society’s demand for metals and minerals in…
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Transformation Process in Mining Using the Example of Herzogenrath
The town of Herzogenrath/Germany, north of Aachen, has a long mining history that stretches from the 12th century to the 1970s. Since then, the town, which is close to the Dutch border and the town of Kerkrade, has undergone an interesting structural change. Modern technology centres are now located where…
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Applications of Geophysical Measuring Methods for the Exploration and Securing of Old Mine Workings Near the Surface Using the Example of the Former Lignite Mine Robertshall
During the expansion of the Ehestorfer Heuweg road in the village of Ehestorf, district of Rosengarten/Germany, a daybreak occurred on 11th September 2019, which had a diameter of approximately 0.5 m and a depth of approximately 5 m. Research in the archives of the State Office for Mining, Energy and…
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WG Heave Phenomena – Insights, Knowledge Transfer, Research Topics, Results
Even before the Act on the Financing of the Phase Out of Subsidised Hard Coal Mining came into force at the end of 2018, the effects of mine flooding on mining damage were increasingly becoming the focus of public attention. In order to pool knowledge on the possible effects of…
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Going Underground: The Großsteinberg Mine in Saxony
This pilot project is based on an initiative being developed by Basalt-Actien-Gesellschaft (Basalt AG) in Linz am Rhein/Germany: While domestic raw materials extraction has for many decades been a cornerstone of the economy and a key factor in the delivery of essential services, rock quarrying today is increasingly caught between…
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Sensor Data Fusion for Navigation Systems for the Extraction of Raw Materials in the Deep Sea
Copper ores are found in massive sulphide deposits in the rift zones of the oceans. For the exploration and mining of these hydrothermally formed and very small-scale heterogeneously structured deposits, exact position data of the mining equipment used and also of the individual mining tools are required. At depths of…
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