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Head Frame of the Research and Training Mine Reiche Zeche − Spectacular Renovation of a Landmark
The ELMAR research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK), aims to integrate and demonstrate electric and autonomous transport vehicles in raw material extraction operations. This will be done with special consideration of maintaining process reliability and ensuring electrical supply security, as well as…
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ELMAR: Research on Electric-Autonomous Transportation and the Implications for Mine Design and Energy Management
The ELMAR research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK), aims to integrate and demonstrate electric and autonomous transport vehicles in raw material extraction operations. This will be done with special consideration of maintaining process reliability and ensuring electrical supply security, as well as…
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Weir Motion Metrics Unveils Cutting-Edge Product Catalogue Empowering Mines with Advanced Technologies
Weir Motion Metrics, a Canadian technology company that uses its expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to improve mine safety and energy efficiency, presents its comprehensive product catalogue, delivering state-of-the-art, AI-enabled, 3D vision technologies to revolutionize the mining industry. With a focus on machine vision, AI and cloud…
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High-Voltage Power Cable Project – the SuedLink Line Goes Underground at the Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke Salt Mine near Heilbronn
The final 16 km of the 700 km long SuedLink high-voltage direct current transmission cable will pass through − or more precisely beneath − the conurbation of Heilbronn and in doing so will follow a route through the existing rock salt mine operated by the salt mining company Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke…
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Innovative Closure Concepts around the Water-Energy-Nexus in Mining – a Case Study from South Africa
Since the earliest days of extracting and processing minerals, access to both, water and energy, has been indispensable. Using historic and contemporary examples at various scales the paper explores the interdependencies between both resources in the context of mining. For the semi-arid mining nation South Africa water and energy security…
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Chile, Salt Lakes and Lithium: Current Production Status
The Chilean Ministry of Mines and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) expanded the raw materials coorperation that had existed since 2013 into a partnership for mining, raw materials and the circular economy. Among other things, this gives special place to cooperation on critical minerals…
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Smart Safety: More Data Means More Safety
Digital gas monitoring with IoT platforms or automated device management via cloud software are potential milestones on the way to digitizing safety processes and generating new knowledge. Today, networked hardware systems and data platforms already offer more transparency about the condition of industrial plants and workplaces. These and other Smart…
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Abandoned Mine Workings in Western USA – Legal, Organisational and Technical Challenges
There is an old saying that “mining is not a one-man operation”. This is borne out by the ongoing dialogue that is needed across the disciplines to manage the environmental issues associated with the mining life cycle at a local and wider level. Given the global nature of the mining…
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A Turning Point in Resource Dependencies? Europe’s Access to Critical Raw Materials Must Be Kept Open
Dhe availability of strategic and critical raw materials is at risk. At the height of the 2020s, the European Union (EU) continues to remain dependent on imports from overseas, including many countries with a high geographical risk. In addition, the vast majority of non-metallic and metallic minerals are received from…
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The Tellerhäuser Project: Development of a Polymetallic Deposit in Saxony
One of the largest tin resources in the world, a rich mining tradition and good data availability going back centuries – all would seem to portend well for the Tellerhäuser project that Saxore Bergbau has launched in eastern Germany. The operation, which is based in the mining town of Freiberg,…
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