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The “Vertical Approach” – a Sustainable Solution for Deep-Sea Mining and Sampling
The discovery of Seafloor Massive Sulfides (SMS) occurred in the Galapagos Rift area in 1977. A few years later, the former German mining company PREUSSAG AG started with the exploration of these newly discovered mineral resources followed by a first harvesting campaign of 30 t of massive sulfides collected with…
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Exploration of Shaft Asse 5 and the Recovery Mine – Further Exploration of Salt Dome Asse Eastern of the Existing Mine
According to a comparison of options regarding mine closure of Asse II mine, issued during 2009/10 by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection as the former operator, the best option is to retrieve the radioactive waste stored underground between 1967 and 1978 firstly before mine closure. This additionally would achieve…
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Geothermal Energy in Mongolia
Mongolia is a country rich in resources that faces many challenges in order to meet the requirements that were set in the Paris Agreement. The supply of electricity and heat for the cities, which are growing due to rural depopulation, specifically the capital Ulaanbaatar, is largely based on coal combustion…
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Post-Mining Research on Reactivation and Transition
The Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany has significantly expanded the range of its research programme since 2019/2020. Its scope has now been broadened by the new research division “Reactivation and Transition”. Research in this division focuses on land development and regional…
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Assessment of Remedial Options for Sustainable Operation of the Mirny Mine
The Mirny Mine is located in the northern Russia, where arctic conditions are present year-round. It is a large, open-pit and underground diamond mine with an open-pit depth of approximately 500 m below ground surface and a current depth of the underground mine workings of approximately 900 m below ground…
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Directory of Mine Rescue Works Updated by the German Committee for Mine Rescue Services
Since summer 2019, an ad hoc group of the German Committee for Mine Rescue (Deutscher Ausschuss für Grubenrettungswesen – DA GRW) has been discussing several unanswered questions regarding the equipment of the mine rescue brigades currently active in Germany. The following questions were to be answered: Are there any supply…
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Optimization and Enhancement of Mine Rescue Services in Saxony
In recent years and decades, structural change has taken place in all German mining regions. In general, it can be said that the old-established, large-scale coal and ore mines have been closed down or have moved from an active extraction phase to rehabilitation mining, combined with a corresponding reduction in…
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Occupational Safety and Health and its Consideration in Higher Education
afety is the highest goal in a mining operation due to its responsibility towards the involved persons as employees but also in terms of the society. Furthermore, economical risks are closely related to unsafe working standards enhancing the severity of incidents. The mentality for safe and aware behavior needs to…
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Possible Effects of Dusts and Harmful Gases on Fans
Fans provide artificial air movement in mines. They are assigned to different applications. Whilst the main fans provide the total fresh air requirement for the mine workings, auxiliary fans provide pressure increases or relief and support the total ventilation system. Special fans form part of the primary haulage framework to…
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Hard Coal 2020
The Coal Importers Association (VDKi), Berlin/Germany, will be celebrating 125 years of association history in 2021. The year 2021 also marks the first year of implementation of the measures that will put an end to coal-fired power generation. Despite the difficulties caused by the current coronavirus pandemic, the energy industry…
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