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Categories of Gas Outbursts in Hard Coal Mining from a Practical Point of View
The term “gas outburst” is in use worldwide for a variety of types of sudden emission of big volumes of mine gas, at which a differentiation concerning the causes of their occurrence is not carried out in many cases. As a consequence, it is often not possible to analyse the…
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Physically Preventing Dust Emissions at Conveyor Belts and Belt Transfers
Many solutions have already been developed to prevent dust emissions at special sections of conveyor belt systems and at transfer points. All measures taken for this purpose serve to protect the people working in the surrounding area, to keep the production environment clean and often to provide explosion protection. However,…
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Enhanced Safety and Efficiency through Active Light
The demand for raw materials is increasing worldwide. The reasons are a growing world population and the resulting increase in energy requirements. Mineral or metallic raw materials are needed for an increasing number of electronic devices such as mobile phones, headphones and batteries. The global energy transition also will not…
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ISSA News
At the heart of the cooperation agreements between the Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry (BG RCI), Heidelberg/Germany, and its member companies is the public commitment to the VISION ZERO preventive strategy with the aim of establishing greater health and safety in their operations. The…
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To the Acceptance of Mining
In our society there is a lack of acceptance for domestic mining. From the former glorification of technical skills, today an environmental hype has developed which condemns any intervention in nature, regardless of whether it is necessary or not. Measures for mining, for the environment and for the preservation or…
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The Importance of “Social Licence to Operate” for the Mining Life Cycle
At the Annual Conference of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) in February 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona/USA, the debate on the term “Social Licence to Operate” was a focus. The title of the keynote session of the annual conference was: “The Executive’s Role in Tailings Management: Preserving our…
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Approval Procedures Under Mining Law – Legal Framework and Practical Challenges
Projects for the extraction of raw materials are often at the focus of public attention. This does not (any longer) concern solely the large opencast lignite mines, but is more and more true as well of other opencast mines such as larger and smaller wet gravel pits or quarries and…
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Aspects of Nature and Species Conservation to Enhance Public Acceptability of Approval Procedures for Opencast Mines
Nature and species conservation play an increasingly important role in approval procedures for mining developments and their acceptance by the public. This has led to an increasing amount of technical statements in approval procedures led by the -mining authorities. In contrast to other development projects, mining creates a succession of…
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Problems and Prospects of Using Ash and Slag Waste in Russia, Taking into Account European Experience
Taking into account the energy balance trends, there is an urgent need for ecologization of coal-fired generation. The paper discusses the development of legal frame base in the field of ash and slag waste management. The main provisions of the program “Energy Efficiency and Development of Energy”, contemporary challenges and…
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Risk Management Plan for Abandoned Mining Infrastructure
As part of its Risk Management Plan for Abandoned Mining Infrastructure Arnsberg District Government, through its Department for Mining and Energy in North Rhine-Westphalia (Mining Authority of NRW), Dortmund/Germany, is responsible for conducting searches and surveys of disused mine shafts, with support and repair work then being carried out where…
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