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New National Raw Materials Strategy: No Sustainability without Inclusion of Post-Mining
The goal of the German government’s new national raw materials strategy is to confront current and foreseeable future challenges in securing raw materials for the German economy and in particular for the German industry from 2020 onwards. Issues of sustainability will be given greater priority than in the first raw…
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Hard Coal 2019
The year 2019, just as the previous years 2017 and 2018, was a very poor one for hard coal in Germany. Electric power generation using hard coal was down by 31 % in 2019. Over the three years 2017, 2018 and 2019, cumulative power generation from hard coal fell by 49 %…
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Colombia – The Land of Coffee and so much more
Back in 2007, I was invited by the Colombian Government to speak at a safety conference that was being hosted in Medellin. I knew only two things about Medellin … it was famous for its coffee and also for violent crime. With a little apprehension, I agreed to participate at…
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A 4.0D Leadership Model for Mining and Related Industries in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution
The mining industry of the 21st century needs a new kind of leader as certain leadership styles currently employed in South Africa are not sustainable. This paper explores the historical leadership styles that are now outdated (with specific reference to the South African mining industry, but in many ways also…
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Assessment and Prevention of Rockbursts Hazard in Polish Hard Coal Mines
Mining exploitation can, under certain conditions, cause the occurrence of tremors and rock bursts in rock excavations. In most of active hard coal mines in the region of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, seams that are classified as threat by rockbursts are exploited. Despite the restructuring changes in the Polish…
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New Mines in an old Mining District – Opportunities and Challenges of the 4th Mining Boom in the Ore Mountains Region
With the end of 2018 and the closure of the last two collieries, industrial hard coal mining in Germany came to an end. Unknown to most, at the same time metal ore mining in the Eastern part of Germany is booming again, with a large number of metal mining projects…
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Sinking of two Shafts on a Potash Deposit in Belarus with the most recent Shaft Boring Roadheaders: ÂConceptual Design and First Practical Experiences
The Republic of Belarus has a history of some 60 years of intensive mining for potash, which has always been exclusively executed by the government-owned company Belaruskali. Six working mines exist up to now. However, in 2016, the private-owned company Slavkaliy commenced the construction of a new mine, named Nezhinskiy…
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Mine Tailings Management: Integrated Solutions for Re-Handling and Re-Processing
Tailings deposits are found everywhere in the world that has ongoing or legacy mining activity. These man-made deposits present both a challenge and can represent an interesting economic value source, if the still interesting constituents of such tailings resources can be economically and effectively recovered. The value of such deposits…
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The German Overseas Mining Sector and its Future Prospects
Major German companies with true mining expertise are regrettably a rare commodity these days and Germany’s overseas mining sector is now mainly in the hands of mid-sized enterprises. It is also worrying to see the monopoly position that China now occupies in the global raw materials market, both on the…
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Africa: A Continent of Opportunity for Raw Materials Recovery
Africa is a continent with enormous potential and the second fastest growing economic region after Southeast Asia. Mining is now carried out in over 100 countries around the world. Over 50 of these can be described as “mining countries”. These are countries in which mining products account for over 6 %…
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