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Responsible Mining

Mining influences the natural and social environment to a great extent. More than other industries, the mining industry is aware of this impact, especially regarding their historical legacy. Responsible mining is characterized by this awareness and the dealing with the impact. The common definition of sustainable development reflects the combination of that awareness and the handling of development in present ...

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Mining Has Never Been More Important – So Let’s Mine with Principles

Germany played a leading role in planning for a low-carbon economy, introducing the Energiewende policy five years before the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Energiewende helped catalyse the renewable energy market and the growing electrification of economies around the world. Helping the world decarbonise is one important role that mining will play in the coming decades. The other driver ...

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Certification of Responsible Mining Practices and Mineral Supply Chains

Fhe term “seal jungle” shapes the debate on sustainability initiatives and their standards in various sectors of the economy, such as agriculture or the textile industry. But what about standard initiatives for mineral raw materials? A German research consortium from 2015 to 2017 has dedicated itself to this topic, including the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hanover. ...

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The Hard Coal Mining at Ibbenbürener Mining District in 2018

For almost 500 years, hard coal has been extracted from the Ibbenbüren deposit. Started as near-surface mining in the outcrop deposit in many, partly private, small creeks, modern anthracite coal mining is currently taking place in a depth of up to 1,550 m. The technical and economic challenges with the increasing depth and the economic conditions cannot be compared to ...

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High Yield Potassium Extraction Reducing Impact on Nature (HYPERION) – a Vision into the Future of Global Potassium Extraction and Processing

The global importance of the potassium extraction and processing industry has been significant for over a century and will continue to be in future. Potassium is a vital resource for intensive agricultural land use and as such essential to improve food stock independence and localised food production. For the European Union (EU), the survival of the industry is crucial to ...

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Environmental and Community Impacts of Mining

Local impacts of mining are various and can affect the environment, economics, politics and cultural concerns. All together influence the well-being and every-day life of the local people. Among negative impacts of mining, there are also positives, such as economic growth and wealth brought to the region. This article discusses both, positive and negative effects of mining businesses. The information ...

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Australia, Leading the Practice in Sustainable Mining

Which, at first impression, the notion of sustainable mining seems to be a paradox due to a limited endowment of minerals, Australia’s mining sector, shines bright to illuminate how mining contributes to sustainable futures. When we think of something possessing sustainable characteristics, we think of something that will continue forever. Mining as a practice or activity on any given deposit ...

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Mining-Induced Generation of Submicron Particles and their Application in Rockburst Hazard Assessment

Researches aimed at gaining an insight into the processes of deformation and failure of materials on a submicron scale that have become of increasingly higher priority in recent years. Destruction of rocks is the integral part of mineral mining processes and directly connected with the generation of submicron size particles at any stage of production. Generation of submicron particles during ...

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IMRB Poccия 2017: I Have a Dream

The International Mines Rescue Body (IMRB) is a “Not for Profit” organisation which was conceptualized in 1998 for freely sharing information relating to safety improvement of the mines rescue profession on a global basis. Twentyfour nations and four associations are members and key contributors to the body who biennially host the IMRB conference and support the International Mines Rescue Competition ...

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From Mining to all Sectors: VISION ZERO and the Seven Golden Rules. Worldwide!

The XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work in Singapore 2017 proved to be a true milestone for VISION ZERO and the Seven Golden Rules, highlighted in literally every keynote. Singapore demonstrated impressively that the country was the ideal host, showing a true commitment by experts and the industry alike. Businesses in Singapore proved how serious health and ...

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