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Essential Services, Public Services and Mining
The article examines the global landscape of potash and polyhalite mining projects and highlights key trends in vertical shaft development over the past two decades. It examines the advantages of rapid shaft sinking, including faster project delivery, reduced capital expenditure and improved investment payback periods. Furthermore, we delve into innovative…
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Risk Mamagement of Old Mining: Developments in 2023 – from Automation to Water-Bearing Tunnels
Since 2011, the NRW mining authority, Dortmund/Germany, has been running a risk management programme for old mining with a focus on surface entrances. Over the past 13 years, 4,542 documented surface entrances located in the area of responsibility of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have been included in the risk…
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Accelerating Return of Investment: Changing Potash and Polyhalite Mine Development by Rapid Shaft Sinking Technologies
The article examines the global landscape of potash and polyhalite mining projects and highlights key trends in vertical shaft development over the past two decades. It examines the advantages of rapid shaft sinking, including faster project delivery, reduced capital expenditure and improved investment payback periods. Furthermore, we delve into innovative…
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BIM Implementation in Shaft Sinking Projects: Case Example Suedlink Shafts Project
Shaft sinking has a long tradition in Germany. There are hundreds of examples of successful planning and execution both in Germany and abroad. Shafts built for different applications and under a variety of conditions differ technically from one another. Not only the dimensions and the design, but also and especially…
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Challenges Vertical String Konrad 2 Shaft
The Konrad mine is the first final repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in Germany approved under nuclear law. The approval process started in 1982 and the approval finally became legally binding in 2007. Due to the requirements of the approval situation and the requirement to build according to…
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Industrial Prospects of Marble Quarry Waste: an Analysis of Calcium-Carbonate Applications (Shayan Quarry, Fars Province (Iran))
The Shayan marble quarry in the Fars province (Iran) produces high-quality dimension stones, i. e. calcite marble blocks, but faces a significant challenge as about 90 % of its extracted material is discarded as waste because of intense tectonic-induced fracturing. Geochemically composed of almost pure calcium-carbonate with only traces of unwanted impurities…
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Developments and Challenges in the Field of Digital Maintenance
The ongoing digitalization and automation of maintenance strategies has established itself as a central factor for optimizing operational processes in recent years. Particularly in technically demanding industries such as mining, efficient maintenance is essential to minimize unplanned downtime, high maintenance costs and safety risks (1). Author/Autorin: Christel FĂĽllenbach M. Sc., Epiroc Deutschland…
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Kinematics Test with a Cutter Wheel Quick-Change System
In addition to the utilisation of terrestrial deposits, maritime ore deposits can also be explored to secure the supply of raw materials, especially copper. Massive sulphide deposits in the deep sea can make a significant contribution (1), if there is a way to extract these ores economically and safely. The…
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Mining 4.0, AI and Law
Artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more and more important in smart mining – like in the European Union. According to its Competition Compass of January 2025, one of the Commission’s priorities is to promote investment in future technologies such as AI. What legal framework is already in place, including for digitalization?…
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Mining Machinery Markets on the Move: Example China
European and German industry and all commerce will never be self-sufficient in the supply of critical raw materials. We are and will remain dependent on imports from third countries. The EU is now more aware of the importance of international trade and the risks associated with its dependence on a…
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