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Mines interfere with the environment. However, active mining in Germany in its various forms causes only small overall environmental pressures, based on data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, due to its limited land use, waste production, water extraction as well as particulate matter and greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, federal politics should acquire and present to the public strategies, ...

Conventional shaft sinking with drilling and blasting has been the predominantly used method for more than 100 years. The method is very flexible for all kinds of geological conditions and always applicable. Since most shafts were sunk for hard coal, the equipment used for drilling or for loading the debris away was compressed air-powered because of the firedamp protection. For ...

The ELMAR research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK), aims to integrate and demonstrate electric and autonomous transport vehicles in raw material extraction operations. This will be done with special consideration of maintaining process reliability and ensuring electrical supply security, as well as their coupling to renewable energy sources within the framework of ...

The ELMAR research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK), aims to integrate and demonstrate electric and autonomous transport vehicles in raw material extraction operations. This will be done with special consideration of maintaining process reliability and ensuring electrical supply security, as well as their coupling to renewable energy sources within the framework of ...

Weir Motion Metrics, a Canadian technology company that uses its expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to improve mine safety and energy efficiency, presents its comprehensive product catalogue, delivering state-of-the-art, AI-enabled, 3D vision technologies to revolutionize the mining industry. With a focus on machine vision, AI and cloud computing, Weir Motion Metrics offers rugged solutions engineered to withstand ...

The final 16 km of the 700 km long SuedLink high-voltage direct current transmission cable will pass through − or more precisely beneath − the conurbation of Heilbronn and in doing so will follow a route through the existing rock salt mine operated by the salt mining company Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG (SWS), Heilbronn/Germany. This energy scheme, which is being implemented ...

Since the earliest days of extracting and processing minerals, access to both, water and energy, has been indispensable. Using historic and contemporary examples at various scales the paper explores the interdependencies between both resources in the context of mining. For the semi-arid mining nation South Africa water and energy security are currently posing significant challenges as the recent AMD crisis ...

The Chilean Ministry of Mines and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) expanded the raw materials coorperation that had existed since 2013 into a partnership for mining, raw materials and the circular economy. Among other things, this gives special place to cooperation on critical minerals and environmental aspects for mining in the 21st century. Among ...

Digital gas monitoring with IoT platforms or automated device management via cloud software are potential milestones on the way to digitizing safety processes and generating new knowledge. Today, networked hardware systems and data platforms already offer more transparency about the condition of industrial plants and workplaces. These and other Smart Safety solutions can ensure safe, transparent and efficient operations in ...

There is an old saying that “mining is not a one-man operation”. This is borne out by the ongoing dialogue that is needed across the disciplines to manage the environmental issues associated with the mining life cycle at a local and wider level. Given the global nature of the mining industry we now need to develop a productive outcome by ...