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Mine Emergency Response and Rescue Training Courses in Modern Academic Mining Engineering Programs
The worldwide mining industry is currently facing a significant restructuring process. In most underground mines, widespread mechanization of the mining processes increases production while reducing staff numbers. At the same time, the mining depths as well as the lateral spread of the mine workings are increasing. This ever changing mining…
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Collegiate Mine Rescue: Universal Benefits
Collegiate mine rescue teams have been established in the United States, Australia and various other countries. The valuable skills gained while learning and training mine rescue at a collegiate level are universal. In 2016, there were nine collegiate mine rescue teams in the United States, with additional collegiate mine rescue…
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VIZE Europe: Meet international OSH experts in Germany
Aworking world with no severe accidents und diseases: How can the ambitious aims of the VISION ZERO prevention strategy be met? Find answers at the international “First VISION ZERO Europe Conference“ (VIZE Europe), an event a European network of OSH experts is inviting to. Next to innovative concepts for on-site…
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The NRW Mines Inspectorate Approach to the Hazards Posed by Abandoned Mines
North Rhine-Westphalia can look back at a long tradition of mining and there is even verifiable evidence of mining activities dating back to the 13th century. The economic development of some regions – including the Ruhr, Siegerland, Aachen and the Oberbergish Land – is closely associated with the mining industry.…
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Elements and Aspects of the Post-Mining Era
The subsidised German coal industry will cease to exist on 31.12.2018. The post-mining era will then set in, not just in the coalfields of North Rhine-Westphalia and Saarland, but in many other German mining regions too, where it has already been a reality for some time. The elements and aspects…
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Mine Surveying and Post-Mining Activities of RAG Aktiengesellschaft
RAGAktiengesellschaft, Herne/Germany, owns the last two coal mines in Germany: the mine Prosper-Haniel in Bottrop and the Mine in Ibbenbüren. At the end of 2018 the production of hard coal will be finished. But even then the RAG Aktiengesellschaft remains responsible for the consequences caused by the coal industry. The…
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Residual Lakes in the Rhineland Lignite Area
The lignite mining area of the Rhineland/Germany is bounded by the three cities of Dusseldorf, Cologne and Aachen. Lignite has been mined in this locality since the 18th century and the three opencast mines currently in operation, namely Inden, Hambach and Garzweiler, produce between 90 and 100 mt of fuel…
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Investigation, Securing and Remediation of the Former Coal Mine Vihovići in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina
The City of Mostar is located in the South of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the West and in the North of the city, lignite was exploited in underground mining in the suburban municipalities Ilići, Cim, Vihovići and Raštani since the mid of the 19th century. In Vihovići, lignite was also…
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The Project “Sustainable Site Development of the Mining Region Erdenet, Mongolia”
The project “Sustainable site development of the mining region Erdenet, Mongolia” was commenced in spring, 2014 by the partners and project sponsors the government of the province of Orkhon and mayor of the city of Erdenet, the management of the Erdenet Mining Corporation (EMC) and the management of the Berlin-based…
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The German Lignite Industry in 2015
Germany’s domestic lignite output decreased by 0.1 % from 178.2 mt to 178.1 mt between 2014 and 2015. 2015’s extracted lignite had a net calorific value of 54.9 mtce. 159.3 mt, or almost 90 %, of that output were used in utility power plants supplying the general public. This translates into an increase of…
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