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The repository commission: a historic chance to solve an ongoing conflict
Issue 03_2015 Germany’s Commission on the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste, which was set up in compliance with the country’s Repository Site Selection Act, has been tasked with drawing up criteria for a site selection process and evaluating the act by mid-2016. Lessons can be learned from the failed Asse…
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SAFETY 7.0 – 7 Golden Rules to VISION ZERO
“Industry 4.0” – “Mining 4.0” – perhaps you have already heard of these terms? These keywords signify the next stage of industrial production. The internet and production technologies are growing closer together. Machines can communicate with one another, wherever they may happen to be located. The “Internet of Things” is…
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Drilling rescue boreholes in the Chinese coal industry
In spite of intensive efforts and significant progress in the area of occupational safety, the Chinese coal industry is still a relatively dangerous environment to work in. As well as introducing a large number of operational and organisational measures, the China National Coal Development Company took another step towards improving…
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ISSA Mining News Archive
Safe and healthy jobs in mining, worldwide: that is he aim of the International Section of the ISSA on Prevention in the Mining Industry, in short ISSA Mining. As a not-for-profit organization, ISSA Mining unites operators, sector associations, experts and regulators to improve occupational safety and health as well as…
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Mobile hitching device attaches to rockbolts as an anti-fall personal protection system
Rockbolts are widely used for strata support in the salt and potash mining industries. Large numbers of such bolts are installed in the roof to prevent slabs of salt from breaking away and crashing down. Many underground tasks have to be performed where there is a risk of falling. A…
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Magnetic protective caps for milling heads
Extremely sharp cutting heads are used when workpieces are machined in milling machines. There is a danger of lacerations and infections from cooling lubricants when the milling heads are installed/removed and during the measurement procedures. The trainee Felix Röwekämper had the right idea to make working safer. He developed a…
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The ENTRIA Project: Selected Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Research Topics
Issue 03/2015 ENTRIA (“Disposal Options for Radioactive Residues: Interdisciplinary Analyses and Development of Evaluation Principles”, www.entria.de) is a joint research project carried out by twelve departments and institutes from German universities and major research institutions and one partner from Switzerland. It is financed by the German Ministry of Education and…
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Current Issue 03_2015
Dr. Eckehard Büscher EnergieAgentur NRW Editorial North Rhine-Westphalia is mining country The withdrawal from coal mining and the phasing out of nuclear energy is a watershed for mining and energy production in North Rhine-Westphalia and in Germany as a whole – yet this double withdrawal does not spell the end…
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The german coal situation 2014
Issue 02/2015 The year 2014 was marked by a period of stagnation in the international coal market, the first in a number of years. In Germany there was a noticeable fall in coal consumption, mainly due to the decline in electricity production. Here the national energy transition is now making…
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Current Issue 02_2015
Andreas-Peter Sitte (Chief Editor Mining Report Glückauf) Editorial Each year the Clausthal University of Technology opens the conference season with the first in a series of internationally acclaimed events organised by Germany‘s mining universities. This year‘s programme started with the Drilling and Blasting Colloquium on 23 and 24 January. I…
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