Post Mining
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Mine Water Management of Hard Coal Mining for Eternity – Development, Current Situation and Outlook for the Implementation of the Mine Water Concept and for the Integral Monitoring of Mine Water Rise
Based on the articles in the 2020 to 2022 annual reports of the Mining and Energy Department in NRW of the Arnsberg District Government, Dortmund/Germany, this article describes the further progress of the work to implement the mine water concept of RAG Aktiengesellschaft (RAG), Essen/Germany, with regard to the operating…
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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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Renewable Energies Instead of Domestic Coal: an Interim Assessment
The planned coal phase-out and the energy transition with their climate policy targets in Germany are linked to the expectation that domestic coal and thus coal mining will be completely replaced by renewable energies. To a considerable extent, this has already happened in this country. However, the consequences for the…
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Solution Concepts for Mining and Geomechanical Challenges Involved in Safe Long-Term Closure of the Saale Shaft in the Teutschenthal Mine
The former Teutschenthal potash mine, with mine sections Teutschenthal, Angersdorf and Salzmünde, is currently operated as a backfilling mine by GTS Grube Teutschenthal Sicherungs GmbH & Co. KG (GTS). In accordance with the Ordinance on Underground Waste Stowage (VersatzV, 2002), the four shafts connected to the mine, as elements traversing…
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Bochum-Based Company ECOSOIL Is Securing the Double Shaft at the Former Vondern Hard Coal Mine – with an Experienced Team and the “Installation of a Cohesive Filling Column Section” Securing Variant
ECOSOIL Nord-West GmbH, Bochum/Germany, is carrying out a shaft renovation using a cohesive partial filling column, including dismantling and refilling of the “Vondern 1 and 2” double shaft system together with a ventilation duct on behalf of the steel division of thyssenkrupp. The plant belongs to the former Vondern mine…
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Science Communication in the Mining Sector: Insights from the “Forum Mining and Water” Foundation
This study describes the options of science communication based on experiences of the German foundation “Forum Mining and Water”. After the cessation of German hard coal mining, the foundation aims to address the topic of mine water and mine flooding. Since its establishment in 2017, various communication formats have been…
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Hazard Analysis for Non-Metallic Mining Operations Under Mining Law – Responses to the July 2021 Flood Event
In July 2021, heavy rain caused the river Erft to flood, leading to flooding of the village of Blessem and the Blessem open-cast mine and its tailings ponds, which are located north of Blessem. As a result, an uncontrolled erosion area formed in the area, in particular due to retrogressive…
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Public Perception and Community Participation in the Coal Transition in the Ruhr Region – Interim Results of the EU Research Project WINTER
The EU research project WINTER is developing a web-based interactive management tool for the structural change of coal regions. The basis is formed by three pilot regions in the EU in or on the way to post-mining, including the Ruhr area. Part of the analyses required and carried out in…
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The UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein: Monument and Future Hub
Since its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001, the former Zollverein coal mine and coking plant has evolved into an outstanding example of successful structural transformation. This transformation is based on the principle of “preservation through reuse”. Therefore, the Zollverein Foundation in Essen/Germany tasked with this project,…
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Restoration of Mine-Water Drainage through the Royal Bavarian Maximilian Heritage Gallery at Stockheim
Hard coal mining around Stockheim and Reitsch, which are townships in the Kronach district of Upper Franconia in Bavaria/Germany, commenced in 1756 and finally ceased in 1968 as the operation had become uneconomical and the deposits were running towards depletion. When the workings were closed insufficient attention, by the standards…
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