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ISSUE 05/2025 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Digitalisation and AI in Mining Advanced First Aid: Mine Rescue Services Under mining law, mining companies maintain mine rescue services to ensure medical care and transport for injured persons in emergencies. However, changes in German mining mean that optimal medical first aid is not always possible. A new course concept is now intended to ensure ...

Wolfgang Reichel (Figure 1), a graduate economist born on 15th March 1943, joined the former General Association of German Hard Coal GVSt (later the German Hard Coal Association, now the industry association Branchenverband Steinkohle und Nachbergbau e. V. – BSN) on 1st February 1970 as a research assistant in the public relations/information department. After further positions in the areas of business ...

ISSUE 04/2025 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Post-Mining Nachbergbauzeit NRW 2025. Digitalization Meets Tradition Long gone are the times of mining officials being trained at the Bochum Mining School. As a result of the continuous post-mining transformation, the traditional buildings are now home of the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, which prepares young engineers for today’s challenges and tackles the numerous ...

Good news for greater educational equality in the Ruhr area: the RAG-Stiftung, Essen/Germany, the project sponsor Accenture and KfW are jointly enabling the establishment of a new TUMO learning centre. TUMO is an innovative, free educational concept for young people between the ages of twelve and 18 that was developed in Armenia and introduced in Germany on the initiative of ...

ISSUE 03/2025 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Financing Mining Projects VISION ZERO Sustainable Mining 2025 Conference: Responsible Leadership – Sustainable Partnership: Shaping the Future of Mining The 2025 VISION ZERO Conference will be held at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany, from 13th to 15th October 2025. This event is organized by the ISSA International Section on Prevention in Mining ...

ISSUE 02/2025 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: New Trends in Shaft Sinking Technology 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 ...