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ISSUE 05/2024 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Women in Mining 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. ...

ISSUE 04/2024 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Post-Mining Risk and Safety Management for Surveying Work in Underground Cavities that Are Difficult to Access On 28th and 29th August 2023, scientists from the Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA), Bochum/Germany, carried out a special task. The Paasbach piping, a tunnel structure under and in the area ...

The questionaire is being conducted by the Institute of Mining at the Clausthal University of Technology. The survey is generally divided into three sections. At the beginning, simple questions are asked to obtain brief information about the interviewee. This is followed by open questions on the topics of challenges and motivation as well as closed questions to tick. Finally, there ...

ISSUE 03/2024 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Trends in Mining Setting Requirements and Being a Resource as a Manager Itis a challenge for managers to ensure the performance of the team and at the same time promote the health and long-term performance of employees. Managers can fulfil this leadership task by prioritising tasks and designing working conditions. If managers endeavour to ...

ISSUE 02/2024 // FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: Sustainability in Mining Change-Management in the Mining-Life-Cycle Needs Trust! Trust is a valuable asset that must be built and maintained in scientific and technical projects. Especially in projects of the mining life cycle, which are due to the change of the social perception towards a circular value chain, trust is under special observation and has ...