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ISSUE 05/2021 Mining Area Agreement (BBFV) RUHR – Study Regarding the Effectiveness of a New Form of Cooperation The mining industry of the past has left long-lasting tracks in the territorial structure of the Ruhr area. Dealing responsibly with the area’s mining heritage in terms of sustainable regional developments is a major challenge. In 2014, the 17 pertinent municipalities and ...

ScrapeTec Trading GmbH in Kamp-Lintfort/Germany delivers now to the big players, to the very large mines in Chile. AirScrape, the new contact free seal skirting is listed by CODELCO and was ordered directly from the Chuquicamata mine. CODELCO Chuquicamata is one of the most important copper producers in the world. The performance of the new conveyor skirting “AirScrape” convinced CODELCO ...

ISSUE 04/2021 Ongoing Post-Mining Deficiencies in Raw-Materials Policy and the Repurposing of Mining Infrastructure The Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany has significantly expanded the range of its research programme since 2019/2020. Its scope has now been broadened by the new research division “Reactivation and Transition”. Research in this division focuses on ...

ISSUE 03/2021 Using Remote Sensing Data for Various Operational Tasks at the NRW Mining Authority The NRW Mining Authority in Dortmund has been employing remote sensing data as part of its operating remit for quite a number of years. Orthophotographs and laser scanning data have been used by the NRW Geobasis services for basic survey purposes since the start of ...

ISSUE 02/2021 Post-Mining Research on Reactivation and Transition The Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the TH Georg Agricola University (THGA) in Bochum/Germany has significantly expanded the range of its research programme since 2019/2020. Its scope has now been broadened by the new research division “Reactivation and Transition”. Research in this division focuses on land development and regional policy, socio-economic ...

ISSUE 01/2021 Employment Stimulus for Post-Coal Mining Regions The decision to phase out coal in Germany – and not only there –with the corresponding loss of added value and jobs in coal production and use raises the question of how sufficient new employment stimuli can be created for the regions of the coal industry in the post-coal-mining era. The federal ...