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Glück Auf! 3/2018

ISSUE 03/2018 Green Energy Generating a new Impetus The property developers RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, Essen/Germany, are now planning a series of forward-looking change-of-use projects on some 9,020 ha of company-owned land and properties that were previously part of the RAG corporate portfolio. Proposals for potential new developments also involve schemes based on the use and generation of renewable energies, ...

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Raw materials day at the THGA

On 12th April 2018, the Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA) in Bochum/Germany hosted a raw materials day (Figure 1). Prof. Albert Daniels, who organised the event, called the day a huge success. The last few to sign up were still registering one day before the event, and in the end there were exactly 200 names on the list of participants. This ...

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Shell

On 1st May 2018, Gretchen Watkins, former CEO of Maersk Oil, made the move to Royal Dutch Shell. At the company’s base in The Hague/Netherlands, she will take over the duties of Greg Guidry, current Executive Vice President of Unconventionals, on 1st July 2018. At the end of this year, Watkins will succeed Bruce Culpepper, President and US Country Chair ...

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Glück Auf! 2/2018

ISSUE 02/2018 Intelligent Telescopic Boom for Underground Scaling The cooperation between the TML Technik GmbH, Monheim/Germany, and the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT)of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen/Germany, will create a synergy between the innovative construction and design of telescopic arms and the development of intelligent, mining-capable condition monitoring systems. As a result, an intelligent telescopic arm not yet ...

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Start of assembly of a RopeCon® connecting Booysendal South with the processing plant

Assembly has started for the first of the two RopeCon® installations for the transport of platinum ore at the Booysendal concession. The South African mining company Booysendal Platinum (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of Northam Platinum Ltd., accesses the platinum ore deposit Booysendal South there. To transport the mined ore to an existing processing plant, Doppelmayr Transport Technology GmbH, headquartered in Wolfurt/Austria ...

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Glück Auf! 1/2018

ISSUE 01/2018 Responsible Mining Mining influences the natural and social environment to a great extent. More than other industries, the mining industry is aware of this impact, especially regarding their historical legacy. Responsible mining is characterized by this awareness and the dealing with the impact. The common definition of sustainable development reflects the combination of that awareness and the handling ...

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Glück Auf! 06/2017

ISSUE 06/2017 Coal to Chemistry. On the Material Utilisation of Lignite There are many who believe that Germany’s lignite industry has no future. After all, the country has committed itself to the energy transition and it is a fact that Germany’s ongoing turnaround in its energy policy will gradually drive lignite out of the energy mix. For the mining companies ...

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