Prof. Oliver Langefeld has been elected as the new president of the worldwide academic institution “Society of Mining Professors/Societät der Bergbaukunde” in Windhoek/Namibia (Figure 1). A larger delegation from the Institute of Mining at TU Clausthal University, Clausthal-Zellerfeld/Germany, spent a week in Namibia’s capital Windhoek in September at the 32nd annual meeting of the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP). In ...
Read More »The first use of explosives in mining in the Oberharz region in 1632 combined with the rapid spreading of this new mining and driving technique in the mines around the towns Zellerfeld and Clausthal can be seen as one of the most significant milestones in mining development. The constant technical advancement, beginning with the use of explosives and the invention ...
Read More »Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Friedrich Ludwig Wilke, Vice Chancellor of Clausthal Technical University (TUC) from 1976 to 1978, has contributed to the international exchange of knowledge in the field of mining for decades. Three years ago, the Society of Mining Professors founded the „Ludwig Wilke Award“ in his honour. Now the academic community has commended him once again ...
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