Colloquium

Die erstmaligen Sprengarbeiten im Bergbau des Oberharzes im Jahre 1632 und die schnelle Ausbreitung der neuen Gewinnungs- und Vortriebstechnik in den Bergwerken um die damals selbstständigen Städte Zellerfeld und Clausthal können als einer der epochalsten Meilensteine in der Entwicklung der Bergbautechnik angesehen werden. Die ständige Weiterentwicklung über die Einführung der brisanten Sprengstoffe im Harz sowie …

The UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein in Essen is an important landmark and identity generator for the entire region. From here, there are numerous opportunities to explore the legacy of mining and develop innovative ideas for former mining regions. In November 2023, the 21st Altbergbaukolloquium will take place on site for the first time. The organiser …

On 31 January and 1 February 2024, the 11th colloquium "Conveying Technology in Mining" of the Department of Mechanical Equipment and Processes in Underground Mining will take place at the Institute of Mining at Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal/Germany. The colloquium serves to exchange information on continuous and discontinuous conveying technologies in the extraction of …

The FreiBERGbau 2024 symposium is dedicated to the topic of ‘Mining in the energy transition – electric into the future? The topic of the energy transition and its impact on the operation of mines and the extraction of raw materials is not limited to issues of mobile technology and charging infrastructure, but also concerns changes …

The TU Dresden has been organising the Power Plant Technology Congress for 55 years. The congress has developed into a scientific and technical platform for the energy and power plant industry and is the venue for over 100 specialist lectures and the company exhibition (2023: 98 exhibitors). This congress welcomes around 1000 participants every year, …

The 22nd Old Mining Colloquium 2024 is being organised by the Austrian Mining Association at the Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria. Further information can be found soon on the event website

The first blasting operations in the mining industry in the Upper Harz region date back to 1632. The rapid spread of the new extraction and driving technology is considered to be one of the epochal milestones in the development of mining technology. The continuous development of explosives in the Harz region, as well as the …

The series of events is organised by specialist institutes of German and Austrian universities and the Working Group 4.6 ‘Old Mining’ of the DGGT (German Society for Geotechnics) in cooperation with the DMV (German Mine Surveyors' Association). This event is a continuation of the Old Mining Colloquia, which took place almost every year between 2001 …