{"id":21244,"date":"2026-03-09T11:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/?page_id=21244"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:38:11","slug":"gluckauf-2601","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/gluckauf-2601\/","title":{"rendered":"Gl\u00fcckauf! 2601"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #efefef; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; width: 100%; overflow: hidden;\">\n<p><!-- Editorial Anleser --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 50%; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; padding: 20px; box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-style: italic; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">Dear readers, a foreword like this usually starts something like this: \u201cYou are holding the first issue of our 2026 magazine in your hands.\u201d This time it\u2019s different, because from issue number one in 2026, \u00adMining Report Gl\u00fcckauf will be published exclusively in digital form and in English &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Button --><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: inline-block; margin-top: 5px; background-color: #fff; color: #000; border: 1px solid #000; padding: 8px 12px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;\" href=\"\/english\/current-issue-1-2026\/\">Read more<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Abbinder --><!--\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin-top: 10px;\"Gl\u00fcckauf --> <!-- <strong>RA Michael Weberink<\/strong> --><br \/>\n<!-- RA Michael Weberink\nChief Executive Officer and Executive Board Member\nBranchenverband Steinkohle und\nNachbergbau e. V. (BSN), Essen\/Germany\n<\/div-->\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0;\">The photo shows a 3D representation of the digital surface model of the old sections of the former gold mine near Korbach in Germany. Source: TUBAF<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Bild --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 50%; position: relative; background-image: url('https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/aufmacher_TUBAF_korbach_point_cloud_DSM.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-position: center center; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-start;\">\n<p><!-- Focus of this issue --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000; color: #fff; width: 100%; position: relative; top: -30px; margin: 0;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 35px 10px 10px 10px;\">Focus of this Issue:<br \/>\nAbandoned Mining<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Bildbereich ohne Link --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 auto; width: 100%; height: 90%;\"><span style=\"display: none;\">Editorial Mining Report<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- [su_image_carousel source=\"media: 21403,21542,21405,21404,21406,21402,21401,21400,21407\" limit=\"10\" slides_style=\"minimal\" crop=\"none\" columns=\"3\" adaptive=\"no\" spacing=\"no\" arrows=\"no\" dots=\"no\" link=\"custom\" target=\"blank\" autoplay=\"2\" speed=\"immediate\" image_size=\"full\" outline=\"no\"] --><\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<strong>ISSUE\u00a0<\/strong><strong>01\/2026<\/strong> \/\/ FOCUS OF THIS ISSUE: <strong>Abandoned Mining<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<h4>Blue Mining \u2013 Proactive Mine Planning<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_21205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21205\" style=\"width: 1259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1259\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/blue_mining_TUC_01_Blue_Mining_Aspects-600x323.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1259px) 100vw, 1259px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aspects of the expanded Blue Mining approach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">T<\/span>he Blue Mining approach integrates energy, ergonomics, water and circular economy into a sustainable mining concept. The focus is on energy-efficient mines, the intelligent use of existing infrastructure as storage facilities and optimised water management. Human-centred workplaces and automation promote safety and efficiency. The circular economy enables the recycling and sustainable reuse of resources and equipment. Early planning for post-mining use &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors: <\/strong> Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Langefeld, Mareike Schubert, M.Sc., Dr.-Ing. Angela Binder, Yichen Jiang, M.Sc., Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Geotechnology and Mineral Resources, Department of Mining, Clausthal-Zellerfeld\/Germany<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/blue-mining-proactive-mine-planning\" class=\"shortc-button small white\">Read more<\/a>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<h4>Geothermal Utilisation of Flooded Underground Mines Based on the Example of a Mine Thermal Energy Storage<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_21211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21211\" style=\"width: 2126px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21211 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2126\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines.jpg 2126w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-1024x368.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-1536x552.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-2048x736.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-600x216.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/MTES_1_geothermal_development_possibilities_underground_mines-1320x474.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schematic representation of geothermal development possibilities for flooded underground mines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">I<\/span>n recent decades, former mining infrastructure has been perceived primarily as a financial and environmental burden. Geothermal utilisation has so far only been implemented in a few projects. Recently, a paradigm shift has been observed in this regard. Flooded underground mine workings can represent a geothermal resource, under certain circumstances, the mine water can be used for heating or cooling. Currently more than fifty mine water geothermal plants exist worldwide, most of them are located in Europe and North America and are used for heating purposes &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors: <\/strong> Elke Mugova, Stefan Klein, Dr. Florian Hahn, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies IEG, Bochum\/Germany<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/geothermal-utilisation-of-flooded-underground-mines-based-on-the-example-of-a-mine-thermal-energy-storage\" class=\"shortc-button small white\">Read more<\/a>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<h4>Remining of Mine Water Sludge \u2013 an Update on Successful Metal Extraction<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_21220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21220\" style=\"width: 1304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1304\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment.jpg 1304w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/thga_2_conducting_experiment-600x413.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conducting the experiment. Clockwise from top left: Two 10 g dried tablets of the precipitation product from Ibbenb\u00fcren; ignited arc; elemental iron (sample MP2-Fe) and slag (sample MP2-S) as end products. Photos: B. Reker \/ FZN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">A<\/span>s part of the IAW3<sup>3<\/sup> research project, which the Research Center of Post-Mining (FZN) at the Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences (THGA), Bochum\/Germany, launched in 2022, a systematic investigation was carried out into the precipitation products of mine water at active water management sites in the Ruhr area, Saarland and Ibbenb\u00fcren with regard to the critical and economically valuable elements they contain. As a result of these analyses, the Ibbenb\u00fcren site has proven to be promising for the possible extraction of some critical metals &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors: <\/strong>Dr. rer. nat. Bastian Reker, Jule Gleba, B.Sc., Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences, Research Center of Post-Mining, Bochum\/Germany, Dr.-Ing. Matic Jovi\u010devi\u0107-Klug, Dr. Patricia Jovi\u010devi\u0107-Klug, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, D\u00fcsseldorf\/Germany, Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Westermann, Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences, Research Center of\u00a0Post-Mining, Bochum\/Germany<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/remining-of-mine-water-sludge-an-update-on-successful-metal-extraction\" class=\"shortc-button small white\">Read more<\/a>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<h4>Development and Implementation of an Innovative Sealing Concept for Smaller Shafts in Ore Mining<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_21229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21229\" style=\"width: 1386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1386\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element-1024x533.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element-600x312.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/SBVG_5_meggen_mine_shaft_textile_element-1320x687.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partially filled textile element in the shaft, looking vertically downwards. Source: Sachtleben Bergbau Verwaltungs-GmbH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">I<\/span>n 2024, as part of exploratory work in the area of near-surface mining at the Meggen mine, a historic ventilation shaft was investigated using drilling techniques. The investigation revealed that the stepped shaft was partially backfilled with loose material in its near-surface section, while remaining open down to a depth of approx. 64 m. As the long-term structural stability of the initial condition could not be verified, a remediation method was developed to underpin the existing column of loose fill and to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Christian Grineisen, M.Sc., Sachtleben Bergbau Verwaltungs-GmbH, Lennestadt\/Germany<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/development-and-implementation-of-an-innovative-sealing-concept-for-smaller-shafts-in-ore-mining\" class=\"shortc-button small white\">Read more<\/a>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<h4>New Possibilities for Mine Surveying Documentation and Visualisation in Historic Mining<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_21235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21235\" style=\"width: 1304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21235 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1304\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II.jpg 1304w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II-768x375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/TUBAF_5_tannenberg_point_cloud_greisen_body_II-600x293.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1304px) 100vw, 1304px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point cloud of the Greisen body II and representation of surface normal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">T<\/span>he availability of novel, compact multi-sensor scanning technologies \u2013 particularly those integrating LiDAR and imaging sensors \u2013 enables time-efficient and often sufficiently precise acquisition of underground 3D geometries. Based on this data, colour-augmented point clouds and interconnected 3D models can be generated, opening up a wide range of applications: from geological and engineering-geological mapping to vivid 3D visualisations for exhibitions &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors: <\/strong>\u00a0Paulina Loskot, M. Sc., Prof. Dr.-Ing. J\u00f6rg Benndorf, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Martien\u00dfen, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, Freiberg\/Germany<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/new-possibilities-for-mine-surveying-documentation-and-visualisation-in-historic-mining\" class=\"shortc-button small white\">Read more<\/a>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<h4>The new CCS Act for Germany<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">T<\/span>he new Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act (KSpTG) paved the way for CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0storage in Germany. The current coalition agreement of the current German government already outlines key strategic priorities that differ significantly from those of the previous coalition. Overall, CO<sub>2<\/sub> storage is also to cover the energy sector, but without domestic coal-fired power generation. Strict standards have been set to prevent any future contamination. It is not yet clear when the first pipelines and storage facilities will go into operation &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: <\/strong> Prof. Dr. jur. 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