{"id":8538,"date":"2019-04-23T17:45:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/?p=8538"},"modified":"2019-04-23T17:45:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:45:17","slug":"200-years-of-industrial-coal-mining-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/blog\/200-years-of-industrial-coal-mining-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"200 years of industrial coal mining in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 23rd January 2019, the Hard Coal -Association (GVSt), Essen\/Germany, hosted \u201c200 years of industrial coal mining in Germany\u201d. J\u00fcrgen-Johann Rupp, President of the GVSt and Member of the Board at RAG Aktiengesellschaft, welcomed around 150 attendees to the Casino restaurant on the Zollverein former mining complex (Figure 1).<\/p>\n<p>In his opening speech, President of the German Industrial Union for Mining, Chemicals and Energy (IG BCE), Michael Vassiliadis, made reference to the guiding principles for implementing the structural changes in the former mining areas. He explained that climate and energy policy were not the same thing and that the regional governments of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Saarland and the federal government therefore needed an \u201cenergy policy compass\u201d to help them make the right decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Bert R\u00fcrup, Head of the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI), presented the Coal Factbook put together by his institute on behalf of RAG and GVSt. He underlined the importance of the coal mining industry as the driving force behind industrialisation. He also warned that the wrong political conclusions must not be drawn from the withdrawal from the coal mining industry. The Ruhr region must draw on its existing strengths, namely health economics, logistics and environmental economics. A round table chaired by Professor Stefan Berger from the Ruhr University in Bochum (RUB), with B\u00e4rbel Bergerhoff-Wodopia, Member of the Board of Executives of the RAG-Stiftung, Karola Gei\u00df-Netth\u00f6fel, Regional Director of the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) and Professor J\u00f6rg Bogumil, Chair of Public Administration, Urban and Regional Policy at the RUB, discussed possible ways of implementing this.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8515\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/KN_02_GVSt_200_jahre_steinkohlenbergbau_beermann.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8515\" src=\"https:\/\/2025.mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/KN_02_GVSt_200_jahre_steinkohlenbergbau_beermann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/KN_02_GVSt_200_jahre_steinkohlenbergbau_beermann.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/KN_02_GVSt_200_jahre_steinkohlenbergbau_beermann-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/KN_02_GVSt_200_jahre_steinkohlenbergbau_beermann-600x319.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig. 2. GVSt Honorary President Wilhelm Beermann (r.) reflects on key events surrounding coal policy during GVSt\u2019s 50-year history. \/\/ Bild 2. GVSt-Ehrenpr\u00e4sidenten Wilhelm Beermann (r.) erinnerte an herausragende kohlepolitische Ereignisse aus f\u00fcnf Jahrzehnten des Bestehens des GVSt. Photo\/Foto: GVSt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of 2018, both RAG and GVSt were able to look back on a 50-year history. Managing Director of the association, Michael Weberink made special mention of this. GVSt Honorary President Wilhelm Beermann\u2019s recollections of key events surrounding coal policy from this period were a particular highlight (Figure 2). (Si.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23rd January 2019, the Hard Coal -Association (GVSt), Essen\/Germany, hosted \u201c200 years of industrial coal mining in Germany\u201d. 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