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Research areas
The chair endeavours to cover the broadest possible spectrum of research topics within environmental and resource management. Both sustainability and resource efficiency take centre stage.
The chair also generates funding through its involvement in teaching at TU Bergakademie.
Current research projects
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Multi-mineral extraction
- Energy from renewable sources for the mining and minerals sector
- Smart Mining
- Selecting "green" construction products as a complex issue of decision-making
- Urban mining / Recycling
- Innovation through networking
- Mineral Extraction from old Waste Dumps
- Mine Water Management (under extreme conditions)
- Educational development projects between Germany and resource rich economies
- Ecological and economic assessment of the smart mining technology
Past research projects
- Procurement strategies for Rare Earths
- Grid Parity of Photovoltaics
- Optimal Poly-Metallic Mining
- Low Carbon Energy in the Automotive Industry
- Local Governments and Innovations
- Resource - Efficient Production and Provision of Products
- Alumni Seminar in Mexico
- Alumni Seminar in Indonesia
- Renewable Energies in Rural Areas
- 3rd International Seminar on Society and Materials - SAM3
- Sustainability of Steel
- DiMo: A BMBF financed study on the marketability of silicon panels in cooperation with the Institute of Technical Chemistry (Prof. Bertau), the introduction of an Environmental Management System at a steel manufacturer as well as the development of Factsheets
- Pfaffroda
- Alumni Seminar in Africa
- Expert Seminar
- Introducing an EMS for a Steel Manufacturer
- WassErleben