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CONTENT

MACHINERY

Plow technology in the USA

Stefan Bauckmann, Product Management, Product Group Longwall, Bucyrus Europe GmbH, Lünen, Germany

Innovation and tradition – the new Eickhoff SL 900

Dipl.-Ing Marc Bartsch, Export Sales Manager, Eickhoff Bergbautechnik GmbH, Bochum, Germany

Free-steered loaders as carriers for shotfiring units, rockbolting/setting machines and utility vehicles

Dipl.-Ing. Franz-Josef Paus, Managing Director, and Dr.-Ing. Martin Kaufmann, Area Sales Manager for Mining and
Tunnelling Systems, Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Emsbüren, Germany
Ing. Wolfgang Rautenstrauch, Managing Director of Mössinger+Wolter Maschinenbau GmbH, Bochum, Germany

CONTINUOUS MINING

Continuous mining technology with fully mobile crushing plants for large open pit mines

Dipl.-Ing. Detlef Neuhaus, Executive Vice President BU Mining and Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Mentges, Senior Manager Mine Planning & Sales, ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik GmbH, Essen, Germany

UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

Excavating a new south siding for number 10 shaft on level 7 at Prosper-Haniel colliery

Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Schlüter, Head of Special Projects at Prosper-Haniel colliery, RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG, Bottrop, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Frank Lüttig, accredited expert in geomechanics, roadway supports and rockbolting, Department or Technical and Logistics Services, RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG, Herne, Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Barth, Section Head, Thyssen Schachtbau GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Integrated concept for the avoidance of collisions between persons and vehicles in the deep mining industry

Dr.-Ing. Franz Becker, Managing Director and Partner, and Dipl.-Ing. Stephan Becker, Vice President Technology, Becker Mining Systems AG, Friedrichsthal, Germany

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Assessing a product’s life cycle

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Wegener, Chief Technology Officer, Siemens Industry Solutions, Erlangen, Germany
Dr. Frank Walachowicz, Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Jens-Christian Holst, Corporate Research and Technologies, Sustainable Lifecycle Engineering, Corporate Technology, Siemens AG, Berlin

RUSSIAN COAL

The particularly important role of coal in Russia

Professor Dr. Georgy Krasnyansky, chairman of the Russian Organising Committee of the World Mining Congress and chairman of the board of directors of Belovskaya Coal Mine CJSC, Moscow, Russia