Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy 2022: Technical, Economic and Legal Framework

ISBN-13: 9783031418723 / Angielski

Walter Frenz; Axel Preuße

Spis treści

Thermodynamics,conservation, and transformation: a conceptual model of sustainability in the mining industry.- A Case Study on the Application of the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources on the Piampaludo Titanium Deposits.- A Sustainability Approach to Optimize the Closure of Continuous Surface Lignite Mines.- Lifecycle of Mine Water.- The German Federal Constitutional Court’s climate-decision and consequences for raw materials supply.- Climate change and the extraterritorial reach of the state duty to protect.- Corporate Climate Liability Clean Energy Transition in Africa's Mining Sector: A Rapid Reflection.- Ventilation on Demand in Brazilian underground mines: current situation and perspectives .-Sustainable activities assessment through Conceptual Sieving method: Case studies in Colombian mining.- The Mongolian Raw Materials Industry.- The importance of Sustainability Criteria for the Professional Education of Geo-engineers and the Role of Academic Institutions.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Walter Frenz studied law at the universities of Würzburg, Caen (Maîtrise en Droit public) and Munich; 1st and 2nd state examinations, doctorate in 1991. Since 1997, he has been a university professor at RWTH Aachen University, where he is head of the teaching and research area of mining, environmental and European law.

Prof. Dr. Axel Preusse studied mine surveying at Technical University of Clausthal, at Technical University of Berlin and at Liaoning Technical University/PRC; 2nd state examination at Mining Authority NRW, doctorate in 1990. Since 1997 he holds the Chair of the Institute for Mine Surveying, Mining Subsidence Engineering and Geophysics in Mining at RWTH Aachen University. At present he is Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering.

Blurb

This book covers several aspects of the application of Sustainable Development Goals to mining related subjects. The included works range from methods to assess and implement sustainability to discussions of legal impacts and relations as well as technological developments and outlooks. First, the challenges and opportunities of clean energy transition in the African mining sector are described. With regard to the assessment of sustainable developments, this book includes the applications of the sieving method, the concept of thermodynamics and the United Nations Framework Classification to mining projects and case studies. The implementation of Sustainable Development Goals into academic project work and education of geo-engineers is covered as well. The legal topics contain discussions of corporate climate liabilities and extraterritorial legal responsibilities as well as an analysis of the impact of the German Federal Constitutional Court's climate decision. Important mining aspects and technological developments like proactive water management, sustainable approaches to mine closure and implementation of ventilation on demand in underground mines are described. In addition, the state and potential of the Mongolian raw materials industry is covered. The Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy Yearbook is not only aimed at researchers and professionals, but at all who want to get an overview of current important technical and legal topics in this field.