Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy 2021

Professor Dr. Walter Frenz is Director of the Unit for Mining, Environmental and European Law at RWTH Aachen University, GermanyProfessor Dr.-Ing. Axel Preuße is Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering and Director at the Institute for Mine Surveying at RWTH Aachen University, Germany

• Industry 4.0 in Mining.­- Mine Sustainability in Mining Understood as a Process of Transformation.- Sustainable Smart Mining - Safe, Economical, Environmental Friendly, Digital.- Mining Damage Liability for Climate Change in Peru?.- China Power – Status Energy, Economy, Environment.- Russia 2020.- Optimisation of an Underground Localization System Based on Ultra-Wideband Radio and Inertial Navigation Through Determination and Evaluation of Influencing Factors.- Roof Crack Detection & Face Material Characterization via Thermal Imaging.- Resource Model Updating and Optimization for Real-Time Mining.- Development of a Data Fusion Model for Material Flow Characterization Using the Example of Gypsum and Anhydrite.- Blue Nodules – Use of Acoustic Emission Technology for an Inline Characterisation of Hydraulic Material Streams.- Blue Mining.- Towards Incorporating Extended Reality Technology in the Education of Mining Professionals.- Prediction of Mining-Induced Surface Subsidence and Upliftsin Germany.