MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE-WITTENBERG (MLU), HALLE (SAALE)/GERMANY

From the mine to the product

Petra Strunk: 1, 3; Anke Bracht: lead picture, 2, 4

The Institute of Geosciences and Geography of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Halle on the Saale hosted the seminar “From the mine to the product” in cooperation with FLSmidth

Petra Strunk: 1, 3; Anke Bracht: lead picture, 2, 4

1 Prof. Dr. Herbert Pöllmann during his opening presentation

2 Dr. Stefan Stöber (left), MLU Halle, led a tour of the Institute of Geosciences and Geography

3 Prof. Pöllmann (right) in discussion with some of his students about the poster session

4 At the “Technisches Halloren- und Salinenmuseum Halle (Saale)”, the boiling of brine was demonstrated during the evening event

From 13.03.-15.03.2017, the seminar “From the Mine to the Product” took place in the Institute of Geosciences and Geography of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in Halle on the Saale. The seminar was organized by the MLU Department of Mineralogy/Geochemistry in collaboration with FLSmidth.

More than 50 participants followed the invitation to this international seminar to exchange experience and discuss requirements relating to the complete process for the production of building materials – from the mining of minerals to the manufacturing of the building materials. In addition to lectures by scientists from research institutes concerning the latest results of scientific research in the raw material and building materials sector, a series of presentations from industrial representatives also focussed on new developments in equipment engineering and plant construction.

After the...