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The IfG follows the water’s trail through the Rammelsberg
On 4 September 2026, staff from the IfG set out to follow the trail of water, exploring the Rammelsberg visitor mine in Goslar.
The special guided tour through the mine – which is over 1,000 years old and located in what was once Europe’s most important non-ferrous metal deposit – followed the path of the water from the Herzberg pond through the Röderstolln tunnel, designed by Oberbergmeister Johann Christoph Röder, right into the mine.
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Publication in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
For several years, the IfG has been studying the Maceió cavern field in Brazil, where, amongst other things, significant subsidence and a sinkhole have occurred. A detailed analysis of the geomechanical mechanisms and processes has now been published in two articles in the specialist journal Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering.
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Successful participation in the Leipziger Firmenlauf 2026
With 11 colleagues—about one-third of our workforce—we took part in this year’s Leipziger Firmenlauf. Together with about 22,000 other runners, we competed in the 5km race as “Team Salzhasen” in warm summer weather and achieved some impressive personal results.
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Sponsoring zum Spendenlauf des Fördervereins des Wilhelm-Ostwald-Gymnasiums in Leipzig 2026
Am 02.04.2026 fand am Wilhelm-Ostwald-Gymnasium in Leipzig der Spendenlauf des Fördervereins der Schule statt. Das IfG nutzte die Möglichkeit und beteiligte sich mit einem Sponsoring.
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Wir unterstützen die KSW IceFighters Leipzig
Das IfG unterstützt ab der Saison 2026/2027 die KSW IceFighters Leipzig als Sponsor im Rahmen des regionalen Club-Netzwerks BUSINESS HELDEN.
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Advanced training "Salt chemistry and THEREDA" at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
From 16 to 20 March 2026, colleagues from the Institut für Gebirgsmechanik attended an advanced training course at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg on the topic of ‘Salt Chemistry and THEREDA’. The course covered the fundamentals of salt chemistry as they apply to the oceanic salt system.