RAG AG

Acid Plant Database June 27, 2014

Owner	RAG Aktiengesellschaft	-
Location	Shamrockring 1 44623 Herne Germany
Background	Formerly Saarbergwerke AG RAG Aktiengesellschaft was formerly Ruhrkohle AG
Website	www.rag.de
Plant	-
Coordinates*	51° 32' 9" N, 7° 12' 48" E (Site)
Type of Plant	Wet-Gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA)
Gas Source	Carbonate wash of coke oven gas 50-70% H₂S gas
Plant Capacity	30 MTPD
SA/DA	SA
Emissions	-
Status	Operating
Year Built	1991
Technology	Haldor Topsoe
Contractor	-
Remarks	-
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General	Saarbergwerke AG, a public sector company whose activities included hard coal mining, the marketing and trading of hard coal, the production of coke, power generation, district heating, environmental protection, trading and services (including transport protection and oil distribution) and rubber manufacturing. Saarbergwerke AG was jointly owned by the Federal Republic of Germany (74 %) and the Land of Saarland (26 %), and in 1997 it operated three underground hard coal mines with a total annual production of 6,6 million tce. November 13, 1997 RAG AG notified the Commission under Article 66(1) of the ECSC Treaty that it intended to acquire the entire share capital of Saarbergwerke AG and Preussag Anthrazit GmbH.
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MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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