BGR Report

The BGR Report provides information on current BGR work and projects. The brochure contains exciting articles on selected key topics and offers compact knowledge on geoscientific issues.

The BGR Report 2023

The BGR Report 2023 presents the BGR projects and work from the years 2022 and 2023. With the main topic “Focus on Raw Materials”, this edition informs you, among other topics, about the work for securing the raw material supply in Germany, the possibilities of a sustainable production of raw materials and the visit of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz in February 2023.

With reports, specialist articles and interviews, the Report 2023 provides in-depth and captivating answers to the following questions and more:

• What is the basis of the BGR’s raw materials expertise and which methods and technologies do we employ to support politics and economy?
• In what ways does the first German “Recycling Atlas for Metal Production” from the German Mineral Resources Agency (DERA) contribute to the expansion of circular economy?
• How does BGR support the German Government’s evaluation of geothermal energy projects and how can seismic risks related to geothermal energy be monitored and mitigated?
• How does the choice of climate-resilient tree species influence the future groundwater recharge and water supply?
• Which role does Artificial Intelligence play when it comes to analysing a host rock for a safe underground storage of radioactive waste?
• Why and how is BGR’s expertise so important in the search for a suitable repository site for high-level radioactive waste in Germany?

You can gain further in-depth geological knowledge by reading the articles about the exploration and monitoring of uranium mining legacies in the Kyrgyz Republic, securing energy during times of crisis, deep-sea mining and its impacts, the age of our groundwater and the path to harmonised data acquisition. Reports about the technical cooperation of BGR with Mongolia, responsible supply chains in the DR Congo, the groundwater problem in Vietnam and BGR participation at the IUGG 2023 in Berlin round off this issue.

Download the BGR Report 2023

BGR Reports 2012 to 2022

Here you can find and download older editions of the BGR Report from the years 2012 to 2022 in English. The German editions of the BGR Report are available to download on the German language version of this website.

	BGR Report 2022   Main topic: Exploitation of Groundwater Resources for Further Development in Sub-Saharan Africa   PDF-Download (11 MB)
	BGR Report 2021   Main topic: Decarbonisation brings major challenges for commodity markets   PDF-Download (7 MB)
	BGR Report 2020   Main topic: Where Germany's ground is in motion – now online!   PDF-Download (10 MB)
	BGR Report 2018   Main topic: Listening Out for Peace – Nuclear Test Ban: Improved monitoring using seismoacoustics   PDF-Download (15 MB)
	BGR Report 2016   Main topic: Raw material monitoring assists companies – German Mineral Resources Agency at BGR provides information on global developments in resource markets   PDF-Download (5 MB)
	BGR Report 2015   Main topic: Claystone under the magnifying glass – Scientists analyse the properties of claystone in the international Mont Terri rock laboratory   PDF-Download (5 MB)
	BGR Report 2013   Main topic: Information gaps in the Arctic Ocean – Geoscientific expeditions focus on resource potential of the Arctic   PDF-Download (6 MB)
	BGR Report 2012   Main topic: Okavango's heritage – How water resources in the Cuvelai-Etosha-Basin in Namibia can be sustainably exploited   PDF-Download (4 MB)

Activity Reports 1999 to 2011

Before issuing the BGR Report, the activities of BGR were summarised in activity reports for selected years and special occasions between the years of 1999 and 2011. You can find and download these reports here. German editions of the activity reports can be found on the German language version of this website.

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