April 3, 2026
| Alumni
TUBAF start-up CYNiO receives Saxony-Anhalt Business Award
A great success for the spin-off from TU Bergakademie Freiberg: CYNiO GmbH, based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, has been awarded the Saxony-Anhalt 2026 Business Prize in the "Start-up" category. In doing so, the state is honouring a young company that combines scientific excellence with entrepreneurial courage.
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March 30, 2026
| Universität
Neues Kombi-Ticket für geowissenschaftliche Sammlungen und terra mineralia
Seit Dienstag, 31.03.2026, bietet die terra mineralia, die Mineraliensammlung der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, ein neues Marketing-Ticket: Bei einem in der terra mineralia erworbenen Kombiticket für die terra mineralia und das Krügerhaus fällt in den geowissenschaftlichen Sammlungen der ermäßigte Eintrittspreis an. Nach der Ausstellung des Ticket haben Besucherinnen und Besucher zwei ganze Werktage Zeit, um alle Sammlungen zu besichtigen.
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March 23, 2026
| Universität
100 Jahre Bauhaus Dessau mit Leih-Objekten der TUBAF
Die glatten, sauberen Oberflächen von Stahlrohren und Glasfassaden stehen für das Neue Bauen der Epoche des Bauhaus in den 1920er Jahren. Eine Sonderausstellung anlässlich des 100-jährigen Bestehens des Bauhausgebäudes in Dessau erzählt die Geschichte der neuen Materialien – unter anderem mit Exponaten aus den Sammlungen der TU Bergakademie Freiberg.
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March 19, 2026
| Research
TUBAF expertise in demand in Australia
Last year, an Australian delegation led by the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Germany Trade & Invest travelled to Germany to find out more about the coal phase-out; the return visit has now taken place in the Australian state of New South Wales. There, in the Hunter Valley coal region near Newcastle, open-cast mines will be closed in the coming years, the spatial and economic-social dimensions of which are comparable to the large German open-cast lignite mines that are also due to be closed.
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March 17, 2026
| Research
Innovative kiln for more environmentally friendly concrete
In order to turn mineral raw materials into cement clinker, mortar or refractory material, energy-intensive intermediate steps are required in which the structure and chemical composition of the raw materials are changed at high temperatures. Various preliminary products and finally materials for the construction, ceramics and metal industries are produced. In an innovative rotary kiln, researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg are now testing how conventional gas burner systems can be replaced by electrically heated induction plasma burners for the manufacturing process of the preliminary products in the future.
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March 4, 2026
| Research
Detecting harmful styrene cheaply and reliably: Dr Erich Krüger Foundation funds project for new rapid biosensor test
In future, a new type of biosensor should be able to reliably and cheaply detect the harmful chemical styrene. Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg are developing a rapid test that could even be used for other harmful substances in the future.
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Feb. 20, 2026
| Research
Using green electricity instead of gas: more environmentally friendly production for brown glass tested
The production of amber glass in Germany emits around 0.58 million tonnes of CO2 per year. A new method will soon make the process more environmentally friendly: In a research project, researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg have further developed an all-electric melting process for the production of amber glass and tested it on a laboratory scale. The so-called glass melting tank is heated entirely with electricity instead of natural gas: around 86 per cent of CO2 emissions could be saved in this way. This corresponds to the annual CO2 emissions of around 77,000 households. In addition, the amount of colour or sulphur carrier can be halved.
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Feb. 18, 2026
| Research
The power of lightness: How new processes unlock the potential of magnesium for lightweight construction
It is lighter than aluminium. Despite this, magnesium has hardly been utilised by industry to date, as its processing into components is considered complex and energy-intensive. After three years of research, a team from various departments at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, together with industrial partners, developed and tested an end-to-end process chain for lightweight magnesium components - from the melt to the functional prototype.
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Feb. 2, 2026
| Research
Strong in research and future-proof: third-party funding at record level in 2025
With around 72 million euros, TU Bergakademie Freiberg recorded a sharp increase in third-party funding in 2025. According to the university's internal statistics, income from third-party funding, including project funding from the state of Saxony, rose to its highest level to date.
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Jan. 30, 2026
| Research
Milestone on the way to a large scale e-fuels plant
For the first time, the Freiberg petrol synthesis plant at the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering (IEC) has produced renewable petrol. 23,000 litres of almost climate-neutral petrol were produced. The green fuel is based on e-methanol, which was produced in Kassø, Denmark. The collaboration with the international partner is a decisive step that TUBAF and its industrial partner, CAC ENGINEERING GmbH, have taken in the direction of an industrial plant for e-fuels. With this development step, the team can both operate the production plant more process-efficiently and reliably demonstrate that up to 90 per cent CO2 savings compared to fossil petrol are possible with the help of a carbon cycle.
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