About us

The areas of activity and expertise of the FUMINCO GmbH comprise the support of mid-size and large firms working in the mining and energy business and of governmental institutions such as the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia or the RWTH-Aachen. As an independent consultant we provide comprehensive services in these areas:

  • Mine planning and approval procedures
  • Work safety and health protection
  • Quality and environmental management
  • Simulations and information systems
  • Project Management

In our view, safe work environment and comprehensive quality management are the basis for long term business success. Therefore, we have summarized our activities in the areas of occupational safety and health, environmental protection and quality management in the new business field HSEQ (Health, Safety, Environment, Quality) and offer appropriate advice. In addition, we offer our customer a comprehensive project management for the handling and management of complex mining projects with diverging interest situations.

FUMINCO was founded in the year 2006 based on the chief executive officers freelance work as a spin-off off the RWTH-Aachen University. In 2009 the company was transformed into the FUMINCO GmbH and the new office space in the Heinrichsallee was inhabited.

FUMINCO applies flat hierarchies. Under the management of the CEO, all projects are handled in the three business areas Mining and HSEQ interdisciplinary and in close cooperation with the client and partners. The work is done with licensed (up-to-date versions of GEOVIA Surpac, AutoCAD Civil 3D and MS Office) and free (Open-Source) software. The resulting data is produced in a manner that allows the clients and project partners to easily use them in their own processes.

The offered services are provided by qualified scientific personal of the areas

  • Processing,
  • Mining,
  • Operational safety management,
  • Computer engineering/science and
  • Mine surveying.

The team is supported by student workers. FUMINCO employs a safety engineer (§ 7 ASiG) and a certified commissioner in the fields of  quality management, waste, water pollution control, immission control and hazardous substances.