RAG Aktiengesellschaft

RAG AG

Type	Public, Aktiengesellschaft
Industry	mining
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Herne, Germany
Key people	Bernd Tönjes, CEO
Products	coal mining
Number of employees	37,000 (2005)
Website	www.rag.de

RAG AG, formerly Ruhrkohle AG, is the largest German coal mining corporation. The company headquarters are in Herne in the Ruhr area. The company was founded on 27 November 1968, consolidating several coalmining corporations into the Ruhrkohle AG.

On 12 September 2007 as a result of restructuring, the business areas of chemicals, energy and real estate were transferred to the new business entity Evonik Industries AG. Evonik Industries are headed by the RAG-Stiftung (English: RAG-Foundation), which uses corporate profits to finance the costs that arise due to the former mining activities in the Ruhr region.