Per Nicolai Martens, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Per Nicolai Martens, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Per Nicolai Martens, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Lulea, Sweden<br />
13 October 2009<br />
European minerals programmes<br />
Vermelding onderdeel organisatie<br />
<strong>Per</strong> <strong>Nicolai</strong> <strong>Martens</strong>, <strong>RWTH</strong> <strong>Aachen</strong> <strong>University</strong>, <strong>Germany</strong>;<br />
Hans de Ruiter, TU Delft, the Netherlands<br />
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Successful education needs<br />
• Students � Federation of European Mineral Programs (FEMP)<br />
• Professors � Society of Mining Professors (SOMP)<br />
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Federation of European Mineral Programs<br />
Legal entity coordinating:<br />
- European Mining and Mineral Programs (EMMEP)<br />
- Erasmus Mundus Mineral and Environmental Programme<br />
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Actions 1998-2009<br />
• Australia<br />
• 1998 study “Back from the Brink”<br />
• 2003 interim report<br />
• Mining Education Australia (MEA)<br />
• USA (Canada)<br />
• Minerals Education Sustainability Taskforce (SME)<br />
• 2004 study of the Supply / Demand balance of geo-professionals<br />
• No action<br />
• Europe<br />
• Working group (Rio Tinto, Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata)<br />
• Study universities in Australia, Canada, Chile, Europe, South Africa, UK and US<br />
• Federation of European Mineral Programs (FEMP)<br />
• SHORTAGE HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERS/YEAR FOR NEXT 10 YEARS<br />
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Initiatives for cooperation<br />
• Late 80’s Delft combined mining, processing, metallurgy and recycling<br />
• Low number of mining students: Delft RSM<br />
• 1995 / 1996: Delft investigates possible joint curriculum, with <strong>Aachen</strong>, Helsinki and<br />
London<br />
• September 1996: European Mining Course (EMC)<br />
• September 1998: European Mineral Engineering Course (EMEC)<br />
• September 2003: European Geotechnical and Environmental Course (EGEC)<br />
• 2005 merged: European Mining, Minerals and Environmental Program (EMMEP)<br />
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Structure programs<br />
Degree<br />
Industry / university<br />
Thesis 1 year<br />
M.Sc<br />
Univ. 1 Univ. 2 Univ. 3 Univ. 4<br />
European programs Univ. 1 Univ. 3<br />
1 year<br />
Univ. 2 Univ. 4<br />
Basic Level Univ. 1 Univ. 2 Univ. 3 Univ. 4 3 years<br />
B.Sc<br />
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European Mining, Minerals and Environmental Programme (EMMEP)<br />
1996<br />
1998<br />
2003<br />
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Courses<br />
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Company visits<br />
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ocial activities<br />
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Benefits of the programs<br />
• Multinational group<br />
• 2008-2009: 55 students from 25 countries<br />
• Intensive program<br />
• English language<br />
• Networking<br />
• Industry contacts (jobs)<br />
• Social skills<br />
• Flexibility<br />
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Federation of European Mineral Programs (FEMP)<br />
16 December 1999<br />
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Structure FEMP<br />
Associated universities<br />
Canada: Queen’s, McGill, UBC<br />
USA: Colorado School of Mines,<br />
Virginia Tech<br />
Australia: Queensland<br />
Chile: Concepcion, Catholica<br />
Europe: France, Belgium, Sweden,<br />
Austria, Estonia etc.<br />
European Universities<br />
EMMEP<br />
-EMC<br />
-EMEC<br />
-EGEC<br />
FEMP<br />
Industry<br />
AKZO-Nobel<br />
Anglo American Plc.<br />
Areva<br />
Atlas Copco<br />
Barrick Gold Corporation<br />
Becker Mining Systems<br />
Boart Longyear<br />
BHP-Billiton<br />
Caterpillar<br />
Corus<br />
DSM-Energy<br />
Euromines<br />
Freeport McRowan<br />
Heidelberg Cement<br />
IHC<br />
Inmet<br />
K + S<br />
KGHM<br />
Larox<br />
Lhoist<br />
Metso<br />
Nyrstar<br />
Orica Mining Services<br />
Outokumpu<br />
RAG<br />
Resource Capital Funds<br />
RWE Power<br />
Shell<br />
SRK Mining Services<br />
Surpac Minex<br />
Rio Tinto<br />
Sandvik<br />
Washington Group<br />
Wirtschafstvereinigung Bergbau<br />
Xstrata<br />
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Current industrial partners<br />
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Boards<br />
• FEMP Board<br />
• EMC<br />
• EMEC<br />
• EGEC<br />
• Industry (Alex Hathorn, Anglo American)<br />
• Chairman (Wijnand Dalmijn)<br />
• Industrial Advisory Board<br />
• Euromines<br />
• Industry<br />
• Mining<br />
• Metallurgical<br />
• Supply<br />
• Financial<br />
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E - aspects<br />
• Information<br />
• Registration of the students<br />
• Organization of the courses (45 so far)<br />
• Communication<br />
• Course evaluation<br />
• Administer exam results<br />
• Alumni<br />
www.femp.org<br />
www.emmep.org<br />
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artner and associated universities<br />
Finland TKK Helsinki<br />
Germ any <strong>RWTH</strong> <strong>Aachen</strong><br />
Hungary TU Miskolc<br />
Netherlands TU Delft<br />
Poland TU Wroclaw<br />
UK <strong>University</strong> of Exeter<br />
Argentina Universidad de San Juan<br />
Austra lia U niversity of Quee nslan d<br />
Austria TU Leoben<br />
Belgium KU Leuven<br />
Brasil Universidad Rio Grande<br />
Canada Queen's <strong>University</strong><br />
Canada Mc Gill <strong>University</strong><br />
Chile Universidad de Concepcion<br />
Chile U niversidad de C hile<br />
Estonia TU Tallinn<br />
<strong>Germany</strong> TU Clausthal<br />
<strong>Germany</strong> Bergakademie Freiberg<br />
<strong>Germany</strong> TU Berlin<br />
Poland AGH Krakow<br />
Slovakia TU Kosice<br />
Spain Universidad de Madrid<br />
UK Imperial College<br />
USA Virginia Tech.<br />
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Student enrollment<br />
Total enrollment European Mineral Programs 1996-2009<br />
Continent EMC EMEC EGEC Total<br />
Europe 212 135 64 411<br />
N. America 29 1 30<br />
S. America 4 27 1 32<br />
Australia 3 3<br />
Africa 2 3 4 9<br />
Asia 9 6 12 27<br />
Total 259 172 81 512<br />
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Database alumni<br />
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Employment<br />
ABN Am ro H anson H oldings R esource Capital Funds<br />
Accenture Harrison Western Rio Tinto<br />
AGH Krakow HeidelbergCement Rockplan<br />
Ahold Helsinki <strong>University</strong> of Technology RW E Power<br />
Alliant Techsystem s H erhof U m w elttechnik R W TH <strong>Aachen</strong><br />
Anglo American IG&H Sandvik<br />
Ballast H am D redging IH C SecG o<br />
Barrick Gold iidesk SEGEM AR<br />
BECi IMC Mining Solutions Shell<br />
BH P Billiton Im perial College SM S-D em ag<br />
Boliden Mineral Internet Vision SQM<br />
Booz Allen H am ilton Kali und Salz State Supervision of M ines<br />
BOT Mining & Power Kennecott Energy SWECO CMU<br />
Cares KGHM Synvase<br />
CN R L KH D H um boldt W edag Talinn Technical U niversity<br />
Codelco Krakow U niversity of Technology Tam rock<br />
COGEMA-AREVA Kvaerner Targus Management Consulting<br />
Com pañia M inera D oña Inés Lasselsberger Technical U niversity Kosice<br />
H uachipato Lhoist Technical U niversity of Berlin<br />
Crystallex International Liebherr Technische U niversität Clausthal<br />
D BE Peine Lisheen M ine Therm phos International<br />
DBT Mining Engineers LKAB ThyssenKrupp Stahl<br />
Decom a Decotech M artin M arietta M aterials Total<br />
D elft U niversity of Technology M CR TU Bergakadem ie Freiberg<br />
Deutsche Steinkohle Metso Mineral Universidad de Concepcion<br />
D yno N obel M ina Solutions U niversity of Chile<br />
E.O N M ine Ventilation Services U niversity of Exeter<br />
Elkem M aterials M oduslink U niversity of G eosciences Beijing<br />
EN CI M ondo M inerals O y U niversity of M iskolc<br />
ExxonM obil M TI H olland U niversity of Q ueensland<br />
FAG Industrial Services Niedmers Jaeger Köster <strong>University</strong> of San Juan<br />
Falconbridge N obel drilling Van N oort<br />
FKuR Kunststoff Nokia Vattenfall Europe Mining<br />
Fluor Chem ie N uon Virginia Polytechnic<br />
Fraunhofer UMSICHT Outokumpu W.C. Heraeus<br />
G E O y Forcit W all Street Analytics<br />
Genivar <strong>Per</strong>liya-Broken Hill W eatherford<br />
Technology PWC Technology<br />
GTS Queen's <strong>University</strong><br />
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Finances (1)<br />
• Additional cost to students: 3,500 - 4,000 €<br />
• Socrates:<br />
• no tuition fee<br />
• mobility grant: 1,000 €<br />
• Industry support for<br />
accommodation 3,000 – 3,500 €<br />
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Finances (2)<br />
• Tuition Fee at home university (Socrates or exchange)<br />
COST PAID BY<br />
• Cost of teaching ~ 1,000,000 Universities<br />
• Travel 50,000 Socrates<br />
• Accommodation 150,000 FEMP (industry)<br />
• Reunion 10,000 FEMP (industry)<br />
• Misc. costs 10,000 FEMP (industry)<br />
• Organization (TUD) 50,000 4 Mining Houses<br />
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Alumni contacts<br />
• 512 alumni and students per 2009<br />
• Co-ordination by <strong>Aachen</strong> & Delft<br />
• Maintain database (web-based)<br />
• Eight th<br />
reunion November 2008 hosted by Rio Tinto<br />
• 55 students<br />
• 50 alumni<br />
• 50 industry + universities + guests<br />
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eunion November 2008 (1)<br />
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eunion November 2008 (2)<br />
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eunion November 2008 (3)<br />
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NTERNSHIPS<br />
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EMMEP MSc and PhD projects<br />
• 40-50 M.Sc. thesis projects per year<br />
• 5 to 8 projects at each university<br />
• 6 to 9 months projects<br />
• M.Sc. students to support Ph.D. students<br />
• Structured research desirable<br />
• Next step: More Cooperation in research (between<br />
universities, between industry and universities)<br />
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Erasmus Mundus<br />
• Special MSc. courses with EU seal<br />
• Scholarships for non EU students<br />
• EMMEP received 36 scholarships since 2008<br />
• Opportunity for companies to apply for young engineers<br />
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Structure<br />
• EMMEP is combination of:<br />
• existing EMC, EMEC and EGEC<br />
• Erasmus Mundus MSc scholarships for non EU students<br />
• First year equal EU plus non EU students<br />
• Second year only non-EU students<br />
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EMMEP enrollment 2008-2009<br />
One year joint program only (Exchange)<br />
EMC: 14<br />
EMEC: 14<br />
EGEC: 9<br />
Two year Erasmus Mundus EMMEP, non EU students<br />
EMC: 4<br />
EMEC: 6<br />
EGEC: 8<br />
EMC EGEC EMEC<br />
Canada Namibia Indonesia<br />
Namibia Chile China (2)<br />
China Iran Brazil<br />
Sierra Leone India India<br />
Pakistan<br />
Ethiopia (2)<br />
Nepal<br />
Ghana<br />
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Erasmus Mundus Program<br />
Student Mobility<br />
The students completed the first two months and moved to the next location, without<br />
any problems.<br />
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Financial aspects<br />
• Students receive scholarship @ 21,000/yr<br />
• Students pay 12,000 Euro fee to consortium<br />
• Fees distributed to pay for tuition fees at the<br />
universities plus organizational costs<br />
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Recognition<br />
<strong>RWTH</strong> Best Teaching Award 2003<br />
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Society of Mining Professors<br />
Legal entity coordinating:<br />
- Represents a majority of mining and mining-related academics<br />
- Promotes Mining Engineering as an engineering discipline<br />
- Facilitates information exchange, research and teaching collaboration<br />
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History<br />
• Successor to the first ever international professional<br />
Society, founded in 1786 at Schemnitz (Banska<br />
Stiavnica), with 154 members from 21 countries).<br />
• The non-profit Society was constituted at a meeting in<br />
Leoben in the year 1990.<br />
• The corporate name of the Society is “The Society of<br />
Mining Professors/Societät der Bergbaukunde”.<br />
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Council<br />
• Council Officers:<br />
• President: Prof. Bruce Hebblewhite, <strong>University</strong> of<br />
New South Wales, Australia<br />
• President-Elect: Prof. Ingo Valgma, Tallinn<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Technology, Estonia<br />
• Immediate Past President: Prof. <strong>Per</strong> <strong>Nicolai</strong><br />
<strong>Martens</strong>, <strong>RWTH</strong> <strong>Aachen</strong>, <strong>Germany</strong><br />
• Secretary General: Prof. Michael Karmis, Virginia<br />
Polytechnic Institute & State <strong>University</strong>, USA<br />
• Deputy Secretary General and Treasurer: Assoc. Prof.<br />
Hans de Ruiter, Delft <strong>University</strong> of Technology,<br />
The Netherlands<br />
• Council members from various countries<br />
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Committees<br />
• Membership Committee<br />
• Research and Development Committee<br />
• Education Committee<br />
• Industry Committee<br />
• Membership Development Committee<br />
• Honorifics Committee<br />
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Meetings<br />
• 2010 Annual General Meeting Estonia<br />
• 2011 Annual General Meeting <strong>Per</strong>u<br />
• Past Annual General Meetings;<br />
• The 2009 AGM was held in Sydney, Australia<br />
• The 2008 AGM was held in <strong>Aachen</strong>, <strong>Germany</strong><br />
• The 2007 AGM was held in Belgrade, Serbia<br />
• The 2006 AGM was held in Kosice, Slovak Republic<br />
• The 2005 AGM was held in Ankara Turkey<br />
• The 2004 AGM was held in Freiburg, <strong>Germany</strong><br />
• The 2003 AGM was held in Milos, Greece<br />
• The 2002 AGM was held in Petrosani, Rumania<br />
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Countries (150 members)<br />
Australia Finland Portugal<br />
Austria France Romania<br />
Belgium <strong>Germany</strong> Russian Federation<br />
Bosnia / Herzegovina Greece Slovenia<br />
Brazil Hungary South Africa<br />
Bulgaria Iran Spain<br />
Canada Italy Sweden<br />
Chile Japan Thailand<br />
China Namibia Turkey<br />
Croatia Netherlands Ukraine<br />
Czech Republic Norway United Kingdom<br />
Egypt <strong>Per</strong>u United States<br />
Estonia Poland Yugoslavia<br />
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Information<br />
• www.mineprofs.org<br />
• info@mineprofs.org<br />
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1980<br />
-Petroleum<br />
- Mining<br />
- Minerals processing<br />
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2009<br />
-Petroleum<br />
- Mining<br />
- Minerals processing<br />
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Australian CRC Mining<br />
•Incorporated Joint Venture between:<br />
•Industry:<br />
• Anglo Coal<br />
• Anglo Ashanti Gold<br />
• BHP Billiton<br />
• Rio Tinto Technical Services<br />
• Hamersley Iron<br />
• WMC<br />
• Phelps Dodge<br />
• Peabody Energy<br />
•Suppliers<br />
• P&H MinePro<br />
• Komatsu<br />
• Caterpillar<br />
• Lucas Group<br />
•Universities:<br />
• Queensland<br />
• Sydney<br />
• Newcastle<br />
• Curtin<br />
• (Arizona )<br />
1 Tax-Exempt, Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee<br />
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Pilot project<br />
Industry<br />
• Anglo American - User<br />
Suppliers<br />
• CommoDas - Equipment<br />
Universities<br />
• TU Delft - M.Sc. Projects<br />
• <strong>RWTH</strong> <strong>Aachen</strong> - M.Sc. Projects<br />
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