FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MINERAL PROGRAMS

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FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MINERAL PROGRAMS
Presentation
Hans de Ruiter
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1980
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2005
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2005
2004
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2030
Mining Eng..... Ingenioro
mineroMammal..E
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TU Delft
Minimum requirement
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SINCE 2003

• Australia
• Mineral Tertiary Education Council (MCA)
• 1998 study Back from the Brink
• 2003 interim report
• USA
• Minerals Education Sustainability Taskforce (SME)
• 2004 study of the Supply / Demand balance of
  geo-professionals
• Europe
• Working group (members from Rio Tinto, Anglo
  American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata)
• Study amongst universities in Australia, Canada,
  Chile, Europe, South Africa, UK and US

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STUDY AUSTRALIA

• MTEC
• Industry (MCA) 15 universities (9 consortia)
• 5 Year program, 5 Million from industry
• Since then 7 options closed
• Three marked for closure
• Four rationalised / absorbed in other disciplines
• Closure of min. 2 programs / year in
• Australia North America Europe
• Co-operation between universities is essential
• Then industry is willing to help, which is
  essential

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STUDENTS CHOICES
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CONCLUSIONS AUSTRALIA

• MTEC is a unique opportunity to support the
  Australian minerals and service industry
• Changes in industry give direction for what needs
  to occur in the education sector
• Not all institutions will be winners.
• If the opportunity is not grasped by some, all
  stand to be losers in the longer-term

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STUDY USA

• SME initiative to establish a Mineral Education
  Sustainability Task Force
• Members from industry, the academia, the
  government and the SME
• Critical sustainability issue with minerals
  engineering education in USA
• Not enough mining and metallurgical engineers
  graduating
• Programs at the State Universities are closing
  due to shrinking State funding
• The number of mining programs decreased from some
  30 in the eighties to 14 in 2004
• At this moment a few are still under threat to be
  closed

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B.Sc. GRADUATES USA
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CONCLUSIONS USA

• Need three times the current number of
  graduates.
• Still is education capacity to accomplish this.
  Critical in the next five years
• High retirement rate from senior engineers for
  production, government and sales/ services.
• Serious problem with retirements by education
  faculty staff.

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STUDY EUROPE

• Working group
• Rio Tinto, Anglo, BHP Billiton and Xstrata
• Gain an understanding of the forces affecting
  global minerals engineering education
• Concern
• Long term supply of technical resources in the
  Mineral Industry globally
• Focus
• Mining Engineering, Metallurgy and Geosciences

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METALLURGISTS

• Mineral Engineers and chemical engineers used at
  working group operations.
• Approximately 50 of metallurgy and minerals
  processing positions are filled by chemical
  engineers.
• Study assessed pure metallurgy and minerals
  processing graduates.

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STUDY EUROPE

• Surveyed universities in Australia, Canada,
  Chile, Europe, South Africa, UK and USA
• Current low point in supply of mining engineers
  with 500 Bachelor and 150 Master graduates from
  surveyed universities.
• Of 53 mining schools, 6 are closing.
• Very small class sizes in some schools threatens
  viability
• Global demand for mining engineers 500-800 per
  year

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SITUATION UK

• UK Mining Engineers 1970-2007 UK Mineral
  Processing 1970-2007

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CONCLUSIONS EUROPE

• Mining Engineering a key concern
• Metallurgy/Mineral Processing also concern but
  slightly less (opportunities for substitution by
  Chemical Engineers)
• Geosciences - less of a problem in the short term

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MINING ENGINEERS WORLDWIDE
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WORLDWIDE CONCERN

• University courses are shrinking or closing
  around the world.
• Over the past 20 years, at least 20 mining
  engineering programmes have closed.
• This represents 30 of the total courses
  available in the countries from which the major
  industry typically recruits.
• Mineral processing / metallurgy courses did
  follow a similar trend.
• Geology courses have been less affected.
• SHORTAGE HUNDREDS OF ENGINEERS/YEAR FOR NEXT 10
  YEARS

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FUTURE ACTIONS EUROPE

• Industrial training opportunities to continue
• Industry interaction with selected companies and
  departments including teaching and research
• Support for universities in promoting at high
  schools
• Development of a global master in mining
  engineering programme to provide alternative
  pathways into the industry
• Co-operation is essential

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COOPERATION !!!!
Delft, Freiberg 5 students 2 nationalities 0
Companies
2005
1900
Delft, Aachen, London, Berlin, Kosice Helsinki,
Miskolc, Wroclaw 50 students, 12
nationalities 25 Companies
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INITIATIVES FOR CO-OPERATION

• Late 80s Delft combined mining, processing,
  metallurgy and recycling
• Low number of mining students Delft RSM
• 1995 / 1996 Delft investigates possible joint
  curriculum, with London, Helsinki and Aachen
• September 1996 European Mining Course (EMC)
• September 1998 European Mineral Engineering
  Course (EMEC)
• September 2003 European Geotechnical and
  Environmental Course (EGEC)
• 2005 merged European Masters Mineral Engineering
  Course (EMMEC)

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EUROPEAN MASTERS MINERAL ENGINEERING COURSE
(EMMEC)
1996
1998
2003
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M.Sc
B.Sc
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EMC PARTNERS

• Helsinki University of Technology
• Automation / Mechanisation, Equipment
  maintenance, Rock Mechanics, Mine planning
• Royal School of Mines
• Finance, Management, Ventilation
• RWTH
• Quarrying, Rehabilitation, Environment
• Delft University of Technology
• Alluvial mining, Geostatistics, Industrial
  minerals

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EMEC PARTNERS

• Delft University of Technology
• Recycling, Alluvial mining, Economics,Industrial
  minerals,
• RWTH
• Case Study
• Royal School of Mines
• Modelling, Instrumentation, Hydrometallurgy
• Helsinki University of Technology
• Comminution, Multiphase flows, Recycling,
  Flotation, Case study

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EUROPEAN GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COURSE
BERLIN
WROCLAW
KOSICE
FREIBERG
MISKOLC
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COURSES
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COMPANY VISITS
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
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BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAMS

• Multinational group
• Intensive program
• English language
• Networking
• Industry contacts (jobs)
• Social skills
• Flexibility

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FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN MINERAL PROGRAMS
16 December 1999
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STRUCTURE FEMP
Industry AKZO Anglo American Plc. Barrick Gold
Corporation Boart Longyear BHP-Billiton
Caterpillar Corus Euromines Falconbridge
Heidelberg Cement Hornonitrianske Bane
Prievidza. IHC KGHM Minera Alumbrera Outokumpu
Pechiney RAG Resource Capital Funds RWE
Power Rio Tinto Tamrock Walter Beckers
Wirtschafstvereinigung Bergbau Xstrata Zinifex
Associated universities Canada Queens
McGill USA Colorado School of Mines,
Virginia Tech AustraliaQueensland Chi
le Concepcion, Catholica ArgentinaSan
Juan Europe France, Belgium, Sweden,
Austria, Poland, etc.

• European Universities
• EMMEC
• EMC
• EMEC
• EGEC

FEMP
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CURRENT INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS
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INTERESTED INDUSTRY

• Phelps Dodge
• Newmont Mining
• Surpac
• Metso
• Larox
• Heidelberg
• Lafarge
• Codelco
• Washington Group
• Alcan
• Datamine

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BOARDS

• FEMP Board
• EMC
• EMEC
• EGEC
• Industry (Chris Cross)
• Chairman (Wijnand Dalmijn)
• Industrial Advisory Board
• Euromines
• Companies
• Mining
• Metallurgical
• Supply
• Financial

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WORLD WIDE NETWORK
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E - ASPECTS

• Information
• Registration of the students
• Organisation of the 45 courses
• Communication
• Course evaluation
• Administer exam results
• Alumni

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STRUCTURE
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VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
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COURSE EVALUATION
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DATABASE
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MINERAL RESOURCES DISTANT LEARNING

• Market
• Students in any country
• Industry upgrade B.Sc. To M.Sc.
• Related background
• Unrelated background (need for introduction
  courses)
• Courses (menu)
• Offered by core and associated universities
• Mandatory and elective courses

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STUDENT ENROLLMENT
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STUDENT ENROLLMENT
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EMPLOYMENT
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COUNTRIES OF EMPLOYMENT
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FINANCES

• Additional cost to students 3,500 - 4,000
• Socrates
• no tuition fee
• mobility grant 1,000
• Industry for accommodation 2,500 3,000

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FINANCES FOR 60 STUDENTS

• Tuition Fee at home university (Socrates or
  exchange)
• COST PAID BY
• Cost of teaching 1 M Universities
• Travel 50,000 Socrates
• Accommodation 120,000 FEMP (industry)
• Reunion 10,000 FEMP (industry)
• Misc. costs 10,000 FEMP
  (industry)
• Organisation (TUD) 50,000 Industry

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ALUMNI CONTACTS

• 318 alumni and students per 2005
• Co-ordination by Aachen Delft
• Maintain database (web-based)
• Fifth reunion 9-11 December 2004 at Corus
• 50 students
• 30 alumni
• 30 industry universities

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BENEFITS FOR FEMP MEMBERS

• FEMP worldwide platform of industry and
  universities
• Network of gt300 FEMP alumni those of 20
  universities in Europe, N S America and
  Australia
• Students alumni are potential future clients
• Access to universities (internships, thesis
  projects, etc.)
• Free advertisement in Course Summary
• Annual meeting with industry, academia, students
  and alumni
• Possibility to get exposure to students by short
  courses, visits

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FEMP TO INDUSTRY

• Recruiting (long term supply)
• Assistance with technical problems
• Close network of large variety of companies
• Familiarity FEMP members with network
• gt300 alumni (growing)
• 20 universities involved in programs
• Offering of courses (future)
• At the universities
• On site
• Through internet
• Research co-operation

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INDUSTRY TO FEMP

• Employment
• Contacts
• Research (thesis projects)
• Internships
• 30 worldwide internships from Rio Tinto Anglo
• PD, DSK, KS, etc.
• Excursions, workshops
• Political lobby
• Financial assistance

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INTERNSHIPS
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DEVELOPMENTS
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ERASMUS MUNDUS

• 250 Master courses with EU seal
• Scholarships (21,000 Euro/year) for non EU
  students
• Oct 2004 Three programs within EMMEC
• EMMEC in top 25, but structure was confusing
• May 2005 Re-issue as EMMEC (one program, 3
  specialisations)
• Now on reserve list (one expert was anti-mining)
• 2006 Re-issue again

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ERASMUS MUNDUS BACKGROUND

• Majority of exchange students go to USA
• Majority of 400,000 exchange students to Europe
  go to France, Germany and UK
• Improve quality and competiveness of higher
  education in Europe
• Be attractive to students from other parts of the
  world

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ERASMUS MUNDUS MINERALS ENGINEERING COURSE

• Consortium 9 universities
• M.Sc. program for EU and non EU students
• Erasmus Mundus scholarships for non EU students
• FEMP and EU (Socrates) support for EU students
• In future also student exchange for 1 or 2
  semesters with non EU universities

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EMMEC / FEMP

• 9 European universities directly
• 9 Overseas universities indirectly
• 3 disciplines
• Mining engineering
• Mineral engineering
• Geotechnical environmental engineering
• 60 - 70 graduates (M.Sc.) per year
• Internationally trained
• At least 20 from outside Europe
• Most look for an international career
• 30 Companies supporting

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EMMEC RESEARCH

• 60-70 M.Sc. thesis projects per year
• 5 to 8 projects at each university
• 6 to 9 months projects
• M.Sc. students to support Ph.D. students
• Structured research desirable
• Centres of excellence
• Individual universities
• Combinations

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Cooperative Research Centres

• An Australian approach to research collaboration

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Australian CRC Mining

• Incorporated Joint Venture between
• Anglo Coal
• Anglo Ashanti Gold
• BHP Billiton
• Rio Tinto Technical Services
• Hamersley Iron
• WMC
• Phelps Dodge
• Peabody Energy
• PH MinePro
• Komatsu
• Caterpillar
• Lucas Group
• Universities of Queensland Sydney Newcastle Cu
  rtin
• (Arizona )

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Research Partners

• University of Queensland
• Mining and Minerals Processing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• University of Sydney
• Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR)
• Mining geophysics
• Curtin University
• Mining geomechanics
• University of Newcastle
• Electrical Engineering Power Electronics
• University of Arizona
• Mining and Geological Engineering

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Research Staff

• 45 FTE researchers
• Many recognised world-leaders in their fields
• Plus 30 graduate students
• All employed by partner universities
• Combination of academic and full-time research
  staff
• Centre owns and manages projects
• 50 graduate completions in full-time employment

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Project Commercialisation
Discretionary Cash
DiscretionaryProject Funding
Industry Funding
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Commercialisation
PH
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License
CBMI
BHPB
UniDig2
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CRC Mining
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30
50
GeoMole
EzyMine
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PH
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Conclusions

• Cooperative research/education can achieve
  spectacular results.
• Joint projects with industry give excellent
  opportunities for commercialization.
• Industry enthusiastic and keen to get involved

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EUROPEAN RESEARCH

• Evaluate CRC type structure
• Adapt to European situation
• Start small with pilot project
• Combine with supply industry (Cat, Surpac,
  Tamrock, etc.)
• Investigate link with Australia

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RESEARCH PILOT PROJECT

• Formalize cluster
• Industry Rio Tinto ..
• Universities Aachen, Exeter, Delft, Helsinki
• Identify a number of projects
• Mining
• Change open pit to underground (develop module
  for Surpac)
• Rapid mine development
• Mineral Engineering
• Ore sorting
• Dry processing
• Other

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RECOGNITION
RWTH Best Teaching Award 2003
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CONCLUSIONS

• If nothing is done, EXTINCTION
• Things dont happen automatically
• Initiative has to come from universities
• Co-operation of universities is essential !!
• Many benefits for students
• Industry is willing but wants to see initiatives
  first
• IF WE DONT DO THIS THEN..

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