Committees

The Organizing Society:

GDMB Society for Mining, Metallurgy, Resource and Environmental Technology

The GDMB is a non-profit organization. Its activities focus on combining science with practical experience in the fields of mining, engineering, tunnelling, mineral processing, extraction, recycling and refining of metals, as well as on the manufacturing of semi and finished products. There is an increasing emphasis on associated environmental issues. The GDMB is internationally active with a European basis and covers a wide variety of topics from applied geology via processing to recycling. These include many important areas of chemistry, especially the complex metallurgical chemistry and, last not least, also analytical chemistry. As a consequence of their increasing importance, aspects of industrial minerals are addressed in addition to the traditional fields of metals and alloys. In order to remain a vibrant and attractive professional society, the GDMB draws on the experience and interests of its worldwide members.

The Co-Organizing Societies and their Representatives

• Institutos de Ingenieros de Minas de Chile (IIMCh)
  Enrique Miranda S., Gerente IIMCh, Chile
• The Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (METSOC)
  Joël Kapusta, Ph.D., Air Liquide Canada Inc., Canada
  Dr. Phillip Mackey, Xstrata Process Support Centre, Canada
• The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (MMIJ)
  Prof. Takahiko Okura, Akita University, Akita, Japan, Yasuo Tamura
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
  Dr. John L. Uhrie, Freeport McMoRan Mining Company, USA
• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
  Dr.-Ing. Andreas Siegmund, CanMetCon, USA

Conference Chairman

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Kopke Aurubis AG, Germany

Technical Programme

Chair Dipl.-Ing. Jo Rogiers Aurubis AG, Belgium

Conference Chair Assistance

Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Zuchowski GDMB Gesellschaft für Bergbau, Metallurgie, Rohstoff- und Umwelttechnik e. V.

II. Session Chairs

Technical Group Chairs

GDMB (region: Europe, Russia, near Orient)
Dipl.-Ing. Jo Rogiers, Aurubis AG, Belgium, Jo.Rogiers@gdmb.de

IIMCh (region: South America)
Sergio Demetrio, IIMCh, Chile, contact: cu2010@iimch.cl

METSOC (region: Canada, Australia, Africa)
Ass. Prof. Edouard Asselin, University of British Columbia, Canada, contact: edouard@mtrl.ubc.ca

MMIJ (region: Japan, China, South East Asia)
Prof. Takahiro Okura, Akita University, Japan, okura@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp

SME / TMS (region: USA, Mexico)
Dr. Andreas Siegmund, CanMetCon, USA, Andreas.Siegmund@gdmb.de

Technical Group of GDMB

(responsible for: Europe, Russia, near Orient, up to Iran and Egypt and Central Asia)

Technical Group of METSOC

(responsible for Canada, Australia, Africa)

Technical Group of SME and TMS

(responsible for USA and Mexico)

Technical Group of IIMCh

will be built.

Technical Group of MMIJ

(responsible for: Japan, China, South-East Asia)

Short Course Organizing Committee

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Kopke (Chair), Aurubis AG, Germany

Dipl.-Ing. Miguel Palacios, Atlantic Copper S.A., Spain

Prof. Dr. mont. Peter Paschen, Austria

Dipl.-Ing. Norbert L. Piret, Piret & Stolberg Partners, Germany

Organizing Committee