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Gecamin announces a call for authors for the 2nd International Conference on Geometallurgy

Between 5-7 December Geomet 2012 will bring together the most important players in the mining industry for the common goal of recognizing and analysing new projects and the technological advances applied to geometallurgy.  

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Enermin 2012 vice president gives talk at CESCO CRU energy seminar

Codelco's Energy and Water Resources Manager, Andrés Alonso, gave a talk about the importance of market competition for the mining industry during the CESCO CRU Mining and Energy Supply Summit.

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Gecamin holds event to officially announces its 2012 conference programme

Top executives from the mining industry were in attendance as the event reviewed the main themes for the 2012 conferences. Among these events are management in water and energy, maintenance, automation, and human capital. Along with the participation of around 300 professionals, G...

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Gecamin lanzará su agenda de conferencias 2012

El próximo 3 de abril, la principal empresa organizadora de conferencias para la industria minera dará a conocer su programación anual, que contempla áreas de gran interés para el sector, tales como la gestión del agua, de la energía y del capital humano. Gecamin, empresa líder en ...

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Over 500 people attend the First International Seminar on Social Responsibility in Mining

From the 19 to 21 October in Santiago, Chile, SRMINING received participants from the five continents to discuss the main challenges that mining industries have to handle today in order to strengthen their social license to operate. Over 100 papers from authors of 20 countries, in additio...

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SAMPLING2011 highlights the importance of sampling for mining project success

This year, the 5th World Conference on Sampling and Blending—SAMPLING 2011 was held for the first time in Chile, with 53 presentations from 17 countries that were presented during the 25-28 October encounter, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Santiago. Held for the first time in Denma...

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• Hydrometallurgy expe…

  The sixth version of the International Seminar on Copper Hydrometallurgy was a space to discuss the most recent innovations and technological developments in the processing of…

• André Sougarret told…

  The men in charge of the 33 miner´s rescue last year gave an interesting speech during the closing ceremony of the seminars Geoming- Mineplanning 2011, that…

• The world’s most imp…

  After 48 years, the 19th International Solvent Extraction Conference—ISEC 2011 was held for the first time to South America with Chile as its host country. …

• MAPLA and MANTEMIN 2…

  The meetings were held in Antofagasta, Chile from 7-9 September and were organised by Gecamin, University of Toronto, Canada and The University of Queensland, Australia. Bringing together…

• Prestigious internat…

  For the first time, Gecamin will share the organisation of its two mining maintenance meetings with prestigious mining academic institutions. Mapla 2011 will be co- organised…

• ENVIROMINE 2011: Pre…

  The Seminar will offer a space to discuss and exchange experiences related to recent innovations and developments on prediction, prevention and control of all environmental impacts associated with different mining…

• Srmining 2011: Promo…

  Gecamin and The University of Queensland are the hosts of the first seminar 100% about corporate social responsibility and sustainable development for the mining industry. The seminar already has 158…

• CleanMining 2011 bri…

  "Today there is no excuse for contaminating,was the conclusion reached at the 9th International Conference on Clean Technologies for the Mining Industry. Over 50 international experts presented real and viable…

• DIMET celebrated 50t…

  The Metallurgic Engineering Department from Universidad de Concepción started the celebrations of their 50th anniversary at the 9th International Conference on Clean Technologies for…

Industry Leaders

• Industry Leaders
  
  André Sougarret

  General Manager,
  Minera Esperanza,
  Antofagasta Minerals,
  Chile

  "The mining environment is full with emergencies and
  it's important to know how to handle them"

  The men in charge of the 33 miner´s rescue last year offered an interesting speech called "Technical challenges of the rescue at San Jose's mine" during the closing ceremony for the seminars Geomin and Mineplanning 2011, which took place during July 2011. Sougarret talked about the different important aspects to consider when preventing and handling mining emergencies.

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• Industry Leaders
  
  Edgar Basto

  President,
  Minera Escondida,
  BHP Billiton,
  Chile

  "I am truly grateful for Gecamin for
  organizing these types of events"

  The president of Minera Escondida attended the Geomin-Mineplanning 2011 inaugural ceremony where he talked about the importance of developing the Antofagasta region and praised Gecamin´s work creating spaces in which the newest knowledge in the mining industry can be shared. "These initiatives benefit everybody. I am truly grateful for Gecamin for organizing these types of events, I believe we need them", he said.

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• Industry Leaders
  
  Carlos Ávila
  Vice President
  Mining Projects,
  BHP Billiton, Australia

  "Safety has to be understood as a value in mining"

  As Mineplanning 2011's Chairman, Carlos Ávila not only referred about planning, but also about the importance of ensuring their workers' safety, giving the guarantee they would go back home healthy and safe. In this line, Minera Escondida ―were Ávila worked as Mining Vicepresident last year ― created a new policy called "Zero damage" in order to take care of their employees.

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