Course e Summ mary & A Annual R Report F FEMP 2 011 - 20 012
Course e Summ mary & A Annual R Report F FEMP 2 011 - 20 012
Course e Summ mary & A Annual R Report F FEMP 2 011 - 20 012
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<strong>Annual</strong> mmeeting<br />
and rreunion<br />
2<strong>011</strong>1<br />
Caterpillaar<br />
hosted thiis<br />
year’s reuunion<br />
of the EEMC,<br />
EMECC<br />
and EGECC<br />
programs<br />
which cooincides<br />
withh<br />
the annuaal<br />
meeting oof<br />
<strong>FEMP</strong> (Feederation<br />
of European<br />
Mineral PPrograms)<br />
and<br />
its IAB (Inndustrial<br />
Advvisory<br />
Board).<br />
Besides 50<br />
students<br />
and 70 alumni, 60 representattives<br />
of thee<br />
industrial and academmic<br />
<strong>FEMP</strong><br />
memberss<br />
were preseent.<br />
The evennt<br />
was again an excellent opportunity to strengthenn<br />
the <strong>FEMP</strong> nnetwork.<br />
The venuue<br />
took placee<br />
at the Cateerpillar<br />
plant in Gosseliess<br />
and during the eveninggs<br />
in Mons, bboth<br />
places<br />
are abouut<br />
50 km South<br />
of Brussells<br />
(Belgium).<br />
On Thurssday<br />
3 Noveember<br />
business<br />
meetings<br />
of the acaddemic<br />
<strong>FEMP</strong>P<br />
members wwere<br />
held, whhile<br />
Barrick<br />
Gold Coorp.<br />
hosted a dinner meeeting<br />
for thee<br />
industrial F<strong>FEMP</strong><br />
membbers.<br />
In the eevening<br />
Firsst<br />
Quantum<br />
sponsoreed<br />
a welcomee<br />
event at thee<br />
hostel in MMons.<br />
All particcipants<br />
joinedd<br />
at 13.00 foor<br />
lunch, folloowed<br />
by a shhort<br />
introducttion<br />
by the Inndustrial<br />
members<br />
of FEEMP<br />
about their<br />
companyy.<br />
Between 15.00<br />
and 188.00<br />
the workkshop<br />
“Miningg<br />
in<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>” wwas<br />
presenteed<br />
by Davee<br />
More, Riien<br />
Pouls, Ard<br />
Wormeesster<br />
and Anddreas<br />
Keller. The Workshoop<br />
topics weere:<br />
• RRoom<br />
and Piillar<br />
in <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> ( (Pouls)<br />
• NNew<br />
mining mmethods<br />
for sseams<br />
in <strong>20</strong>2<strong>20</strong><br />
(Keller)<br />
• SSurface<br />
mininng<br />
in <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> (DDave<br />
or Arennd?)<br />
• HHard<br />
rock mining<br />
in <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong> (Arend or Daave)<br />
• FFrom<br />
mine too<br />
mill (Mike BBuxton<br />
of TU Delft)<br />
• FFuture<br />
deveelopments<br />
inn<br />
mass exxtraction,<br />
Block<br />
CCaving<br />
(Allann<br />
Moss of Rioo<br />
Tinto)<br />
01/08/<strong>20</strong><strong>012</strong><br />
<strong>Course</strong> S<strong>Summ</strong>ary<br />
andd<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> Repport<br />
<strong>FEMP</strong> 22<strong>011</strong><br />
- <strong>20</strong>12<br />
The sstudents<br />
arrivved<br />
on Thurssday<br />
afternooon<br />
and particcipated<br />
in a<br />
plant tour in Gosseelies.<br />
On Frriday<br />
afternooon<br />
4 Novemmber<br />
the workkshop<br />
took pplace<br />
at the<br />
premiises<br />
of Caterpillar.<br />
In thee<br />
morning thhe<br />
business meeting of<br />
the FEEMP’s<br />
Indusstrial<br />
Advisoryy<br />
Board (IABB)<br />
was held aat<br />
the same<br />
place.<br />
Students aand<br />
alumni of<br />
the three pprograms<br />
joinned<br />
around<br />
lunchttime.<br />
On Thuursday<br />
afternnoon<br />
and Friday<br />
morningg<br />
Caterpillar<br />
offereed<br />
plant tourss.<br />
In the evening there was a buffet dinneer<br />
and drinks, , offered by<br />
Caaterpillar,<br />
at the hostel “AAuberge<br />
de Jeunesse duu<br />
Beffroi” in<br />
Moons.<br />
Most of the 180 partiicipants<br />
weree<br />
present.<br />
paage<br />
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