Courses

This course is for anyone who needs to interface with the mining industry: suppliers of equipment and services, government and regulators, administrative and support staff.

CAD geological modelling, mine design and production planning are the backbone of modern mining operations, supporting new project development, economic evaluation of mining projects and optimising daily operations. Understanding how this technology works is a basic requirement for mining peofessionals.

Social license to operate is a high-ranking priority for mining operators. To reduce project delay or disapproval risks, a collaborative planning framework is proposed to increase visibility of social and environmental challenges, to improve communications, and to facilitate collaboration between multi-discipline stakeholders.

This course provides a non-technical introduction to the basic concepts of mineral exploration, ore extraction, mineral processing, and mine waste management, with numerous examples, figures and images of mining. Also included are some key aspects of the economics of a mining and mineral processing operation.

The Certified Water Steward online training programme is the first of its kind globally and is accredited by the European Water Stewardship Standard (EWS). The programme aims to support designated water stewards with training on how to lower water consumption and reduce operating costs while protecting the environment.

It is common ground that we live in a finite world with a limited availability of natural resources. Yet, our current economic system is based on unlimited growth and extraction. Usually, this system is referred to as a linear economy model, where take - make - use - waste are the distinct steps of processing and later disposal.

If everyone on the planet consumed like the average European, we would need almost three planets earth to sustain the global economy.

Only recently, in March 2020, the EU has adopted circularity as the new economic paradigm for Europe. So what exactly is a “circular economy” and how can companies respond to this new economic paradigm?

CARONTE aims to design, pilot and disseminate innovative approaches and strategies in retrieving, effectively organizing and properly sharing among colleagues scientific and technical information regarding the science and innovation frontiers within companies operating in the raw materials sector that are focusing their activities on recycling (and substitution themes).

This course will discuss creation of exploration start up 'Inkubator' companies with a hands on approach of creating a group start up company and funding it with aspects including legal, technical and corporate. It will involve operations, including ongoing funding mechanisms, shareholder communication and endgame scenarios.

This webinar will enable participants to apply theoretical knowledge of statistics to resolve applied mining problems.  Participants will gain an understanding of what data to collect, how to measure it, and with what frequency? The data cleansing, validation, exploration, visualisation and integration phases will also be presented. In doing so, participants will be exposed to excel spreadsheets in order to appropriately find patterns, gain insights and communicate results.

Natural, rare, beautiful, durable materials – the stuff of legend, gems attract us and excite our imagination. Diamonds have been known, coveted and used by humankind since Antiquity; India was their only source until around 1723, when they were discovered in Brazil.

This course will provide you with the knowledge about the current electrochemical treatment of industrial waters as well as give the tools to improve and assess water treatment on sites. The effect of electrochemical treatment on the removal of contaminants, possible application and feasibility studies are discussed during the course. You leave the course with the ready and assessed solution to treat your water streams.

This course discusses the exploration, evaluation, valuation and reporting of mineral deposits process as shaped by local and global economic, social and political variables, forces and actors rather than only by technology and the geology, metallogeny, physical and chemical properties of ores and mineral deposits.

Geochemical exploration has evolved over the past 30 years from traditionally focused (mineral) resource identification to a multi-element, multi-media toolbox.

The European Union (EU) is one of the major trading partners of Nigeria. Solid minerals raw materials are critical to the EU industrial sector and economy. However, some factors, which include increased demand by emerging economies, shift in trade policies, inadequate supply and increasing demand by the producing countries amongst others, are limiting accessibility to these raw materials. Consequently, the EU industries need to explore new sources of mineral raw materials to mitigate the risk of non-availability and ensure sustainable operations. The data on Nigeria’s solid mineral raw materials sector will assist raw materials supply chain managers, prospective investors and researchers with information on availability, quantity, quality, sustainable supply and government policies in the mineral raw materials sector to plan their operations and make sound business decisions.

This free webinar is presented in association with edumine.

Join us to find out how and why effective outcomes happen when multi-discipline teams really hash out ESG risks together.

INNOMAT: the course to make your business more resilient to risks in materials supply

How is your company prioritizing post COVID-19 strategies for the new normals? Participation in this course will help students to learn about and to apply holistic methodologies, circular economy concepts and B-corporation business models, that are essential for the sustainable transition to equitable and resilient supply chains in the context of challenges like climate changes, economic disruptions, pandemics and other crises.

This is an introductory course on the valuation of mineral assets, focusing on:

1. The international valuation standards and guidelines. 
2. The methods used in the valuation of the several types of mineral properties.

Exploration of the nature and importance of change. Comprehend the main factors within an organisation which face change both internally & externally. Role of organisation culture in the change process. How to plan and implement a broad strategy for introducing change. Application of management change techniques to a variety of organisations.

This is a practical course; the solution of practical exercises is oriented to give the numerical techniques applied in metallurgical balances which is the fundamental of specialized software. Using methods for checking of correctness of material balance of separation operations, quality control with correction of errors in operation conditions.

Metals recovery through pyro- and/or hydrometallurgical route is a complex and multidimensional process where multiple unit operations are used. Metallurgical unit operations are most often multiphase systems, and research and development faces many of the challenges typically found with such systems. In view of the complexity of the task, the use of sophisticated modeling and simulation tools is a valid approach for analysis of the important phenomena behind the operations, their interactions and relative importance.

This Online Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt is a training programme with a difference. University Certified and created by industry experts, you will develop the knowledge and skills required to identify, analyse and develop solutions for Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Projects.

This course aims to provide the trainee with an informed and practical grounding in the concepts, value and application of Organizational Behavior.

The focus of the course will be to highlight the nature and dynamics of these interactions among multiple players with different goals and concerns—corporations, communities, First Nations, interest groups, unions, governments—and the development of perspectives, tools, and strategies that today's leaders and managers can put to use on the ground and in the boardroom.

Many proponents in the extractive sector are experiencing extended permitting delays or denials due to opposing stakeholders. To reduce risks causing such external concerns and delays, a front-end planning & mapping framework is proposed to increase visibility and understanding of complex systems, improve communications, and facilitate collaboration between multi-discipline stakeholders.

This course presents and discusses the international policies, reporting frameworks, standards, good practices and guidelines for mineral projects and assets.

Metallurgy is a key enabler of a circular economy (CE), its digitalization is the metallurgical Internet of Things (m-IoT). In short: Metallurgy is at the heart of a CE, as metals all have strong intrinsic recycling potentials.

If you're mine design teams struggle with how to address ESG or SDG objectives, or you’ve been trying to break down silos to facilitate collaborative problem solving, then you’ve found a course that can help. The interactive processes explored during the course facilitate dialogue and informed decision-making around a number of project objectives, helping to reduce negative impacts of projects on the environment, and create positive benefits to the local economy, and the corporate bottom line. The processes also provide a means to boost external multi-stakeholder engagement, in turn reducing project delays or risks of disapproval.

Due to the impact of the pandemic, financial crisis, short-time work - uncertainty, anxiety are increasing and we feel more stressed than ever before! This interactive online-seminars, will help you to reflect and change personal stress factors routines and behavior patterns. You will be more productive, recharge faster and improve your self-awareness. For a better work-life-balance & less stress!

This course discusses the principles and practice of surface water management at mines.

Due to the impact of the pandemic & advancing digitization, working environments have changed! Teams are working more remotely, and we have to motivate ourselves within home-office even more to get things done! This interactive online-workshops, will help you to increase your productivity, getting to know tools & tips to be more structured & self-disciplined. To have more time for the important things in life!

The main idea of the course is to highlight the importance of fatigue problems and to qualify the participants to identify, evaluate and prevent fatigue motivated defects. Therefore, a training on two consecutive days will present the full range of fatigue analysis by presenting the theory and by practical experiments.

This module builds on the foundations laid by TPPD 1 for outstanding self-leadership through instructor-guided evaluative self-discoveries. TPPD 2 requires and builds on the successful completion of TPPD 1 which instils initial self-awareness and foundation for further personal and professional development.

This course concerns the valuation of mineral assets, focusing on:

• The international valuation standards and guidelines. 
• The methods used in the valuation of the several types of mineral properties.