EXPERT COMMITTEE ZINC

EC-Head: Dr.-Ing. Sabina Grund

For more than 70 years, the Zinc Expert Committee in the GDMB has been the platform for technical and scientific exchange on all topics relating to zinc extraction, recycling and also further processing. Once a year, Europe’s zinc experts from industry, science and authorities meet for a one-day event to learn with and from each other. Lectures are an integral part of the event, as is personal exchange to expand the professional network. The companies of the European zinc industry take turns hosting the meeting, so exciting excursions to the plants are an integral part of the program. The event language at the Zinc Specialist Committee is English.

Inquiries:
fa-zink@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0

EXPERT COMMITTEE COPPER

EC-Head’s: Magnus Ek, M.Sc.
Dr. Stefan Konetschnik

The Copper Technical Committee is an information and discussion platform for specialists in the copper processing and copper producing industries as well as for scientific and metallurgical universities and institutes. It is intended to serve the exchange of ideas in the development of technology, science and environmental protection in relation to the smelting, refining and production of copper.

Progam

Inquiries:
fa-kupfer@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0

EXPERT COMMITTEE GEOTHERMICS

EC-Head: Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Neu

The Geothermal Energy Expert Committee was established at the end of 2008 to address the growing importance of this form of energy.
The focus of the committee’s meetings to date has been on the use of warm waters from former mines on the one hand and deep geothermal energy, i.e. the extraction of geothermal energy by means of borehole mining, on the other.
The technical committee has set itself the goal of further developing this forward-looking form of energy and making it accessible to a wider circle of interested experts from a wide range of disciplines. In particular, it wants to contribute to reducing prejudices through the work of independent experts, to improve public acceptance, to continuously improve the state of knowledge and to make it accessible in a generally understandable way. This is intended to create the prerequisites for initiating more geothermal projects and, in addition to the hydrothermal projects that are now state of the art, for carrying out more sophisticated petrothermal geothermal projects in the future.

Inquiries:
fa-geothermie@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE DEPOSITS & RAW MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

EC-Head: Dr. Christoph Gauert

Through its members, the Expert Committee Deposits and Raw Materials Management gathers industrial, official and university expertise in the field of mineral and especially metallic primary as well as secondary raw materials, from deposit research and exploration to the resulting economic and ecological assessments.
One of the most important tasks is the networking of the existing know-how of the different actors and knowledge carriers from industrial and academic fields.
The technical committee mediates contacts between members of different disciplines and qualifications as well as between partners in industry, authorities and scientific institutions. The orientation of the expert committee is emphatically international and is also understood as an offer to young GDMB members to become active in the field of mineral raw material exploration and extraction at home and abroad. In addition, the identification of new practice-oriented research topics is part of the scope of duties.

Inquiries:
fa-lagerstaetten@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0

CHEMISTS COMMITTEE

EC-Head’s: Dr. Sonja Priggemeyer
Dr. Elke Lossin

The participants in the Chemists’ Committee are proven experts in the field of analysis of non-ferrous metals. They work in companies of the non-ferrous metal industry, in scientific institutions of research societies, in the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, as well as at renowned suppliers of analytical equipment.

Program

Inquiries:
fa-chemiker@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0

MINING
SEMINAR
RARE EARTH

Head’s: Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Neu, Dr. Christoph Gauert,
Dr.-Ing. Frank Leschhorn, Dr.-Ing. Tobias Elwert

The Mining Seminar focussed on Rare Earths minerals over two days.

Inquiries:
gdmb@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0

YOUNG MEMBERS WORKING GROUP

AKJM-Head’s: Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Manthey, Niklas Hartung (Clausthal),
Jasmin Groß (Aachen), Patrick Reimann (Freiberg)

The Young Members Working Group (AKJM) aims to integrate younger GDMB members (young engineers and students) more strongly into the activities of the Society and to involve them in its tasks. Furthermore, a higher participation of young members in events of the technical committees and district groups is aimed at. The AKJM conducts its own continuing education seminars. The working group is represented by contact persons at many universities. With its activities, the GDMB wants to present itself primarily to students and young engineers.
In addition, we want to promote the engineering profession. Through company visits, a realistic insight into the diverse activities of geologists, mining engineers, processors, metallurgists and related professions is to be given. Job prospects and career opportunities will be presented in short lectures. Young and experienced colleagues report on their experiences and give tips for choosing a profession and a successful career. Excursions and seminars provide additional opportunities to make personal contacts and clarify further questions.

Inquiries:
akjm@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0