Events
EXPERT COMMITTEE LEAD

EXPERT COMMITTEE GEOTHEMICS

CHEMISTS COMMITTEE

EXPERT COMMITTEE DEPOSITS & RAW MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

YOUNG MEMBERS WORKING GROUP

EXPERT COMMITTEE ZINC

EXPERT COMMITTEE COPPPER

HISTORY COMMITTEE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
EXPERT COMMITTEE OPENCAST MINING

EXPERT COMMITTEE LIGHTMETALS

EXPERT COMMITTEE SPECIAL METALS

EC PROCESSING, ENVIRONMENTAL & RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

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Events
Mar 2024
Geothermal Expert Committee – 13. March 2024 - 14. March 2024 at 9:00 - 17:00Mining Seminar – 20. March 2024 - 21. March 2024 at 9:00 - 17:00
About the Expert Committees
The technical-scientific work of the GDMB is carried out in its specialist committees. Their members meet regularly to discuss the latest technical and scientific findings in their fields. In addition to a lecture program, topic-related plant tours round off the meetings. The current and future work of the technical committees is determined in internal meetings. Working groups are formed at short notice to deal with individual problems. Their number and focus are variable and are adapted to current requirements.
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EXPERT COMMITTEE LEAD
Completed: August 30th – September 1st 2023
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The Lead Specialist Committee forms the discussion and exchange platform for lead producers and lead processors among the members of the GDMB. Since it also deals primarily with scientific and environmentally relevant issues, the universities of Aachen, Freiberg and Leoben are also represented on the committee, as are university representatives from other language countries from time to time.
Inquiries:
fa-blei@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 0
EXPERT COMMITTEE ZINC
Completed: August 30th – September 1st 2023
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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
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EXPERT COMMITTEE ZINC
Completed: August 30th – September 1st 2023
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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
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EXPERT COMMITTEE LIGHT METALS
Completed: September 5th – 6th 2023
Hamburg, Germany
Inquiries:
fa-leichtmetall@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 0
EXPERT COMMITTEE COPPER
Completed: October 25th – 27th 2023
Essen and Lünen, Germany
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.
Inquiries:
fa-kupfer@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0
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EXPERT COMMITTEE COPPER
Scheduled: October 25th – 27th 2023
Essen and Lünen, Germany
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.
Inquiries:
fa-kupfer@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0
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EXPERT COMMITTEE SPECIAL METALS
Completed: September 20th – 21st 2023
Freiberg, Germany
EC-Head: Dr.-Ing. Eric Becker
Due to the increasingly widespread use of special and precious metals in the industrial and consumer sectors, these metals are of great importance in terms of raw material deposits and their extraction, refining processes and extreme purities, areas of application, and recycling of returned materials. In addition to the classic precious and refractory metals, the focus is increasingly on the rare earth and semiconductor metals and their compounds used in electronics/optics and regenerative energy production.
The Special Metals Committee discusses the individual topics according to their topicality and discusses tasks in the various fields of production and recycling at the annual two-day committee meetings.
Inquiries:
fa-sondermetalle@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 0
EXPERT COMMITTEE GEOTHERMICS
Scheduled: March 13th – 14th 2024
Vienna, Austria
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
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EXPERT COMMITTEE GEOTHERMICS
Scheduled: March 13th – 14th 2024
Vienna, Austria
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
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EC PROCESSING, ENVIRONMENTAL
& RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY
Completed: October 11th – 12th 2023
Sonthofen, Germany
EC-Head: Dr.-Ing. Tobias Elwert
The Technical Committee Processing, Recycling and Environmental Technology deals with the processing of primary and secondary raw materials. Furthermore, topics such as air pollution control and process water treatment are addressed. The FA meets once a year in the form of a company or institute visit with an associated lecture event. A joint evening event offers the opportunity for professional exchange and networking. The main topics of recent years have been, for example, the treatment of electronic scrap and waste incineration slags, large-scale shredder plants, gypsum extraction and recycling, and the recycling of lithium-ion batteries.
Inquiries:
fa-aufbereitung@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 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
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
EXPERT COMMITTEE OPEN PIT MINING
EC-Head: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thorsten Volkmer
In October 2017, the “Stones, Earths, Industrial Minerals” technical committee was merged with the “Surface Mining Technology” working group. The committee focuses on the extraction and processing of near-surface mineral raw materials as well as the related issues of exploration and evaluation of deposits, mining and processing technology, mine planning, subsequent use and raw material security.
The ever-increasing demands placed on companies in the approval procedures for raw material extraction in the areas of environmental protection and landscape conservation as well as water management have led the committee to devote more attention to these topics in recent years.
A particular concern of the expert committee is the technical-scientific exchange of experience and information with close reference to industrial practice.
Inquiries:
fa-tagebautechnik@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 0
CHEMISTS COMMITTEE
Scheduled: November 7th – 8th 2023
Kassel, Germany
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.
Inquiries:
fa-chemiker@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0
CHEMISTS COMMITTEE
Scheduled: November 7th – 8th 2023
Kassel, Germany
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.
Inquiries:
fa-chemiker@gdmb.de
+49 5323 93 79 – 0
HISTORY COMMITTEE
Completed: October 20th – 21st 2023
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
EC-Head: Oberberghauptmann a.D. Prof. Dr. h.c. Reinhard Schmidt
Since its foundation in 1957, the GDMB History Committee has pursued the objectives of researching the mining industry, awakening interest in the history of mining and metallurgy, collecting the literature on metal extraction in the Central European region, and maintaining an awareness of miners’ culture and miners’ tradition as an integral part of mining and metallurgical history.
Within the framework of these objectives, very well-attended conferences are held annually, not only in Germany, but also in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Poland and Slovakia.
Inquiries:
fa-geschichte@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 0
MINING
SEMINAR
RARE EARTH
Scheduled: March 20th – 21st 2024
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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
MINING
SEMINAR
RARE EARTH
Scheduled: March 20th – 21st 2024
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Completed: October 19th 2023
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
The General Assembly (GA) is the highest organ of the GDMB association. It shall be convented by the president at least once a year, and provides the opportunity to all members to shape the development of the organization.
Minutes of the GA are published in the associations journals World of Mining – Surface & Underground and World of Metallurgy – ERZMETALL on an annual base.
Inquiries:
gdmb@gdmb.de
+49 5323 9379 – 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
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