Mining in Europe
Omschrijving
The ‘Mijnbouwkundige Vereeniging’ (MV), the ‘Mining Section’ of the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers, KIVI, and the ‘Mining Circle’ of the Royal Netherlands Geological and Mining Society, KNGMG, organise:
Evening seminar ‘Mining in Europe’
on November 16, 2015.
Participation is free for Members of KNGMG, KIVI and the MV, and other interested persons.
However: OBLIGATED REGISTRATION latest before 13 November via KIVI website, via mijnbouw@kngmg.nl or via Secretaris-MV@tudelft.nl.
The lectures will be held in English.
Background: The Drakelands Mine
(See also: http://www.wolfminerals.com.au/irm/content/drakelands-mine.aspx?RID=324)
The Hemerdon project is the third largest tungsten and tin resource in the world and will provide a secure supply of tungsten and valuable export revenue for the UK. The project will create more than 200 jobs and pump hundreds of millions of pounds into the Plymouth, Devon and UK economies over the next decade.
In 2007, Wolf Minerals entered into an option agreement with the landowners and has renamed the mine Drakelands Mine to recognise the local community situated in a valley between the project’s pit and processing plant. The project’s construction phase commenced in February 2014 and production is scheduled to commence by Q3 2015. With an estimated production of 5,000 tonnes per annum of tungsten concentrate and 1,000 tonnes of tin concentrate, the £123 million Drakelands Mine will be one of the world’s most important tungsten mines.
Most of the valuable tungsten and tin at the Hemerdon project is found within large granite deposits. The ore extraction will occur through open-pit mining. Ore removed from the pit will be transported to the processing plant, where it will be crushed and ground. Tin and Tungsten will be separated from rock using various gravity methods.
Spreker(s)
Ir. P. Florijn, KIVI Board Mining Section
Dr. Andor Lips, FIMMM, Director Natural Resources - Metals @ Mining, ING Commcercial Banking
Prof. dr. ir. P. Rem, Professor Resources & Recycling TU Delft
Floor Crispijn, President Mijnbouwkundige Vereeniging
Locatie
TU Delft, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft
Faculty of CiTG, College room A (TBC)
Organisator
Mijnbouw
Naam en contactgegevens voor informatie
Peter Florijn