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This year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), will be held October 7 to 11, 2019, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and will focus on Mining in a Changing Climate. The AGM will include climate-related sessions that cover a broad range of topics, […]
Deadline for submitting abstracts: 19 April 2019
Description With practically all of the world's near surface deposits being exposed, future discoveries will need to be made in areas with extensive transported cover. Geologists will need to use the most up to date tools, which include using geochemical exploration methods. These two days of power point lectures will cover the topics of primary […]
EFG is partnering with the 7th Geology for Global Development Annual Conference which will take place on Friday 15 November 2019 at the Geological Society of London (Burlington House, London, UK). The topic is “SDG 3 - Health and Wellbeing” with themes including climate change impacts on mental health, groundwater in emergency contexts, mining and […]
The fourth edition of the EU "Raw Materials Week" will take place from Monday 18 to Friday 22 November 2019, in Brussels. It builds up on a series of events organised by the European Commission addressing the latest news on raw materials in the EU. It will be a unique opportunity for the raw materials […]
The conference will include, the success stories and industry efforts (Lynas-GQD-neoMagnequench-Grundfos) in relation to the best practices and benchmarking studies aligning the entire value chain of REE’s, thus enabling the awareness in terms of sustainability and transparency in the value chain. Apart from this, the event will be given the chance to learn about the […]
Materials Science involves the discovery and design of new materials, with an emphasis on solids. It addresses the scientific study of the properties and applications of materials of construction or manufacture (such as ceramics, metals, polymers, and composites). It is a cross-disciplinary field that relates the behaviour and properties of various materials with aspects of […]
The one-day event will showcase the research outcomes of iCRAG projects and deliver insights into future directions for Irish geoscience research. There will be a particular focus on how the Irish geoscience research sector can play a leading role in addressing the Climate Action Plan and Ireland's commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals as the […]
European Mining Convention EMC - 2019 aims at connecting the European Mining Industry with the rest of the world to reframe sustainability with innovation and experience. This event will demonstrate the latest technology and innovative solutions to various stakeholders in the industry to take this opportunity to expand connections, launch new products and forge new […]
As AGU marks its Centennial in 2019, we return to San Francisco, the home of the AGU Fall Meeting for more than 40 years. Join our diverse community at the newly renovated Moscone Center as we collaborate across borders and boundaries to explore and develop our research. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in […]
The Geological Society of Norway has the great pleasure to welcome to the 2021 Geological Winter Conference on January 6–8th. This conference will be a digital event that will take place in your home, your office or together with friends and colleagues in a video conference room. The 2021 Winter Conference that was initially planned […]
The meeting is an arena for all disciplines in the field of geoscience, with the goal to contribute to knowledge sharing, networking, inspiration and professional fulfilment.
iGEO2020 is the only Irish event designed by, and run for, early-career geoscientists. Join us to help forge the future path of Irish geoscience.
Exploration, mining and mineral processing involves the collection and analysis of vast quantities of data from various scales of observation and over variable timeframes. As the digitalisation of the sector is progressing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) and data integration solutions are increasingly being used to collect, analyse […]
On February 20-21, 2020 the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) is hosting the inaugural international conference Big data and machine learning in geosciences in Berlin, with kind support of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The conference will highlight these issues by giving a platform for outstanding experts in the […]
The 2nd National Geological Job Fair by UBLG/BLUG and Geologica Belgica will be held on Friday 6 March 2020 in Mons. The event is organized for the benefit of geological oriented educations and employers and aims at bringing companies/organizations who employ or look for geologists and mining/geological engineers into contact with Master students and graduates. […]
Funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the University of Grenoble and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, PACIFIC and INFACT are studying the social acceptance of mining-related activities while developing mineral exploration technologies that have minimal environmental impacts. At an early exploration stage, field geologists and geophysicists are the first ones to engage with communities even if this is not part of […]
Smart materials are one of the most important researching directions in development of High-tech new materials. Their properties can react to reversible changes in their environment by an external condition. Smart materials help in removing the boundaries between structural and functional materials, which may result in significant revolution in materials science development. Based on its […]
The current energy transition faces many challenges across the various stages of the metal supply chain (from mineral extraction to product end-of-life). On March 12, 2020, several EU H2020 projects and other partners team up to organise a seminar in which a high level expert panel will discuss these challenges from different perspectives (coming from […]
This is a course endorsed by EFG. On 13-14 March 2020, the PERC Reporting Standard Course will be organised by the Estonian Geological Society in the Tallinn University of Technology. This course provides an introduction to the principles underlying the reporting codes and standards with particular reference to the PERC Reporting Standard 2017. The main […]
The third edition of the Future of Mining Australia conference takes place at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth from 23–24 March 2020, covering a vast range of content spanning right across the entire mining life cycle and focusing on the innovations and technologies driving the industry forward. Find out more about the conference https://australia.future-of-mining.com/static/about Organised in […]
First Announcement On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to MinWat2020, the 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral and Thermal Waters, to be held in Caserta, Italy from the 29th March to the 2nd April 2020. The Conference is organized by IAH Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters (CMTW), IAH […]
EFG's Finnish member Geologiliitto organises a 2-day shortcourse on the theme: Best practice geochemical (and structural) workflows for geologists, using ioGAS. Trainers are Nick Oliver, Nick Cook and James Cleverley. The course is held in GTK HQ in Vuorimiehentie 5, Otaniemi, Espoo. More information
Rare earths are widely considered as critical metals, which various green technologies heavily depend on. How to scale rare earth industry for our sustainable future? At present, there is no single environmental footprint representing the rare earth sector. Thus, when the industry and its consumers wish to market themselves as environmentally friendly, they face a […]
EGU General Assembly 2021 to be held virtually This virtual event will be an entirely different experience from last year’s meeting, Sharing Geoscience Online, which we had just five weeks to plan. vEGU21 will provide a much more complete representation of the experience that EGU members enjoy at the annual meeting in Vienna. vEGU21, which […]
Including 11th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management
The EGU General Assembly 2020 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. […]
Experts and scientists from the University of Huelva, University of Eastern Finland and Geological Survey of Finland will walk you through the mine waste characterisation methods and treatment technologies for mine waters. You will receive insightful views on rare earth elements, their extraction from acid mine drainage, sources and mobility. Also, you will find about […]
Population growth, coupled with our evolving needs and desires for new technology – including that powering the green economy – mean that society is going to continue using non-renewable natural resources for centuries to come. Although a circular economy is often cited as the preferential situation, it is currently leaky and needs feeding in the […]
As we move into an era of mining the deep-ocean floor, the world’s most remote environment, mining companies are working on overcoming the perceived challenges and developing island nations are watching with interest. As the demand for base metals and minerals surges ever beyond what our land is able to provide, new technological and technical […]
PERC Reporting Standard course organised by the Serbian Geological Society This is a course endorsed by EFG. On 20 May 2020, the PERC Reporting Standard Course will be organised by the Serbian Geological Society (Srpsko geološko društvo) in the Hotel Jezero, Bor, Serbia. The objectives of the course are to provide an overview of the […]
Europe’s Mining in Critical Times and Beyond At the time of unprecedented concerns about the future, let us remind ourselves that the mining industry serves the fundamental needs of our society by providing materials for building hospitals, schools, roads, power systems, machines, communications networks and much, much more. After the initial shocks of Covid-19, the […]
The conference aims to provide a platform where academics and practitioners from cross-disciplinary fields from education, environmental protection industry, and business can come together and collaborate. The event will encourage the exploration of the potential synergies that may arise from pooling the different perspectives.
As a kick-off of the coming EAGE Annual Meeting in Amsterdam (8-11 June 2020), we draw to your attention a workshop on ‘Uncertainty Quantification and Visualization in Geological modelling’ organised by the Dutch European Geologists Denise Maljers, Johan ten Veen, Jan Stafleu and Freek Busschers (TNO – Geological Survey of the Netherlands). This full-day workshop will […]
The 5th International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development follows the success of four previous meetings held in the New Forest, UK, (home of the Wessex Institute of Technology) in 2012; Ancona, Italy in 2014; Valencia, Spain in 2016; and Naples, Italy in 2018. The meeting will provide an international forum to […]
PEATLANDS AND PEAT - SOURCE OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES For some time already it has been insufficient to consider peatlands merely as a source of peat for peat extraction, nor as a source for forestry or agriculture. We have come to an understanding of the importance of all the ecosystem services that peatland provides, especially in […]
The presence of mining companies can heighten gender inequalities within the affected area. Mining companies not only have a responsibility to ‘do no harm’ in this respect, but also have an interest in enabling women and girls to fulfil their potential and have access to actively participate in socio-cultural life and in the development of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and effected mining regions and cities in different ways. The mining sector, highly dependent on the commodity market, is especially exposed to external shocks, threatening jobs, income levels and living standards at the local level. Mining regions are exposed on two fronts by the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus […]
In the previous sessions of the GeoConnect³d webinars it has been explored how a few specific uses of the subsurface can be discussed in a meaningful and understandable geological context. This has been done using two approaches developed in the GeoConnect³d project: the structural framework and geomanifestations. These make geological information visible in an intuitive […]
Scope and aims Sustainability is considered to be a top priority for all mankind by United Nations. With that goal in mind, ISSMGE technical committee TC 307, aims to monitor, produce and disseminate information regarding the contribution of geotechnical design and construction to a sustainable development. This contribution includes adopting environment-friendly, cost-effective and socially-acceptable choices. In […]
Europe’s Mining in Critical Times and Beyond At the time of unprecedented concerns about the future, let us remind ourselves that the mining industry serves the fundamental needs of our society by providing materials for building hospitals, schools, roads, power systems, machines, communications networks and much, much more. After the initial shocks of Covid-19, the […]
Europe’s Mining in Critical Times and Beyond At the time of unprecedented concerns about the future, let us remind ourselves that the mining industry serves the fundamental needs of our society by providing materials for building hospitals, schools, roads, power systems, machines, communications networks and much, much more. After the initial shocks of Covid-19, the […]
IN THE BLACK’20, focusing this year on “The safety of people and the planet through the application of technology”, is expected to generate renewed momentum to the EIT Raw Materials Community. In addition to strengthening the connections between KIC Partners, we aim to redefine future enabling strategies. The registration is free but mandatory (until 26/06/20). Please find more […]
The Extractive Industry Geology (EIG) Conference is the principal event for sharing knowledge, scientific research and good practice in the field of applied geology within the UK minerals industry. EIG is organising the webinar 'The Impact of Water Environment Considerations on the Development of Mineral Sites in the UK' on 6 July 2020 at midday. […]
Technological innovation in the minerals industry driven by the need to improve performance according to social, environmental, safety and efficiency criteria could be an answer to a thriving EU exploration sector. The EU-funded research project INFACT (Innovative, Non-Invasive and Fully Acceptable Exploration Technologies) supports the development of innovative exploration and stakeholder engagement approaches. The consortium […]
REIA focuses on value chain sustainability and robustness from a global perspective within the REE industry. Rare earth industry and its value chain partners have been no exception from the CoViD-19 impact. Through this webinar, REIA seeks to illustrate the heterogenous impact of COVID-19 and how various organizations, including REIA members, adapted to the unprecedented […]
GeoUtrecht 2020 will be held as a virtual conference on 23–26th of August 2020. Due to the unusual circumstances, the organisers have worked out a solution to offer the meeting free of charge but still with a comprehensive program. This includes essentially all opportunities in the virtual conference environment which you are used to from […]
The Future of GeoScience is Now. This free, virtual and first-of-its-kind networking event, brought to you in association with Digital Leaders, will bring together the geo-community into a common space where all involved can present, share and understand differing perspectives, ideas and goals, helping shape the Future of GeoScience. Following the success of the FutureGeo Summit in June, […]
