Virtual Course: Mining Environmental Liabilities and Secondary Raw Materials.
From September 25 to October 3, 2024 (Total duration: 10 hours)
OBJECTIVES
Provide participants an in-depth understanding of mining processes, their environmental and social impacts, and to equip them with the necessary tools for the identification, assessment, and remediation of mining environmental liabilities.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- To improve the students’ knowledge within the field of raw materials sustainability and renewable energies and their role in today’s world.
- To spread awareness within the students about mining environmental liabilities, their identification and origins, and their impact on the environment, goods, and living beings.
- To improve their knowledge on the remediation of mining environmental liabilities, their protocols of remediation, and tailing processing.
- To develop a greater understanding of topics related to the mining environmental liabilities and the objectives of the START project, such as sustainability, ecological impact, circularity, and mining waste.
WHO IS IT FOR?
Postgraduate students from fields such as geology, mining engineering, or environmental engineering.
CONTENT
1. Fundamentals of Mining Environmental Liabilities
2. Environmental and health risks related to MELs. From risk assessment to rehabilitation.
3. Remediation of Environmental Liabilities
4. Reuse of Secondary Raw Materials
5. Environmental Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
SCHEDULE:
México (Ciudad de México), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica: 09:00 horas
Colombia, Perú, Ecuador, Panamá, Cuba, República Dominicana: 10:00 horas
Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay: 11:00 horas
Portugal: 15:00 horas
España: 16:00 horas
The workshop will be conducted in English.
