This online training course is offered by Illustre Colegio Oficial de Geólogos and is addressed to Mining companies, geologists, mining engineers, mining managers, legislators and regulators and EU Commission officials as well as scholars interested in the mining legislation currently in force in Europe and the incredible variety of its defining factors. The course gives information on mining legislation covering all the 28 EU members, as well as the accessing countries, and some other European countries which are considered of interest for mining companies. Duration: The training course will have a duration of 200 h, including tutoring and evaluations. Dates: 14th September to 1st November 2015 Direction: Manuel Regueiro y González-Barros, EuroGeol, Honorary Professor of the Dpt of Crystallography & Mineralogy of the Faculty of Geology. University Complutense of Madrid. Total number of credits: approximately 200 For more detailed information and background of the initiative, please visit http://www.icog.es/cursos/index.php/on-line-european-mining-legislation-training-course/ or download the icog.es-ON-LINE EUROPEAN MINING LEGISLATION TRAINING COURSE (1)...

The I2Mine Project results were presented at the Aachen International Mining Symposium (AIMS) 2015, the annual event focused on mineral raw materials supply and mining, held in Aachen, Germany, on the 27th-28th May. With six months until the end of the project, the ambitious goals of I2Mine – proposing the concept of an invisible, low/zero-impact mine as a vision of the future deep intelligent mine – have been successfully fulfilled. But I2Mine is not only a vision. At the Symposium concrete technological innovations developed by the Project partners were presented. Moreover, some of them will be shown live during several demonstration events that will take place over 2015 in different European countries. In particular, there will be demonstrations on the new machinery, integrated mine, machine systems and safety and sensors. A valuable contribution to the Project was presented by Caterpillar, a partner in the I2Mine Consortium, that developed a new cutting-head. This machine presents new features such as the possibility of approaching the rocks from different angles simultaneously and with the development of continuous cutting entry. Another important progress has been made on Health & Safety issues with the launch of the innovative Mobile Rescue Chamber by RWTH Aachen, introducing the innovation elements concerning the outer and inner design of the mobile rescue chamber. The new rescue chamber moves along the underground tunnel in parallel with the excavation progresses. In the scenario of miners being trapped underground, the chamber will always be in close proximity to them. The new design also takes into account the psychological aspects of isolation for long periods (30 days), which has never been considered in the past. On the safety aspects, KGHM Cuprum presented the results of the laboratory tests on rock mass subjected to mining, increasing the safety...