Mineit realizes that today’s increasingly complex industries require engineering education that not only includes excellence in classroom and laboratory curriculum, but also exposes students to real-world industries and problems so that they can apply their learning in the field. Hence, Mineit is proud to sponsor UBC’s ( University of British Columbia) mining engineering class of 2016 for a research trip to Chile in order to further develop relationships with the Chilean mining industry.
http://mining.ubc.ca/the-2016-mining-engineering-research-trip-update/
This year students will be visiting following five mines.
- El Teniente – Codelco’s largest underground copper mine operation with over 3000 kilometers of drifts developed
- Andina – open-pit and block cave copper mine operation owned Codelco; it is situated in the Andes mountains
- Centinela – massive open-pit copper mine owned by Antofagasta; recently merged from two mining operations
- Chuquicamata – second deepest open-pit copper mine in the world; it is next to a ghost town
- Sierra Gorda – recently commissioned copper mine owned by KGHM; its water supply is brought from the coast through a 140 kilometer pipeline
Travel blog and detailed trip itinerary can be found on: https://ubcmining2016grads.wordpress.com/
Support this trip: https://support.ubc.ca/projects/support-the-ubc-mining-graduate-research-trip/