"SOCIETY OF MINING PROFESSORS" 12nd Regional meeting

HOST:
The 12th Regional Meeting of the Society of Mining Professors will be held at the German-Mongolian institute for Resources and Technolgy GMIT, June 22-23, 2023. The Meeting will therefore take place after the 2nd International Symposium on „Resources and Technology" dated June 19-20, 2023 and the 10th Anniversary of GMIT dated 23rd June 2023.

GMIT was established in 2013 with funding from the German government, thereby becoming the youngest and the only Campus University in Mongolia. GMIT is located in Nalaikh, Ulaanbaatar. It is governed by MES on the Mongolian side and the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) as well as the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on the German side.

LOCATION AND TIME:
Nalaikh is one of the 9 districts of Ulaanbaatar and is pretty far from the center. In 1954-1958, the Nalaikh mine was constructed basing on the large mines. Since 1992, the new Constitution of Mongolia became Nalaikh district.

It is located 36 km southeast of the capital city. The winter is in the range of -20°C to -45°C degrees in winter, and in the summer at temperatures of +23°C to +35°C in the steppe zone. There are 28 institutions in the state budget, 6000 students in general education schools, 1,200 children in the Vocational Training Center and 1126 children in kindergartens. The district is connected to Ulaanbaatar with 120,000 and 45,000 kWh coupled line and the power consumption availability of 10 times increasing.

There are many historical and cultural sites in our Nalaikh area: the Chinggis Khaan’s and Turk Tonyukuk’s statue, the Khan Khentiast National Park, and the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. There is a place called "Chinggis Khuree" in the foot of the Chinggis mountain between Khukh Termis and Tuul river. This "Chinggis institute" was an academic discipline that Chu and Dolgudai sages came, which is noted in the Secret History of the Mongols.

MAIN TOPICS
  1. Requirements of the Mining Industry towards Education
  2. Processing and Value Adding under extreme climatic conditions
  3. Environmental challenges in mining
FIELD TRIP: 23rd June, 2023
Baganuur JSC Lignite Mine

ACCOMMODATION:
SOMP Regional Meeting Organizing Committee suggests participants to stay in the hotel Shangri-La, Blue Sky, Tuushin and Continental. Location of hotels are suitable for entertainment areas and reach city center. Transportation from and to the venue will be provided during the events.

REGISTRATION:
Via SOMP Member Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hollenberg at Hollenberg@gmit.edu.mn
 
CONFERENCE FEE:
All meeting attendees (e.g. participants, session organizers and speakers, and students) are required to pay the appropriate registration fee. The meeting registration covers all sessions and events.
 
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
  1. Prof. Dr. Battsengel Baatar, Rector of German-Mongolian institute for Resources and Technology (GMIT)
  2. Prof. Dr Thomas Hollenberg, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, GMIT
  3. Prof. Dr. Bayanmunkh Myagmarsuren, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, GMIT
  4. Prof. Dr. Gantuya Ganbat, Environmental Engineering, GMIT
  5. Dr. Narangarav Terbish, Environmental Engineering, GMIT
  6. Assoc/Prof. Nguyen Thi Hoai Nga, Head of International Office, HUMG
  7. Prof. Dr. Oliver Langefeld, TU Clausthal, Germany
  8. Prof. Dr. Juergen Kretschmann, THGA Bochum, Germany
Assoc/Prof. Domingo Javier Carvajal Gomez, University of Hueva, Spain