Society of Mining Professors
Societät der Bergbaukunde

• SDIMI 2011, Sustainable Development Indicators in the Minerals Industry, Aachen, Germany, 14 - 17 June, 2011
• The 14th U.S./North American Mine Ventilation Symposium will be held in June 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Click here for more information.

• Personal note from Prof. Pierre Mousset Jones (March 2010): Here (https://www.unrsearch.com/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp) is a job description for an Assistant/Associate Professor position to replace me. I will be half time starting in July. I will be teaching etc. during the spring semester for three years, to help phase in, if needed, the new faculty. There is an interest to maintain the mine ventilation expertise in the department and make use of the excellent department mine ventilation laboratory. There are a number of operating underground mines in the state, with the potential for others in the future. If you would like more information on the positions please email or phone me.
• Professor/Associate Professor in Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering (Mining Engineering), Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, Departments of Geology and Mineral Resources and Engineering, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. For more information click here (January 2011).

• Federation of European Mineral Programs (website)
• Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environmental Programme

At the 2003 Annual General Meeting, in Milos, Greece, the SOMP co-sponsored, with many other organizations, including SME, the Declaration for Sustainable Development. Known as the "Milos Declaration" (SDIMI 2003). Endorsed by the major professional and scientific international groups, it is a landmark statement of the role, responsibilities and opportunities of the scientific and professional societies in the transition to sustainable development. Signatories included:

• The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
• The European Federation of Geologists
• The Iberoamerican Association of Mining Education/Asociación Iberoamericana de Enseñanza Superior de la Minería
• The Institute of Geologists of Ireland
• The Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers/El Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Peru
• The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
• The Society for Mining, Metallurgy, Resource and Environmental Technology/Gesellschaft für Bergbau, Metallurgie, Rohstoff- und Umwelttechnik e.V.
• The Society of Mining Professors/Societaet der Bergbaukunde
• The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• The Spanish Association of Mining Engineers/Consejo Superior de Colegios de Ingenieros de Minas.

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updated: February 25, 2011