Mining Education in Latin America
Mining Education in Latin America Mario Cedron June 2009
Latin American Mining Education
Latin America Cuba Mexico Jamaica Belize Honduras
Dominican Rep. Puerto Rico (US) Haiti
Guatemala Nicaragua
El Salvador
Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana
Costa Rica Panama Colombia Ecuador
Peru Brasil Bolivia
Paraguay
Spanish/bilingual Portuguese
Chile
Uruguay
English/other Argentina
2
Worldwide Exploration Budgets by Region (as a percentage of annual worldwide exploration) 2004-2008
Source: Metals Economics Group (2009)
3
World Wide destination of Investment in Mining Exploration 2008
Source: Metals Economics Group (2009)
4
Position of Peru for commodities production in the World and Latin America (2007)
Source: Source: U.S.Geological Survey-USGS-, The Silver Institute-SI-; Gold Fields Minerals Services-GFMSInternational Copper Study Group -ICSG-; International Lead and Zinc Study Group-ILZSGInternational Tin Research Institute - ITRI-; International Molybdenum Association-IMOAInstituto Latinoamericano del Hierro y el Acero - ILAFAMineral
5
Latin America
EDUCATION IN MINING
South & Central America and Mexico Mexico
Countries with Mining Schools
Source: Mining Educators Website
7
Mining Schools in Latin America Argentina Brazil Bolivia Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Mexico Peru Venezuela
5 4 1 5 3 1 2 4 18 1
TOTAL
44
8
Mining Schools in Latin America
8000 undergraduate students 1000 graduate students per year
9
Mining Engineering Department
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU - PUCP
Mining Engineering Department
11
Rock Mechanics Laboratory
12
Mine Modeling workstations
13
Simulators for Heavy Equipment
14
QEMSCAN Laboratory in Agreement with Rio Tinto
15
Metallurgy
16
Field visits and internships
17
Vocational Orientation to Undergraduates
18
Fraternity and Sports Activities
19
Thank you [email protected]
Questions?
Latin American Mining Education
Latin American Mining Education
Latin America Cuba Mexico Jamaica Belize Honduras
Dominican Rep. Puerto Rico (US) Haiti
Guatemala Nicaragua
El Salvador
Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana
Costa Rica Panama Colombia Ecuador
Peru Brasil Bolivia
Paraguay
Spanish/bilingual Portuguese
Chile
Uruguay
English/other Argentina
2
Worldwide Exploration Budgets by Region (as a percentage of annual worldwide exploration) 2004-2008
Source: Metals Economics Group (2009)
3
World Wide destination of Investment in Mining Exploration 2008
Source: Metals Economics Group (2009)
4
Position of Peru for commodities production in the World and Latin America (2007)
Source: Source: U.S.Geological Survey-USGS-, The Silver Institute-SI-; Gold Fields Minerals Services-GFMSInternational Copper Study Group -ICSG-; International Lead and Zinc Study Group-ILZSGInternational Tin Research Institute - ITRI-; International Molybdenum Association-IMOAInstituto Latinoamericano del Hierro y el Acero - ILAFAMineral
5
Latin America
EDUCATION IN MINING
South & Central America and Mexico Mexico
Countries with Mining Schools
Source: Mining Educators Website
7
Mining Schools in Latin America Argentina Brazil Bolivia Chile Colombia Cuba Ecuador Mexico Peru Venezuela
5 4 1 5 3 1 2 4 18 1
TOTAL
44
8
Mining Schools in Latin America
8000 undergraduate students 1000 graduate students per year
9
Mining Engineering Department
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU - PUCP
Mining Engineering Department
11
Rock Mechanics Laboratory
12
Mine Modeling workstations
13
Simulators for Heavy Equipment
14
QEMSCAN Laboratory in Agreement with Rio Tinto
15
Metallurgy
16
Field visits and internships
17
Vocational Orientation to Undergraduates
18
Fraternity and Sports Activities
19
Thank you [email protected]
Questions?
Latin American Mining Education
