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SOME INFORMATION

ON

THE WORLD MINING

CONGRESS Organisation

Geneve September 25th, 2018

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESS

Organisation

The World Mining Congress (WMC) was initiated in 1958 when

prof. Bolesław Krupiński - a prominent Polish scientist and mining

engineer organized the first congress in Warsaw.

Prof. Krupiński was the WMC Chairman until 1972.

THE WORLD

MINING CONGRESS

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESS

The WMC is the UN - afilliated organization.

It is run by the permanent secretariat seated in Poland.

GIG, Plac Gwarków 1

40-166 Katowice, Poland

e-mail: wmc@gig.katowice.pl

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESS

The International Organizing Committee of the World Mining

Congresses is an independent non industry lobbying

organization with the objectives:

• to create awareness of the importance of minerals and reliable

mineral supply for the society

• to promote mining internationally by providing basic information

for the need for mining to the general public

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESS

• to obtain and make available a world-wide exchange of

information with respect to the development of mining science,

technology, economics, health and safety aspects of mining

operations and environmental protection.

• to support scientific and technical co-operation, with

international organisations in the field of mining of all solid

minerals and the development of natural mineral resources

• to facilitate exchange of non commercial mining and

mining industry related information among its members

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESS

This is achieved by:

• promoting active interaction and communication between

members of the International Organizing Committee of World

Mining Congress

• assisting with the organization of World Mining Congresses

through:

o establishing and ensuring quality standards for the

organization of World Mining Congresses

o allocating World Mining Congresses to those member

countries that can ensure those standards

o assisting with congress organizers in attracting high quality

scientific and technical contributions

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESS

preparing position statements on mining issues concerning

policy makers and the general public

publishing reliable information and data on world mining issues

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

EVENTS STATISTICS

Since 1958 the World Mining Congress

objectives are still valid !

( this year - 60 sixty years anniversary !)

25 WMC events were organized !

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

EVENTS STATISTICS

# Year Town, Country Number of

participants

Number of

countries

Motto Kongresu

1 1958 Warszawa,

Poland

750 13 Mine Construction

2 1961 Praga,

Czechoslovakia

500 17 The Improvement in

Mining Economy

3 1963 Salzburg,

Austria

625 30 Science and

Technique in the

Fight for Safety in

Mining

4 1965 Londyn, GB 1600 42 Modern mining

5 1967 Moscow, CCCP 2000 44 Technical progress in

mining

6 1970 Madrid, Spain 2300 52 Science in the

Service of Mining

7 1972 Bukarest,

Romania

2000 49 Organization and

Management in

Mining

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

EVENTS STATISTICS

8 1974 Lima, Peru 2400 55 Prognosis of the Development

up to the Year 2000

9 1976 Düsseldorf, Federal

Republic

of Germany

1750 61 Exploitation and Benefication

of Mineral Raw Materials by

the Mining Industry - A Key

to progress

10 1979 Istambul,

Turkey

1500 45 Mining and Mineral in the

Service of Mankind

11 1982 Belgrade, Jugoslavia 2350 56 Mineral Raw Materials - A

Factor of the World Economy

12 1984 New Delhi,

India

1550 47 Optimal Exploitation of Solid

Mineral Resources -

Challenges and Constraints

13 1987 Stockholm, Sweden 1120 66 Improvement of Mine

Productivity and Overall

Economy through Technology

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

EVENTS STATISTICS

14 1990 Pekin, China 2750 69 Mining for Future -

Trends and

Expectations

15 1992 Madrid, Spain 1519 57 The Mining Outlook

16 1994 Sofia, Bulgaria 1182 54 The Mining Industry

of the Threshold of

XXI Century

17 1997 Acapulco,

Mexico

5774 51 The Basis of

Civilization in the

Changing World

18 2000 Las Vegas,

USA*

36600 100 Everything begins

with mining

19 2003 New Delhi,

India

1300 47 Mining in 21st

century: Quo Vadis?

20 2005 Tehran, Iran 1200 23 Mining and

sustainable

development

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

EVENTS STATISTICS

21 2008 Kraków, Poland 1202 40 New Challenges and

Visions for Mining

22 2011 Istanbul

Turkey

1121 50 Innovations and

Challenges in Mining

23 2013 Montreal,

Canada

1300 46 Mapping the Future:

Advances in Mining

Engineering

24 2016 Rio de Janeiro,

Brasil

750 42 Mining in the world

of Innovations

25 2018 Astana,

Kazakhstan

2586 50

26 2021 Brisbane,

Australia

THE WORLD MINING CONGRESSES

EVENTS STATISTICS

27

HARD COAL PRODUCTION IN THE WORLD, [mln t]

Source: Olszowski, GIPH

Source: Euracoal

Electricity Generation in the world

Source: New Energy Outlook 2017 – Bloomberg News Energy Finance (BNEF)

Coal in Europe in 2017

30Source: EURACOAL

CONCLUSIONS:

• We are an independent, truly global

and critically pro-mining NGO ( 34 countries )

• We have particularly strong links to all miningcountries of Asia, East, South and Central Asia

CONCLUSIONS:

• We are actively building new relationships with countries all over the world but with Africa and LatinAmerica in particular

• World Mining Data book researched ANNUALLY

by the Austrians is as an excellent but not very well-known source of data and information

CONCLUSIONS:

• We offer cooperation and opportunities for other organisations such as the UNECE and its sub groups

and the responsible mining index to share our networks and benefit from our organisation

CONTACT INFORMATION

Secretary General :

Jacek Skiba Ph.D.Eng, MBA

Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice,

Poland

jskiba@gig.eu

www.wmc.org.pl