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Department of MiningDepartment of MiningMINING DEPARTMENTMINING DEPARTMENT
Mining InstituteMining Institute
Ingo ValgmaHead of departmentHead of Chair of Mining EngineeringProfessor
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Task
• Preparing Mining Engineers for Estonian Mining Industry
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Location
• Power Engineering Faculty• Historically Chemical Faculty
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Estonia
• Small country (45000 km2, 1,4 Mill.inhabit)
• Largest oil shale mining country• Oil Shale is used for power
generation and oil production• + Phosphate rock, limestone, black
shale (uranium) deposits+ granite, peat
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Mineral Resources
– Oil Shale– Limestone– Peat– Gravel, sand, clay– Granite– Phosphorite
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Background
• 230 mining permits• Large abandoned mining areas• Change in professionals
generations• Change from Soviet culture and
legislations to European
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Black shale (Dictyonema argillite)
Oil shale (kukersite)
Phosphate rock
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Latest achivements
• New staff members. Most people changed
• Accredited this year• New laboratories and infrastrucure• First in University in publication
activity per employee• 4 PhD-s last year
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