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raw materialSare the future
EUROPEANMINERALRESOURCESCONFERENCE2012
19THTO21STSEPTEMBER2012LEOBEN,AUSTRIA
Your benefitS: excellent keynote speakers, a top-
classlectureprogrammeaswellasin-terestingpaneldiscussions.
international participantswithtop-lev-el personalities from politics, economyandscience.
A ceremonial opening under the pa-tronageoftheAustrianStatePresident,dr. Heinz fischer,withkeygovernmentrepresentatives like the Vice-Presidentof the European Commission, antonio Tajani.
Eveningreceptionsbytheaustrian min-istry of economy, family and Youth,thegovernor of the Province of Styria andthemayorofLeoben.
Acomprehensiveprogrammeofexhibi-tionsandevents.
eumicon 2012The sustainable mining and utilisationof raw materials and energy are centraltasks for our economy and society‘s fu-ture. What raw materials do we plan tomakeuseof inthefuture?Wherewillwebe mining these raw materials or wherewillweregainthemthroughtherecyclingindustry? And how will we make theseavailable for production processes in thefuture?Bytraditionofthe‘LeobenerBergmanns-tag’ (miners’ day Leoben), the Europeanmineral resources conference EUMICON
2012 will be held at the Montan Univer-sity Leoben from 19th to 21st Septemberthis year. The conference will discussthese key questions. At the science- andeconomy-oriented congress, EUMICON,top-classkeynotespeakersandexcellentbusiness panels will give an insight ontopics comprising the availability of re-sources for economy and society as wellasnewstrategiesandtechnologiesinex-traction,processingandrecyclingofmin-eralrawmaterials.
panel-program:PanelA:MiningandMinerals
PanelB:MineralProcessing& Recycling
PanelC:PetroleumIndustry
PanelD:SustainableRawMaterials Extraction
PanelE:UndergroundEngineering
PanelF:FerrousandNon-Ferrous Metallurgy
PanelG:HSEinExtractiveIndustry
ABDALLA SALEMEL-BADRI SecretaryGeneralofOPECRegardedasoneofthetopex-pertsoftheinternationalen-ergymarket,hestudiedintheUSAandhadformerlyservedasLibyanMinisterforEnergyaswellasDeputyPrimeMin-ister.
DR. JOHANNES GEORG BEDNORZ
NobelLaureateinPhysicsIn1982hebeganhisstudyonhigh-temperaturesupercon-
ductivityinceramicmaterialswithcopperoxides,forwhichhe
receivedtheNobelPrizeinPhysicsin1987
GILLES MICHEL CEOoftheIMERYSGroupsince2011.HeservedasChiefEx-ecutiveOfficeroftheFrenchStrate-gicInvestmentFund.PriortothishehadheldseniorpositionswithPSAPeugeot-Citroën, the Saint-GobainGroupandtheWorldBank.
PROF. ROBIN BATTERHAM
UniversityofMelbournePanelpresentation„Mineral
Processing&Recycling“
DR. VOLKER STEINBACH BGR-Hannover
Panelpresentation„MiningandMinerals“
REINHARD PONGRATZOMVExploration&ProductionPanelpresentation„PetroleumIndustry“
WOLFGANG E. SCHOLLNBERGER
SchoellerBleckmannOilfield„Anenergyjunctionbetween2020
and2030:causes,andconsequencesforconsumers,governmentsand
thepetroleumindustry”
DR. ING. BODO LUENGENSteelInstituteVDEh
Panelpresentation„FerrousandNon-FerrousMetallurgy“
DI ALOIS SCHEDLCEOofASFINAGPanelpresentation„UndergroundEngineering“
DR. WOLFGANG EDER CEOofvoestalpinePresidentofEUMICON2012
EUROPEANMINERALRESOURCESCONFERENCE2012
19.–21.SEPTEMBER2012LEOBEN,AUSTRIA
mondaY, 17th September 201208:00 – 18:00
Meetings and conferences of international partner organisations (i.e. EUROMINES, heads of European mining authorities, tentatively IMA and others)
tueSdaY, 18th September 201208:00 – 18:00
Meetings and conferences of international partner organisations (i.e. EUROMINES, heads of European mining authorities, tentatively IMA and others)
10:00 – 15:00 Career forum (presentation of job opportunities, company representatives, professors)
wedneSdaY, 19th September 201210:00-14:00 Check-in and accreditation
11:00-12:30 Get together, opening of exhibition, press reception
12:30-13:30Festive assembly and opening ceremony with dr. reinhold mitterlehner ,
Federal Minister of Economy, Family and Youth, and dr. wolfgang eder , CEO of voestalpine, president of EUMICON 2012
13:30-14:50
Keynote: gilleS michel , CEO of Imerys Group, Paris, France: Industrial minerals – a driver for innovation and sustainable growth.
Raw material industries and their benefits for our society Statements by prof. dr. georg unland, Finance Minister of the State Sachsen, Germany,
mag. franZ VoVeS, Governor of Styria, Austria, dr. chriStoph leitl, President of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, and Georg Kapsch, President of the Federation of Austrian Industries.
14.50-15:20 Coffee break
15:20-16:40
Keynote: abdalla Salem el-badri , Opec Secretary General: The future development of the oil markets: what it brings and what it means
A lost race? How Europe can compete in supply and demand with the emerging markets.Experts panel discussion and general statements by executives of the raw materials
industry, r. anthonY hodge , President of the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), London, United Kingdom, Ja ap huiJSkeS, Executive Vice President of OMV AG, Exploration & Production, Austria,
dkfm. franZ StruZl , CEO of RHI AG, Austria, mag. Jochen pildner-Steinburg, President of the Federation of Austrian Industries, Styria and CEO of GAW, Austria
16:40-18:00
Keynote: dr. JohanneS georg bednorZ , IBM Fellow Emeritus; IBM ZurichResearch Laboratory; Nobel prize winner for physics 1986:
High tec superconductor technology - ready for take–off
Part of the problem or part of the solution? Sustainable Raw Material Supply in context with training and education, employment and growth, environment and resources efficiency
Round Table discussion with rector uniV.-prof. dr. wilfried eichelSeder , Mining University Leoben, Austria,
ing.JoSef herk, President of the Styrian Federal Economic Chamber, Austria, dipl.-ing. dr. hildegard aichberger , Managing Director of WWF Austria, tbc
Raw materials in Europe – A strong voice for a common strategy. The presidents (representatives) of the Industry Federations of the Austrian Mining and Steel Association,
Austrian Association for Building Materials and Ceramic Industries, Austrian Non-Ferrous Metals Federation and Austrian Petroleum Industry Association.
dipl.-ing. franZ frieSenbichler, dr. manfred aSamer, dipl.-w.-ing.(fh) alfred hintringer, ing. kurt Sonnleitner
18:00-19:00 Fade out (exhibition area)
19:00-24:00 Evening reception by invitation of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
thurSdaY, 20th September 201208:00-09:00 get-together in exhibition area
09:00-09:50Keynote railcargoaustria,:
Future supply chain concepts in raw material supply
Panel A: Mining and MineralsMineral supply from
unconventional deposits
Panel B: Mineral Processing
& RecyclingChallenges in
processing industry
Panel C: Petroleum Industry
Unconventional hydrocarbons
Panel D: Sustainable Raw
Materials Extraction
Panel E: Underground Engineering
10:00-10:30
drnek, t.Euromines, Brussels:
Standards for minerals policy in
Europe en
unland, g.Sächsisches Staats-
ministerium / In-stitut für Aufberei-
tungsmaschinen, TU Freiberg, Germany:
Trends and new developments of
mineral processing equipment en
reinicke, k. TU Clausthal:Overview and
impact of unconventional
hydrocarbons enStatements:
aSamer, m. Asamer Holding AG
pÖllinger, u. Styrian
Ombudsoffice for Environmental
Protection
wehr, h.ÖBB Infrastruktur:
Development of the Austrian railway
network – under-ground infrastruc-
tures in the Europe-an context dT
Schedl, a.ASFINAG: Tunnels within the austrian
motorway network dT
mauritSch, h. Montanuniversität
Leoben: Geo-Database – route selection
for infrastructure projects versus mi-neral resources en
10:30-11:00
hÖfler, g.Austrian
Armed Forces A/EU: The role of Armed Forces in
support of minerals policy en
batterham, r. University of Melbourne, Australia:
Major trends in the mineral processing
industry en
pongratZ, r. OMV Exploration &
Production, Austria: Environmental and
social aspects of shale gas projects en
11:00-11:30 Coffee break, exhibition area
Minerals for the future
Innovations in mineral processing
Hydrocarbons for the 3rd millennium
11:30-12:00
reichert, c.BGR-Hannover,
Germany: Future marine mineral
resources – prospectivity and
constraints en
wotruba, h. RWTH Aachen,
Germany: Sensorbased
separation techologies - status
and outlook en
lercher, J.TU Munich and
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory:New catalytic
technologies for bioderived fuels en
Roundtable discussions
Hosts:
maurer, a. BMWFJ;
Topic: Adminstra-tion dT
kÖnig, u. Mediator,
Switzerland Topic: Neighbours
dT
blab, r.TU Vienna
Topic: Transport dT
aichberger, h.WWF
Topic: Environment dT
rademacher, m. HeidelbergCement
GermanyTopic: Biodiversity dT
hinterberger, f. SERI:
Topic: Resource efficiency dT
harreiter , h. VERBUND Hydro
Power:Above- and under-
ground – invest-ment projects of
the VERBUND Hydro Power AG en
12:00-12:30
borg, g. University Halle /Saale, Germany:
Can’t live without it – the future of primary mineral
resources between markets, politics, and research. en
korak, J.Omya, Germany:
Processes for enhancing mineral filler properties en
thomaS, S.Linde, Task
Manager Biomass Innovation Manage-
ment / Clean Energy: Green
hydrogen en
krpata, r.Wiener Linien:
The „Wiener Linien“ – Underground
infrastructures of the past and the
future en
12.30-13:00
melcher, f. BGR-Hannover,
Germany: Certification initi-atives of mineral
raw materials from central Africa en
flachberger h. et al., MU Leoben, Austria: Electrical
separation in mine-ral processing - in-ventory, challenges
and odds en
waldStein, g. MBA, SolarFuel,
CEO: Routes to syn-thetic natural gas, a relevant solution for energy storage? en
hufSchmied, p. ExTechNa GmbH,
CEO, Zurich:Production of
electrical energyfrom deep
geothermalreservoirs – actual
state and futureperspectives en
13:00-14:30 Lunch break, exhibition area
14:30-15:30
Experts‘ panel discussion on international university education in raw material business: georg bednorZ , IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Nobel Prize winner for physics 1986, tbc; rector uniV.-prof. dr. wil-
fried eichelSeder , Mining University Leoben, Austria, Vice rector uniV.-prof. dr. peter moSer , Mining University Leoben, Austria, prof. dr. georg unland, Finance Minister of the State Sachsen,
Professor of TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, maga kriStina edlinger-ploder , Member of the Government of Styria, Head of the Department for Sciences, Research & Health Management, Austria,
k athrYn liSt, Head of Supervisory Board, Club International (CINT), Graz, Austria, tbc
15:30-16:00Copper Industry Keynote: Raw materials and the financial markets:
A match made in heaven or hell?
16:00-16:30 Coffee break, exhibition area
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Panel A: Mining and MineralsMineral policy as a pillar for sustaina-ble mineral supply
Panel B: Mineral Processing
& RecyclingInnovations in
mineral processing
Panel C: Petroleum Industry
Gas to power – power to gas
Panel F: Ferrous and Non-Ferrous
Metallurgy
Panel E: Underground Engineering
16:30-17:00
Steinbach, V.BGR-Hannover:
Availabilty of high tech metals –
developements and trends on the raw material markets
and in research en
kriSten, a.Imerys Talc
North America:Talc in aerospace
coatings en
kiSS, S. RAG, Austria:
Sustainable energy world - the role of underground gas
storage en
luidold S.MU Leoben, Austria:
Availability of critical raw materials in Austria en
opolonY, k.arentZ, a.
RAG: Testing of yielding elements in the shaft system of Auguste Victoria dT
holZhuber, m.PORR:
Stuttgart 21 – infrastructure for
the future dT
rabenSteiner, k.Geodata Group:
Cityringen Copenhagen –
measurements for a safe construction
of underground structures en
John, m.JTC John Tunnel
Consult ZTG, Innsbruck:
Airport link and northern busway
project – Brisbane – Australien en
17:00-17:30
reimann, c.Norwegian
Geological Survey: Geochemical
exploration: past, present and
future en
kÖck, w.Plansee SE:Responsible
sourcing, processing and recycling of
tungsten – a contri-bution to a resource efficient and sustai-
nable economy en
balling, l. Siemens Energy,
Africa-Asia-Australia: Resource savings to highest flexible and efficient gas
turbine power plant solutions en
Steinlechner, S.MU Leoben, Austria:
The potential of secondary resources for
covering future zinc and lead demands en
17:30-18:00
mogeSSie, a.Karl Franzens
University Graz, Ge-ological Society of
Africa: The mineral resources potential
of Africa and Europes´ need. en
rabitSch, k. Treibacher, Austria: Rare earth – impact
of critical supply situation on
applications and consumption en
otten, r. AUDI Strategy, Audi
Fuel Projects: The Audi e-gas project – green
mobility as driver for power-to-gas
technology en
wellner, c.GDA, Germany: Aluminium - a
metal with young history and bright
future en
18:00-19:00 Fade out (Exhibition area)
19:00-24:00 Evening reception by the Governor of Styria, mag. franZ VoVeS, and the Mayor of Leoben, dr. matthiaS konrad
fridaY, 21St September 201208:00-09:00 Get together in exhibition area
09:00-09:50Keynote: Schoeller Bleckmann Oilfield, wolfgang e. Schollnberger:
„An energy junction between 2020 and 2030: causes, and consequences for con-sumers, governments and the petroleum industry”
Panel A: Mining and MineralsHigh tech minerals
from high tech mines
Panel B: Mineral Processing
& RecyclingChallenges in
processing industry
Panel C: Petroleum Industry
Alternative usage of gas
Panel F: Ferrous and Non-Ferrous
Metallurgy
Panel G: HSE in Extractive
Industry
10:00-10:30
mcgagh, J.Rio Tinto; Australia:
The future underground
mine en
obernhuber, h. MFL, Austria: The Austrian mechanical
engineering and plant construction, with emphasis on
processing technologies dT
ecker, a.Chemicals and
fuels from (natural) gas en
Stibich, r.Montanwerke
Brixlegg, Austria: Copper production in Austria – past,
presence, future en
hoSemann, r. AUVA, Austria: Key aspects of
psychosocial risk management to mitigate major
contemporary chal-lenges for occupa-tional health and safety at work dT
10:30-11:00
ghoSe, a.Dhanbad Mining In-stitute, India: Grand
challenges in mining
engineering for the 21st century en
elSen, r.RWE, Germany:
Future prospects of lignite in the light
of Germany‘s energy
revolution dT
lenZ, J.DVGW:
Innovative challenges for the future gas infrastructure
en
luengen, b.Steel Institute
VDEh: Measures to increase efficiency
in iron and steel production in
Germany and Euro-pe en
peball, u.HSSE in OMV
Corporate, Austria: Behaviour-based
safety, the source of a zero harm at work
culture en
11:00-11:30 Coffee break, exhibition area
High tech minerals from high tech
mines
Innovations in building materials
& ceramicsEnergy efficiency
11:30-12:00
moriSSon, d. CEMI, Canada: Base metal mining below 2 000m – technical
and economic challenges en
buchberger, b. RHI, Austria:
Current issues and future challenges in
refractory industry dT
moSSer, h.RAG, Austria:
Energy efficiency of the E&P industry en
kolb, g. voestalpine Stahl Donawitz, Austria: Ressources for the
steel industry in Austria dT
doerfler, k.Imerys Talc Austria:
Process safety management to improve people
safety at work en
12:00-12:30
moSer, p.Blasting versus
mechanical methods for the development of
underground hardrock mines en
daul, J. Lafarge, Austria:
The cement industry as a
resources-based industry between
mining- and waste- management dT
gangl, t.OMV, Austria:
Energy efficiency - driven by legislation
or key for refining in the 21st centu-
ry? en
SkorianZ, m. hanel, m.
MU Leoben, Austria: Development of methods for the
evaluation of iron ore reduction beha-viour for the optimi-
zation of ironma-king processes en
hofSchwaiger, c. Ministry of
Environment, Austria:
Roadmap towards a resource-efficient
industry in Europe en
12:30-13:00
frÖmmer, t.RHI, Austria: Underground
mining, deposit modelling, quality
control en
kogler, g.Porzellanfabrik
Frauenthal, Austria: Future commodity
markets of fine ceramics - outlook
for the next 25 years dT
Sorger, h.AVL List GmbH
Title: tbc
buergler, t.voestalpine Stahl,
Austria: Challenges for ironmaking in Europe within the
next decade en
roSe, k.World Energy Council, UK: Energy and
carbon efficiency to promote sustai-nable growth and reduction of GHG emissions in EU
industries en
13:00-14:30 Lunch break, exhibition area
High tech minerals from high tech
mines
Innovation in processing waste HSE
14:30-15:00
drebenStedt, c.TU Bergakademie
Freiberg, Germany: Challenges in open
pit mining en
goldmann, d. TU Clausthal,
Germany: Challenges for
recycling in electric mobility
dT
biSanZ, m. OMV, Austria:
OMV`s approach & experience in
achieving HSSE goals –
development of HSE culture en
mali, h.MU Leoben, Austria:
Automated micro-image analysis for
classification of iron ores in iron making
processes en
toSt, m. Rio Tinto London
Ltd., UK, tbc.: Sustainability and resources
efficiency, a challenge in
global mining business en
15:00-15:30
priSSang r. University of Berlin:
Operative deposit modelling - a tool for quality control
in underground and opencast mining en
pomberger, r.MU Leoben,
Austria: The future of
alternative and substitute fuels dT
hofStÄtter, h.MU Leoben, Austria: The environmental
impact of sonic waves in oil and
gas production en
gaul, f.Wolfram Bergbau
und Hütten AG, Aus-tria: The resource supply of the Wolf-ram Bergbau und Hütten AG at the
interface between technology, growth
and sustainability dT
Schaffer, r. Agricultural Consultant: Sustainable
reclamation of disturbed land in the challenging environment of
iron ore mines en
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:45
Statement of dr. chriStian buchmann , Member of the Government of Styria, Head of the Department for Economic, European and Cultural Affairs, Graz, Austria
Keynote: r. anthonY hodge , President of the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), London, United Kingdom: Why the Future of Mining Depends on Social Change
16:45-17:45
Keynote: dr. JohanneS hahn , EU Commissioner for Regional Policy: Raw materials within the context of regional policy: A european perspective.
International Affairs – Round Table with Ambassadors of China, Chile, Peru, Mongolia Russia, Germany, South Africa, others – participation to be confirmed
17:00-17:30 Declaration, signing ceremony
17.30-23:00 Traditional Gösser beer festival
SaturdaY, 22nd September 2012Miners´ parade on occasion of the anniversary “1,300 years Erzberg“
EUROPEANMINERALRESOURCESCONFERENCE2012
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AnattractivesideprogramasadensenetworkofinformationduringEUMICON2012.
eumicon conference week
erZbergSYmpoSium 2012
meetingS and Special eVentSmonday, 17th September 2012
10:00-17:00 EUROMINESenvironmentcommitteemeeting UniversityofMining,Leoben Membersonly!
Tuesday, 18th September
09:00–12:00 EUROMINESboardmeeting UniversityofMining,Leoben Membersonly!
10:00–15:00 Job&Careerforum ConferenceCenter Admissionfree!
13:00–18:00 EUROMINESgeneralassembly UniversityofMining,Leoben Membersonly!
Wednesday, 19th September
09:00–10:00 annualgeneralmeeting„BergmännischerVerbandÖsterreichs“BVÖ
UniversityofMining,Leoben Membersonly!
Sunday, 16th September 2012
08:00OpeningoftheMineral-show,postage-stampsandpostcardsinEisenerz,Kammerhof18:00Culturalperformance,readbyChristineBrunsteiner,Eisenerz,Kammerhof
monday, 17th – Tuesday, 18th September 2012
09:00OpeningofthescientificsymposiumintheKammerhof.Lecturesonthehistoryandtechnologyofminingandmetallurgyintheareaofthe“SteirischerErzberg”andthehistoryofthetownofEisenerzwillbegivenbylocalandinternationalexperts.Afterwardsaguidedvisitof thetown,endingwiththereceptionby invitationof themayorofEisenerzChristineHolzweber,isoffered.OnTuesday,18thSeptemberthesymposiumcontinuesandaladies-programisprovided.
Thelecturesofthescientificmeetingwillbepublishedinthe„Resmontanarum“asspecialissue,availableduringthemeeting.ThisbookisincludedinthesymposiumfeeofEUR20,-(reducedpriceforEUMICONparticipants).
Side program for eumicon participantS
fridaY, 21ST SepTemBer 2012
TraditionalGösserbeerfestival
Location: EUMICONConferenceCenter UniversityofMining,Leoben Courtyardoftheoldtract Franz-Josef-Straße18 A-8700Leoben
Time: Entry17:30 Beginning18:00 End24:00
TueSdaY, 18TH SepTemBer 2012
Pre-Openingevent,oninvitationoftheStyrianMinis-terofEconomy,Dr.ChristianBuchmannandthe“SteirischeWirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaftSFG.
Location: VIP-LoungeofRed-Bull-Ring RedBullRingStraße1 A-8724Spielberg
Time: Entry18:30 Beginning19:00 End23:00
Shuttles: 18:00and18:30fromEUMICON ConferenceCenter,return22:00and 23:00fromRedBullRingto EUMICONConferenceCenter
Presentedby
WedneSdaY, 19TH SepTemBer 2012
EveningreceptionbytheAustrianMinistryofEconomy,FamilyandYouth
Location: EUMICONmarquee A-8700Leoben
Time: Entry19:00 Beginning19:30 End24:00
DuetotheproximityoftheEUMICONmarqueethereisnoshuttle-serviceprovided.
THurSdaY, 20TH SepTemBer 2012
EveningreceptionbytheGovernorofStyria,Mag.FranzVoves,andtheMayorofLeoben,Dr.MatthiasKonrad
Location: EUMICONmarquee A-8700Leoben
Time: Entry19:00Uhr Beginning19:30 End24:00
DuetotheproximityoftheEUMICONmarqueethereisnoshuttle-serviceprovided.
Job & career forum
exhibition program
TogetherwithleadingStyrianandAustriannewspapersaJob&CareerForumwillbeorganized.Lectures and a panel discus-sionbytheUniversityofLeobenandlead-ingcompaniesoftherawmaterialsindus-trieswillprovidevisitorswithinformationon education and career opportunities tosupport the young and ambitious in theirchoice of careers. The forum addressespupils,studentsandpeoplewhoseeknewprofessionalchallengestogiveanimpres-sionaboutjobopportunitiesatthediffer-entcompanies.The Job & Career Forum will take placeonthe18thSeptember2012from10:00to15:00.
For in-depth informationonthetechnicalaspectsoftheconferenceaspecialexhibi-tionwilltakeplacefrom19thto21stofSep-temberattheUniversityofLeoben.Further,apublicexhibitiononmineralre-sourceswillshow largeexhibitsandma-chinery displayed in the form of a ‘mon-tanesculpturepark’.
If you want to participate as an exhibitororwouldliketoholdapresentationattheJob&CareerForum,youcanfindfurtherinformationonwww.eumicon.com
Thepublicexhibitiontakesplacethrough-out theweekof theconference, from17thto22ndSeptember2012.If you would like to participate as an ex-hibitoryoucanfindfurtherinformationonwww.eumicon.com
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leoben, culture – economY – wellneSSGUIDEDCITYTOUR
leoben, heart of the Steel induStrYVIEWINGOFTHEVOESTALPINEPLANTDONAWITZ
water wheel furnace iV and the erZberg Show mineMININGHISTORYANDPRESENT
Date: 19thand20thSeptember2012Beginning: 14.00(until16.30)Meetingpoint: MiningUniversityLeobenDurance: 2½hourMinimumnumberofparticipants:10personsMaximumnumberofparticipants:30personsLanguage: German,English,Italian
Visit theErzberg’sbelowground labyrinthand become acquainted with the miners’working environment of the past and to-day. Become witness to the impressivelydisplayed methods of belowground oremining.AfilmshowstheformationoftheErzberg.860HPstronggiantvehiclesarewaiting to take you on a journey throughthemininglevels.ThewaterwheelfurnaceIVistheonlypre-served and fully equipped charcoal-furn-ace in Europe. This part of the programoffers a striking view of mining methodsand the development of steel mining andproduction.
information and booking of the sightseeing programon www.eumicon.com
Styria’sindustrialdevelopmentisintrinsi-cally tied to the production and process-ingofsteelandthustotheDonawitzsteelplant.Afteranintroductoryfilmonwork-ing life in the plant, visitors are able toexperience work at the furnaces and railsteelmill fromclose-up.ThevoestalpineStahlDonawitzGmbH&CoKGhasdevel-opedtobecometheworld’smostmoderncompact-LD-steel plant. It’s capacity ofquality steel production meanwhile goesbeyond1.5milliontonsperyear.Remarks:Photographyprohibited!Sturdyshoesre-quired.
Leoben:Culture–Economy–WellnessThe walk through the city of the miningtown leads you to the museum centre‘Kunsthalle Leoben’, where participantshavetheopportunitytoviewtheexhibitions‘Radkult’ (Wheel culture) or ‘Schienen indieVergangenheit’(tracksintothepast’)
Date: 19thSeptember2012Beginning: 9.30(until12.30)Meetingpoint: MiningUniversityLeobenDurance: 3hourMinimumnumberofparticipants:20personsMaximumnumberofparticipants:45personsLanguage: GermanWehavetopointout,thatitisnotallowedtotakepho-tosandwewanttoadviseyoutowearheavydutyboots!
Date: 19thSeptember2012Duration: 9:30toapprox.17:00Departurepoint: MiningUniversityLeoben departurebybusStartoftheguidedtour: 10:20attheErzberg showmineDurationofthetour: 2hours(thentransferto Vordernberg)Lunch: from1pmonwardsin Vordernberg(ownaccount!)Startoftheguidedtour: 14:00attheRadwerkIVin VordernbergDurationofthetour: 2hours(thereturntripto Leoben)Minimumnumberofparticipants:20personsMaximumnumberofparticipants:50personsLanguage: GermanandEnglishRemarks: Sturdyshoesrequired!
Thefollowingpointsoftheexcursionpro-grams are free for all participants who’llbeatconferenceandthepersonswhoac-companythem(infacttheyhaveaticketforescort),theonlyvisit,whichwouldbenotincluded,wouldbeavisittothecityofGraz.
excuriSon-program for eumicon-participantSShuttles start and end at the EUMICON-Conference-Center / Mining UniversityLeoben.Would you be so kind to announce yourvisitonthewebsitewww.eumicon.com
program Beginning end
Wednesday, 19th September 2012
Leoben,CentreofSteelindustry-ViewingofthevoestalpineplantDonawitz
09:30 12:30
Leoben,Culture·Economy·WellnessGuidedcitytourandsightseeing
14:00 16:30
Thursday, 20th September 2012
WaterwheelfurnaceIVandshowmineMininghistoryandpresent
09:30 17:00
StiftGoess(monastery)andvisittothebrewery 13:30 17:00
Leoben,Culture·Economy·WellnessGuidedcitytourandsightseeing
14:00 16:30
friday, 21st September 2012
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minerS‘ parade „1.300 Jahre erZberg”SATURDAY,22NDSEPTEMBER2012·17THÖSTERREICHISCHERKNAPPEN-UNDHÜTTENTAG(AUSTRIANMINERS‘ANDMININGDAY)
The week of the congress coincides withtheStyrianErzberg’s1,300-year-anniver-sarycelebrations.A highlight of the festivities will be thegreat miners‘ parade at the Styrian Erz-berg.Inthe19thcenturythiswasthebaseof a remarkable economic upturn for theregionEisenwurzenandEnnstal.
Miners‘ parades havebeen traditional in thecapital of the Styrianmining industry since1728.
programme:09:00Uhr: Arrivaloftheminors‘delegationsanmusic associationsattheEisenerzStadium
10:00Uhr:Miners‘paradeintotheEisenerz Stadium;Ceremonywithspeechesand bandmusic
12:00Uhr:TransfertotheStyrianErzbergmarquee, lunchandguestconcerts
14:30Uhr:Presentationofminingmachineryina choreographybyLawineTorrèn
16:30Uhr:Handingoverofflagribbonsfordelegations
The festival area holds the opportunityto view modern mining equipment and aspecial post office is available. For moreinformation:www.abenteuer-erzberg.at
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