International Committee

ECOMINING – EUROPE in 21st CENTURY International Seminar, 2nd Edition

24-26 October 2007

Sovata & Praid Salt Mine, ROMANIA

CHAIRMEN

Prof. Dr. Chandrakant S. DESAI Regent’s Professor – Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Arizona, U.S.A.

Dr. Dan-Petre GEORGESCU General Director R&D National Institute for Metals and Radioactive Resources, Bucharest, ROMANIA

CO-CHAIRMEN

Prof. Dr. Mircea GEORGESCU Vice-Rector in charge of Education and International Relations University of Petrosani, ROMANIA University professor in mining, civil and environmental engineering. Ph.D.degree in Mining Engineering. Author of many books, handbooks and articles published in Romania and abroad. Author of expert reports on the elaborated international and national projects. Coordinator/participant in national andinternational research-development and innovation projects. Ph.D. adviser since 1997 in the field of “Mines, Oil and Gas”. http://www.upet.ro/tehming/index.html Affiliation: Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, internationalcommittees of many congresses and symposia in Romania and abroad.

Dr. Marta DOLEŽALOVÁ Head of Company DOLEXPERT – GEOTECHNIKA, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

Mr. Mihai S. GAMAN General Director General Directorate of Mineral Resources-Ministry of Economy and Commerce, ROMANIA

MEMBERS

Prof. Dr. –Ing. habil. Heinz KONIETZKY Chair of Geomechanics, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Geotechnical Institute – Universität TU Bergakademie Freiberg, GERMANY

Dr. György DEÁK Head of the Environment Technologies Laboratory Research and Development National Institute for Metals and Radioactive Resources-INCDMRR Bucharest, ROMANIA

Dr. Stefania E. DEÁK Head of Programs, Strategy, Image Directorate Research and Development National Institute for Metals and Radioactive Resources-INCDMRR Bucharest, ROMANIA

Dr. Florian AURELIAN Scientific Director Research and Development National Institute for Metals and Radioactive Resources-INCDMRR Bucharest, ROMANIA

Prof. dr. Zacharias AGIOUTANTIS Head of Department of Mineral Resources Engineering Technical University of Crete, GREECE

Assoc. Prof. dr. Kostas KOMNITSAS Deputy Head - Department of Mineral Resources Engineering Technical University of Crete, GREECE

Dr. Gavril BAICAN Ministry of Economy and Commerce Bucharest, ROMANIA

Dr. Ervin R. MEDVES Ministry of Economy and Commerce Bucharest, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. Ioan GAF-DEAC Vice-Rector of SHU, International Fellow University of California “Spiru Haret” University of Bucharest, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. Nicolae NAUM Director of Programs Management - National Centre of the Programs Management Ministry of Education and Research, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. Cristian MĂRUNŢEANU Dean of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics University of Bucharest, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. Dumitru FODOR University of Petrosani, ROMANIA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ioan DUMITRESCU Dean of the Faculty of Mining University of Petrosani, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. Iosif ANDRAS Machine and Institute and Installation Dept. - Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering University of Petrosani, ROMANIA

Prof. dr. Jack-Pierre PIGUET Director National Superior School of Mines of Nancy (INPL), FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Georgis ANAGNOSTOU Division of Geotechnical Engineering Eldgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, SWITZERLAND

Prof. Dr. Béla M. CSIZMADIA Szent Istvan University, Gödöllő, HUNGARY

Dr. Jürgen HARTSCH Head of International Division; Executive Secretary G.E.O.S. Freiberg Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Berhooz BAZARGAN SABET Ecole des Mines de Nancy & BRGM, FRANCE

Prof. Dr. Dan STEMATIU Rector Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, ROMANIA.

Dr. geol. Laurenţiu BOGATU Director of General Directorate of Mining and Petroleum Activities Inspecting and Territorial Supervision National Agency for Mineral Resources, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. Cristian PREDESCU Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Prof. Dr. Ştefan VELICU Faculty of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, ROMANIA

Prof. Dr. George DARIE Faculty of Energetics University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, ROMANIA

Topics

1. Mining industry sustainable development 2. Risk assessment in mining, ores processing, metallurgical and waste disposal sites

3. Open-pit, ground and underground stability: stability assessment, support dimensioning,

long-time behavior and safety assessment, slope, waste dump stability

4. Application of numerical modeling in mining stability assessment, support dimensioning,

long-time behavior and safety assessment 5. Ores processing techniques 6. Tailing stability and rehabilitation 7. Mine closure and post mining land use 8. Geology and geophysics application in mining industry 9. New materials for environment rehabilitation 10. Monitoring and hazard detection system in mining industry 11. Unconventional mining activities 12. Strategies for international partnership development among research scientists in order to

launch joint interest European projects

Seminar Information

• SEMINAR FACILITIES • PAPER PRESENTATION • DEADLINES • FEES

SEMINAR FACILITIES

The training and meeting rooms can accommodate the whole group of participants. Many national and international associations choose as a conference place the Danubius Hotel-Sovata. Most of the associations are even organizing periodically such events here. The larger rooms are also the ideal for poster exhibitions.

The conference room will be equipped with overhead projector for the oral presentation. Between the sessions, the organizers have foreseen coffee breaks. Participants will have their lunches at Hotel Danubius-Sovata.

The Seminar Secretariat will be in charge with the participants’ registration, proceedings distribution (only for participants, who had paid the fee), additional information flyers concerning the seminar and it represents a real support for the participants attendance to the scientific program.

The Seminar Program includes: papers presentation, strategies development based on national and international partnership, panel discussions on the topic: The Mining Activity Integration into the European Space - Ways of Sustainable Development. Within the framework of the Seminar, a training course is included entitled: ECOMINING Platform – knowledge enlargement & sustainable partnerships.

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WAYS OF PAPERS PRESENTATION:

• oral • poster

For oral presentation, the participants can use a computer and an overhead projector.

IMPORTANT: The participants should send by e-mail their scientific paper(s), according to the typing requirements (Typing requirements.doc) until 30th July 2007 at: ioana.popescu@icpmrr.ro, secretary@ecomining-platform.eu.

Papers received after the mentioned deadlines will not be published in the Proceedings (book and CD).

Also, the organizers would highly appreciate if the participants of the ECOMINING Platform meeting would send them topics of great interest for the discussions.

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DEADLINES 30 July 2007 – Abstract submission (in English only) 15 August 2007 – Notification of abstract acceptance 15 September 2007 – Final paper submission 30 September 2007 – Later Seminar registration

FEES Registration until July 30, 2007 Seminar registration fee 300 Euros Students, young researchers and Ph. D. students’ registration fee 150 Euros Accompanying person 100 Euros

Registration after July 30, 2007

Seminar registration fee 350 Euros Students, young researchers and Ph. D. students’ registration fee 170 Euros Accompanying person 100 Euros

Registration fee covers: attendance of all conference sessions, conference materials & proceedings book (for participants only), welcome party, lunches, special dinner, refreshments, visit at Praid Salt Mine Sanatorium, cocktail party.

NOTE: In order to publish the scientific papers in the Seminar Proceedings, the participants have to fill in the Registration.pdf form and send it by e-mail to the organizers at: secretary@ecomining-platform.eu no later than 15th september 2007. top

Location and Accommodation

LOCATION

In order to reach Danubius Hotel-Sovata, where the International Seminar takes place, the organizers recommend Henri Coandă (former Otopeni) International Airport and Târgu-Mureş Airport (www.carpatair.com), via Timişoara. The nearest railway station is Sighisoara. Distances on road, given some most important towns are: Bucharest (airport) – 350 km, Braşov – 200 km, Oradea – 330 km, Cluj-Napoca (airport) – 170 km, Piatra Neamţ – 160 km, Sighişoara – 65 km, Târgu-Mureş (airport) – 60 km, Constanţa (airport) – 600 km. For details related to travel, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers, at the following e-mail addresses: ioana.popescu@icpmrr.ro, secretary@ecomining-platform.eu

NOTE: In order to book their rooms during the Seminar, the participants have to fill in the Accommodation.pdf form and send it by e-mail to the organizers at: secretary@ecomining-platform.eu no later than 15th September 2007.

HOTELS-SOVATA

Danubius Hotel Sovata 3-stars

Danubius Hotel Sovata is situated in one of the most famous spas in Transylvania. Sovata is a town renowned for Lacul Ursu (Bear Lake) heliothermal lake, which exact date of forming is known, namely: 27th May 1875. The fresh water on the surface of the lake acts as a protective coating against the loss of heat accumulated in the salt water from the depth. Danubius Hotel-Sovata is 150 m distance from Lacul Ursu. It fits for organizing national and international conferences, having rooms of 80, respectively 300 m2, exhibition spaces and hotel rooms, drink bar, restaurant, health care center, thermal salt bath and sauna.

Brădet Hotel 2-stars

Brădet Hotel, with a picturesque round panorama operated by Danubius Hotels,

offers a wide range of services and treatments to its guests. top RUSTIK ACCOMMODATION -PRAID

Praid Salt Mine is situated at 12 km from Sovata, in Praid. The deposits exploitation from Praid dates back in the Roman Ages and continues even nowadays, being one of the biggest salt massifs in Europe. The salt block has a slightly elliptical shape, with diameters of 1.2 km and 1.4 km and a depth of 2.7 km, having reserves for thousands of years, being an invaluable treasure of the Transylvanian economy. Praid Salt Mine is also famous as a heath care center, starting with the 60s. On a distance of 1,250 m from the entering to the health care center, the persons’ transport is provided by buses-

belonging to the salt mine–through the coast gallery. During the summer, the number of persons visiting the mine and those who undergo a cure here reaches 2,500 – 3,000/day.

Accommodation facilities during the Seminar refers to villas of 3 daisies category inPraid; 12 km far from Danubius Hotel-Sovata.

OFFERS REISZ VILLA

SOVIRAG VILLA

CSATARI VILLA

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