SDIMI 2005, Objectives

The objective of this Conference was to assist the mining and minerals industries in their global transition to sustainable development. The main theme of the meeting was the development, monitoring and assessment of sustainable development criteria for mineral operations. A goal of the Conference was also to conclude with a consensus plan and a process which can provide audience to the minerals community on the path to sustainable development.

SDIMI 2005, Organizing Institutions

• the Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering and the Center of Coal and Energy Research at Virginia Tech;
• the Institute of Mining Engineering I and CRC 525, Aachen University;
• the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Crete;
• the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (SME)

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updated: May 13, 2012