Mining Environment and Circular Economy

What you will learn

The skills acquired in this master’s degree will enable candidates to:

Benefit from executive training provided by experts (A strategic partnership with the University of Calgary): in energy, circular economy, CSR... ;
Know the mining sector and its environmental regulations and apply a structured approach to the management of eco-innovative projects;
Benefit from additional certificates in the form of optional courses in (Assured by U-Calgary experts) :
Public Engagement and Community Consultation
- Fundamentals of ESG
- Regulation of Mining Activities and Operations

The Master Courses

The courses in this master's program are:

M1. Circular economy, sustainable management of natural resources and climate change
M2. Mining, regulation, certification and CSR
M3. Design and management of mining waste storage structures (heaps, slag heaps, dams, ponds, ...)
M4. Sustainable management of water and energy in the mine
M5. Integrated management and valorization of mine wastes and industrial by-products
M6. Visits
M7. Geo-metallurgy, GIS and digitalization
M8. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Carbon Footprint

Summary

EMEC plans to raise awareness and train industrial actors (geological engineers, senior technicians, decision-makers, researchers,) to the concepts of mining environment and circular economy, to the actions planned for the reduction of the carbon footprint and water footprint, to the new GIS technologies and to the paradigm shift of the mining activity.

Description

The Executive Master provides the fundamental knowledge as well as innovative solutions to all mining environmental problems, including climate change and the industry decarbonization needs. Also, the program is intended for spreading environmental awareness to industrial actors to integrate this vision into the mine life cycle. The training modules offered to allow participants to understand the key principles of the circular economy and the best practices of environmental protection through the management of the concepts, practices, and technologies necessary to ensure a safer ecological transition for the mining industry.

Key Benefits

Responding to environmental issues, including climate change;
Strive to change the minds of the industry to raise awareness of these issues;
To understand the opportunities and challenges of the circular economy;
To get closer to the mining world and to know closely how companies in the mining sector (OCP, MANAGEM ...) practice the circular economy and good environmental management practices.

Who should attend

Any professional in Moroccan mine companies with at least a bachelor's degree (experienced technicians, engineers, or other equivalent degrees);
Any person in charge of waste management and mining sites;
HQSE managers in mining company;
Directors of industrial mining sites and production managers