“We are concerned with the inadequacy of the numbers of graduates in mining and mining-related fields,” says Klaus Konigsmann, chairman of the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation (CMIEF).
For the past two decades and more, the CMIEF has eased the way for engineering students to enter mining disciplines. The group offers scholarships of up to $2,000 to undergraduates and as much as $5,000 to a much smaller group of post-graduates.
In the current academic year it is assisting 21 in mining engineering, 15 in metallurgy, four in mechanical/electrical and two post-graduates. The total 1989/90 cost will be $83,500.
Konigsmann says his organization aims to increase the number of mechanical, electrical and process control scholarship students, because of the burgeoning high- technology aspect of mining.
“We can’t have a high-technology industry and not have these types of people available,” Konigsmann says.
CMIEF contributors this year are Agnico-Eagle Mines, American Barrick Resources, BP Canada, Cambior Inc., Cameco, Cape Breton, Cassiar Mining, Cominco, Corona Corp., Dickenson Mines, Echo Bay Mines, Falconbridge Ltd., Giant Yellowknife Mines, Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, Inco Ltd., Indusmin, Kidd Creek Mines, Kerr Addison/Minnova, Kilborn Ltd., LAC Minerals, Noranda Inc., Placer Dome, Sherritt Gordon, Stelco, Strathcona Mineral Services, Teck Corp., United Keno Hill Mines, and Westmin Resources. A long-time and significant contributor to the CMIEF has been the J.P. Bickell Foundation.
CMIEF recently launched a fund- raising appeal aimed at the industry’s chief executives. It hopes that more funds awarded to more students and given earlier in their academic careers might attract a greater number to mining-related disciplines.
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