Asian Mining Congress Organized by MGMI

Hyderabad: The 7th Asian Mining Congress and Expo was organized by the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI) during 8-11 November 2017 at Kolkata. The Conference was inaugurated by Chief Guest Shri Susheel Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, GOI in presence of Dr. Narendra K. Nanda, Director (Technical), NMDC and President of MGMI; 

Shri Gopal Singh, Chairman, Coal India Limited; and the Special Guest HE Mr. Milan Hovorka, Ambassador, Embassy Czech Republic.

In tune with today's global call the theme of this Congress was “International Cooperation in Innovative Technology for Growth of Mineral Industry” and the objective of the Congress is to focus on Asia, the World's largest Continent is also the World's largest raw material producer.

In the inaugural function, Shri Susheel Kumar, IAS, Secretary (Coal) said that mining has to be sustainable and due importance shall be given to safety aspects and environment protection. A book authored by Dr. Narendra K. Nanda, Director (Technical) titled “Application of Technology for Sustainable Mining” was released by the Chief Guest Shri Susheel Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, GOI and other dignitaries. A souvenir and proceedings of MGMI was also released in the function.

During these three days, seven technical sessions, two plenary sessions and sixty presentations on topics pertaining to various facets of sustainable mining were made. 

Dr. Narendra K. Nanda, President, MGMI in the valedictory function addressing the gathering emphasized on the use of technology for sustainable mining and appreciated the kind of research papers submitted during this Congress. The Chief Guest in valedictory session Shri Suresh Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India visited NMDC stall and appreciated NMDC's effort on adoption of new technology for sustainable mining.