RawDTRIP

The RawD Trip summer school brings the young people and the experts in the mining field to Cracow – an important mining area of ESEE Region. The summer school offers master and bachelor students a unique opportunity to acquaint themselves with various elements of the Raw Materials value chain: from mining through processing and products use to the production of waste, their recycling and reuse. The summer school is based on copper ore as the basic raw material in high-tech. The gained experience help to promote the students community among various universities and provide the possibility to create interaction with companies of the sector. Moreover, the RawD Trip, in the long run, leads to create the companies map in ESEE countries.

RawD-Trip Summer School runs as the part of KIC Raw Materials Program under the patronage of Faculty o Mining and Geoengineering (AGH University). The leader is EIT RawMaterials – CLC East.

The aim is to focused on practical part aspects of knowledge. Therefore, after theoretical introduction, five days of the summer school will take place in Lower Silesia – a significant mining region. The leading theme of the pilot edition is COPPER. During the summer school there will be a chance to visit places at various stages of copper production – in plants owned by KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. – from mining excavations to the smelter and post-flotation tailings pond, up to the places where they were reclaimed and revitalized. In the second week, in Krakow will be an opportunity to get acquainted with copper products and aspects of copper waste management.