Conducting World Mining Congress Events

Conducting World Mining Congress Events The principle objective of the Russian Organizing Committee is the World Mining Congress activity management in Russia.

The Russian Organizing Committee holds and finances World Mining Congress meetings in Russia.

The first Russian World Mining Congress took place in Moscow in 1967; there were more than 2000 of participants from 44 countries. The main theme of the Congress was «Technical Progress in the Mining Industry».
On May 14, 2009 St. Petersburg hosted the 90th Meeting of the World Mining Congress’s Organizing Committee

Members of the Russian Organizing Committee take active part in international events held by the World Mining Congress:

The delegation from the Russian Organizing Committee visited China in October 2009. The purpose of the meeting was acquaintance with enterprises of the industry, visiting the World Coal Summit. Professor G.L. Krasniansky, Chairman of the Russian Organizing Committee, presented a report.

World Mining Congresses History

Year	City, Country	No. of Countries	Motto of Congresses
1958	Warsaw, Poland	13	Mine Construction
1961	Prague, Czechoslovakia	17	The Improvement in Mining Economy
1963	Salzburg, Austria	30	Science and Technique in the Fight for Safty in Mining
1965	London, Great Britain	42	Modern Mining
1967	Moscow, USSR	44	Technical Progress in Mining
1970	Madrid, Spain	52	Science in the Service of Mining
1972	Bucharest, Romania	49	Organization and Management in Mining
1974	Lima, Peru	55	Prognosis of the Development up to the Year 2000
1976	Düsseldorf, Germany FR	61	Exploitation and Benefication of Mineral Raw Materials by the Minong Industry — A Key to progress
1979	Istanbul, Turkey	45	Mining and Mineral in the Service of Mankind
1982	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	56	Mineral Raw Materials — A Factor of the World Economy
1984	New Delhi, India	47	Optimal Exploitation of Solid Mineral Resources — Challenges and Constraints
1987	Stockholm, Sweden	66	Inprovement of Mine Productivity and Overall Economy through Technology
1990	Beijing, China	69	Mining for Future — Trends and Expectations
1992	Madrid, Spain	57	The Mining Outlook
1994	Sofia, Bulgaria	54	The Mining Industry of the Threshold of XXI Century
1997	Acapulco, Mexico *	51	Mining — The Basis of Civilization in the Changing World
2000	Las Vegas, USA**	100	Everything begins with mining
2003	New Delhi, India	47	Mining in 21st century: Quo Vadis?
2005	Teheran, Iran	23	Mining and sustainable development
2008	Cracow, Poland		New Challenges and Visions for Mining
2011	Istanbul, Turkey

* AIMMGM Congress included
**Together with MINEXPO