International recognition for Mining Engineering academics

Posted on November 23, 2023

Two senior academics in the Department of Mining Engineering have received international recognition for their contribution to the mining industry and the professional community.

Prof Webber-Youngman receives international recognition

Posted on September 27, 2023

Prof Ronny Webber-Youngman, Head of the Department of Mining Engineering in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, received the Günter Fettweis Award of the international Society of Mining Professors (SOMP) at its annual...

UP EBIT Week shows increasing number of female learners interested in STEM subjects

Posted on July 25, 2023

“We always try to raise awareness among female learners, because getting more females into STEM is an important drive for us,” the Faculty said.

Peer-reviewed journal devoted to University of Pretoria’s rock engineering research

Posted on July 05, 2023

Special edition of the SAIMM Journal featuring the Department of Mining Engineering’s hard rock pillar research

Women have an exciting role to play in the mining industry

Posted on June 15, 2023

To celebrate international Women in Engineering Day, University of Pretoria (UP) alumna, Nozipho Dlamini, shares her view on the exciting role women can play in the mining industry.

Mining Engineering students promote safety at the Kloppersbos Explosion Research Facility

Posted on June 14, 2023

In an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of coal dust explosions and promote safe working conditions in industries prone to fires and explosions, a group of final-year students from the Department of Mining Engineering in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built...

Outstanding achievement for extraordinary professor in Mining Engineering

Posted on March 13, 2023

Prof Bharath Belle, an extraordinary professor in the University of Pretoria’s Department of Mining Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, has received the SME (USA) Howard L Hartman Award for outstanding contributions to mine ventilation...

DEPARTMENT MOURNS THE LOSS OF AN ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE

Posted on March 09, 2023

Staff of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Mining Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology was saddened by the news of the passing of a valued and esteemed colleague. After a valiant fight, senior researcher Dr Johann Uys lost his...