The 17th NAWG workshop was organized by the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, and the Natural Analogues Working Group (NAWG), 8-11 May 2023 in Zadar.

NAWG is a group of experts working for or in national waste disposal programmes, took the initiative of establishing, in June 1985, NAWG, the Natural Analogue Working Group (originally under the auspice of the European Commission). NAWG is an international forum for:

• The discussion of natural analogue programmes from around the world.
• Assessing the relevance and appreciation of natural analogues to radioactive and toxic waste disposal - and now CO2 sequestration.

On the link NAWG-17 you can download proceedings of the workshop.

The EMJM PROMISE is being established due to the awareness of increasing demands in the quantity and diversity of minerals, metals, and materials as we move towards renewable energy, electromobility, digital communication and other clean-energy technologies.

PROMISE is the consortium involving the cooperation between four leading universities in mineral processing and mining engineering: University of Oulu from Finland (UOULU), Montanuniversität Leoben from Austria (MUL), University of Zagreb from Croatia (UNIZG), and Universidad Federico Santa Maria from Chile (USM).

EMJM-PROMISE ERASMUS MUNDUS JOINT MASTER IN SUSTAINABLE MINERAL AND METAL PROCESSING ENGINEERING NEWS 1/2023 MARCH in .pdf

The EMerald master in georesources engineering aims to train a new generation of engineers with an entrepreneu-rial mind-set, capable of identifying and sustainably mana-ging the mineral and metal resources that are essential for the green energy transition.

With a unique position at the interface between Earth Sciences and Engineering, the two-year master (120 ECTS) is designed for students with a background in both geo-logy and applied sciences (mining, metallurgy, chemistry). It has been designed to find the right balance between the knowledge opf metal/mineral resources (geology, land-fills, urban mines, reserve characterisation and modelling) and process engineering techniques (comminution, sor-ting, preconcentration, extractive metallurgy and waste disposal).

The master, fully taught in English, offers an innovative curriculum from hands-on experiences in the university labs to the use of digital tools. It is jointly organized by 4 top-level European Universities, each of which hosts the students for at least a semester and delivers a Degree.

EMerald brochure 2024

Dear students enrolled in raw materials related programmes,

we would like to kindly invite you to the Zagreb EIT labeled induction day, which will take place on December 1, 2023, from 9-13 at the University of Zagreb – Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering premises at Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb.

The coordinator of the program, professor Ferenc Madai (University of Miskolc) will present the TIMREX program, Fabio Ferri, the education manager of EIT Raw Materials will present the educational strategy to EIT, the existing student programs of EIT RawMaterials, EIT Alumni and RawMaterials Academy, and Deni Nurkić (FER, Nuqleus) will present the innovation infrastructure of the University of Zagreb.

The link for registration: https://forms.gle/uhCXwzZQ9973BhYRA

Please register till November 29, 2023.

The program is intended for all students and teachers of the University of Zagreb (physical) as well as the students of other European and non-European Universities, with special emphasis on undergraduate students of geological engineering and mining (on-line participation enabled).

With kind regards,

Prof. Sibila Borojević Šoštarić and Associate professor Ana Maričić

Zagreb EIT labelled induction day

The enrolment application of students in the 1st year of the Timrex double-gdegree MSc study program is open till September 22nd. Besides UNIZG-RGNF, University of Miskolc and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology are part of double-degree MSc program. If you are interested, please check our requirements and application procedure. Students will spend the first year in Zagreb and then the second year in Miskolc or Wroclaw, according to their wishes. There is a possibility of obtaining an AVSA scholarship in the amount of 13,500€ per eligible student for two years, which is expected to cover participation fee (scholarship) and other students’ expenses during their studies. Application documents must be submitted by September 22, 2023 at the latest to Assoc. Prof. Ana Maričić at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions!