GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 15, 2015 – Colorado School of Mines Office of Special Programs and Continuing Education (SPACE) hosted fifteen mining professionals from Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) Group of Morocco during a week-long tour of mining operations in Colorado and Wyoming.
 
Adjunct Professor William Wilson of the Mining Engineering Department guided the tour. The group from OCP toured different mining operations in both states to examine a wide range of mining and processing techniques. The participants hoped to take the experiences from these locations to help optimize their own phosphate mining operations in Morocco.

“Course participants that took the mine tour felt the visits to the underground, surface mines and to CSM mining laboratories greatly re-enforced much of the course content,” Wilson said. “Several participants noted they took away a greater appreciation of common experiences and problems among large mining companies and discovered a number of topics related to possible applied research between OCP and CSM.”
 
Over the past year, SPACE and Mines faculty have delivered professional courses in geology, mining, processing and sustainability to OCP employees and senior managers and technical staff in Morocco. This is an ongoing collaboration between Mines and the Moroccan phosphate miners.

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Trevor Hall, Communications/Social Media, Colorado School of Mines SPACE, 303-279-9262, trhall@mines.edu
Kathleen Morton, Digital Media & Communications Manager / 303-273-3088 / kmorton@mines.edu