In October of this year, Fabián Manríquez, a doctoral candidate at the Delphos Mine Planning Laboratory, presented his work in the space that the Institute of Mining Engineers of Chile (IIMCh in Spanish) dedicates weekly to open seminars to the public at its headquarters. Under the title "Short-term planning in open pit mines optimizing multiple objectives", Fabián Manríquez presented the topic developing in his doctoral thesis for an hour.

During this year, the Delphos Mine Planning Laboratory carried out several outreach activities in schools in the Valparaíso region, within the framework of the "Mathematics and Mining" diffusion project of the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC), of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile. This project made it possible to prepare teaching materials and an interactive class aimed to students of 11th and 12th grade, with specialization in the scientific area.

During the 07th and 09th of August, the Sixth International Conference on Geology and Mine Planning, Geomin-Mineplanning 2019, an event organized by Gecamin and in whose organizational and technical committees participated the director of the Delphos Laboratory and deputy director of the AMTC, Dr. Nelson Morales, in addition to the senior researchers of the AMTC and academics of the DIMIN, Dr. Willy Kracht and Dr. Xavier Emery.

The event brought together professionals related to geological sciences and mine planning to exchange knowledge, experiences, working methods, and tools in a collaborative and multidisciplinary work environment.

On Thursday, August 29th, the Ph.D. student in Mine Engineering of Delphos Laboratory, Fabián Manríquez, satisfactorily took his qualification exam, with his preliminary draft thesis, entitled: Simulation-optimization methodology for short-term planning in underground mines, before a commission made up of Drs. Raúl Castro, Xavier Emery, and Nelson Morales.

On Friday, August 09th, the students David Meneses and Marcos Barboza defended their Master in Mining thesis, who successfully approved before the respective evaluation commissions, qualifying them both with maximum distinction.

First, it was the turn of David Meneses. He defended his thesis titled "Methodology for planning the production of open pit mines considering alternative plans" before a commission formed by Dr.  Mohammad Maleki (Professor of Northern Catholic University), Dr. José Delgado (professor and director of the Department of Mining Engineering, University of Antofagasta), Dr. Nelson Morales, as professor, and Dr.  Enrique Jélvez, as a guide professor.

  1. Delphos - AMTC researchers teach a course at Universidad Federal de Ouro Preto in Brazil
  2. Montreal Polytechnique professor takes a short stay at Delphos Laboratory.
  3. Two new Civil Mine Engineers qualified from Delphos Laboratory.
  4. Students of the Talca University visit Delphos Laboratory.
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