2013 World Mining Congress: The Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industry Development

Another familiar face at UBC who will be partaking in the plenary panel is Dr. Marcello Veiga, Associate Professor at the university’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering. A native son of Brazil – another major centre for resource extraction – Dr. Veiga has spent more than thirty years working as a metallurgical engineer and mining consultant for extractive firms in his homeland, throughout Latin America, and in the United States and Canada as well. His expertise in mining is immense, and a long list of research interests includes diverse areas such as the biogeochemical cycle of heavy metals in the environment, mercury pollution from gold mining and hydroelectric reservoirs, and the sustainable development of mining. Between 2002 and 2008, Dr. Veiga’s experience in mercury pollution brought him to the fore of international development with his posting as the Chief Technical Advisor for the Global Mercury Project, a brainchild of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
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