A quartet of engineering students from the University of Waterloo took the top prize at the third annual National Mining Competition in Saskatoon in early November.
The competition puts students in a decision-making role. Participants are given detailed mining scenario outlining a fictional firm’s operational performance and finances, as well as relevant social and environmental concerns. In teams of four, they devise a plan of action to take the company forward and position it for success. The teams present their plans to a panel of industry experts who decide on the winner.
The final presentations were judged on the following elements: problem identification and analysis (25%), strategic recommendation (25%), implementation (30%), and presentation and delivery (20%).
The competition featured 16 teams from across the U.S. and Canada and, for the first time, participants from outside North America including Germany, India and the U.K.
The team from the U.K.’s Camborne School of Mines took second place and the competition’s host, University of Saskatchewan, finished third.
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