by Air by Ship Economic Geology and Exploration Tomakomai ANA 5 flights/day Tsuruga Schedule/ Schedule/ Schedule/ Haneda Airport Niigata

Sun Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat (Tokyo) JAL 4 flights/day 65 min Duration/13 hr Duration/6 hr 30 min Duration/12 hr 15 min Schedule/ Schedule/ Schedule/ Mon Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun Duration/12 hr 30 min Duration/6 hr 35 min Duration/10 hr 20 min ANA 3 flights/day Osaka International JAL 3 flights/day Sapporo Airport (Osaka) 85 min Shin Nihonkai Ferry Akita Ferry Terminal ☎018-880-2600 Tomakomai

Chubu Centrair ANA Expressway by Express Bus International 2 flights/day Airport (Nagoya) 85 min Akita Chuo The International Center for Research and Takeyuki Ogata, Antonio Arribas, Akita Interchange Akita Assistant Professor Professor ICREMER Education on Mineral and Energy Resources ICREMER ANA 2 flights/day The precise knowledge of geological The world of exploration for ore deposits New Chitose JAL 3 flights/day Flora Senshu (ICREMER) was established in October 2009 Airport (Sapporo) Akita Expressway 1 time/day 10 time/day features and characteristics of ore combines several unique characteristics: 55 min 90 min as part of the general body of Akita University, deposits is essential for technology used a) if successful, its economic and social 8 hr 30 min 3 hr 35 min

to explore limited mineral resources. In impact can be huge, b) it is conducted by Noshiro Airport aiming to create an educational and research hub order to discover and exploit the mineral a relatively small number of professionals, Odate- Kitakami Junction International Center for Research and deposits inside and outside , c) it relies heavily on basic science and on Shinjuku that contributes to sustainable resource supplies Haneda Airport 2 flights/day Hachinohe it is necessary to conduct geological the precise and quantitative documentation (Tokyo) Akita Expressway surveys and analyze the characteristics of natural phenomena, d) it makes good 70 min Odate- in Japan and the world. ICREMER’s activities are 5hr Akita Chuo Kotsu Noshiro Education on Mineral and Energy Resources, of igneous rocks and the relationships use of the latest applicable technologies ☎018-823-4890 Akita Shinkansen global in scope and they are directed towards among alteration zones of the deposits as well as business and management ANA (All Nippon Airways) ☎0570-029-222 Odakyu Bus developing internationally competitive human from lithological, mineralogical, and processes, and e) it requires financing Kawaguchi ☎03-5438-8511 Akita geochemical points of view. The Center and the involvement of financiers. Yet, JAL/J-AIR (Japan Airlines Japan) ☎0570-025-071 Tokyo Junction Akita Expressway Akita University resources and generating research opportunities will work with cooperative professors exploration is still not an exact science Miyagi Kotsu Kitakami Junction and researchers of universities and and it is riddled with intangibles which are Akita Airport Terminal Building ☎022-261-5333 by means of collaboration in education and ☎018-886-3366 Japan Road Traffic enterprises to utilize methods including better understood from a perspective of Information Center JR Bus Tohoku Tohoku Expressway research between Akita University and resource- geology, mineral sciences, remote- professional experience. ※It is about 35 minutes from Akita Airport to (Akita Information) ☎022-256-6646 rich countries. sensing technology, age determination, I am interested in transferring to our Akita Station by car. ☎050-3369-6605 geophysical exploration and resource students and young professionals the Sendai Despite the limited number of its academic staff, informatics. experience gained in over 20 years of Airport Limousine Bus ●Sixteen runs a day to the airport. Shinjo Furthermore, students are able to gain employment with industry in a variety of Yamagata ICREMER has made a significant contribution an overall understanding of Akita’s world- roles, from technical to analytical and ●Eighteen runs a day to Akita Station. Yamagata Shinkansen to its partners in resource-rich countries through renowned Kuroko (black ore) deposits managerial. By helping our students better Akita Chuo Kotsu ☎018-823-4411 Niigata (polymetallic volcanogenic massive understand the science of economic lectures, technical guidance and field surveys, sulfide deposits), learn about their origins, geology and the business fundamentals Akita Airportliner Hayakago Bus (to Akita City) and study the importance of exploration behind it, we at ICREMER will help (reservation required) among other activities. Working together with methods for mineral resources through them find successful careers in industry, 11 times/day （for reservations only） the Faculty of International Resource Sciences on-site observations. government, or academia ☎018-867-7444 Tohoku Shinkansen at Akita University, ICREMER has developed Jouetsu Shinkansen relationships with research and governmental by Rail institutions in and out of Japan to undertake an Recycling Akita Tokyo important role in connecting Akita to the global Tsuruga community. To promote alliances with institutions Shortest Shortest Shortest Masahiko Bessho, 3 hr 37 min 6 hr 26 min 5 hr 54 min in resource-rich countries, ICREMER has Associate Professor Nagoya developed exchange partnerships with strategic Given the recent population growth and economic Ou Main Line Uetsu Main Line partners such as Botswana, Mongolia, Myanmar, development, propelled mainly by developing countries, the Akita consumption of primary energy is expected to rise further. Shinkansen Shinjo Niigata and Kazakhstan, among others. This includes Meanwhile, in view of limited reserves of fossil energy Osaka activities, such as organizing international resources and environmental problems, new possibilities Yamagata Jouetsu for shifting to renewable energy, such as solar power Shinkansen Shinkansen symposiums on a regular basis, and conducting a generation, are explored. In the perspective for ensuring a stable supply of resources, 4-week short-stay course in Akita for international our research topics include refining technologies of chemical Tokyo students. Currently, ICREMER is strengthening its and physical separation processes to have high-purity silica, a new silicon material for photovoltaic cells, from amorphous current partnerships and expanding its activities East Japan Railway silica in the natural world and its application to develop a high-performance material. Customer Center with South-East Asia and with the Western world, We also work on the development of technologies for separation/recovery and recycling of metallic and non-metallic resources contained in non-utilized resources or waste materials. ☎050-2016-1600 including countries such as Australia, Canada and Sweden. Having completed the initial phase of its establishment, it is now time to work on our new objectives, which include further strengthening Smelting・Materials our program and actively sharing our gained knowledge and global connections with society. In Yasushi Takasaki, this context, and aiming to make Akita University Associate Professor a leading hub for resource studies, we ICREMER Today, it is widely understood that the effective utilization of resources and subsequent pollution control are imperative staff remain committed to working as a team in for building a sustainable recycling-based society. In this regard,extractive metallurgy has been playing an important the on-going exciting educational, research and role not only in the production of metallic materials but also in international cooperation initiatives. metal recycling. The core of extractive metallurgy comprises chemistry, thermodynamics,electrochemistry, among other fields, and students are expected not only to learn these Samurai Residence in Kakunodate KANTO Festival NAMAHAGE SEDO Festival KAMAKURA April, 2017 subjects theoretically in the classroom, but to also acquire practical knowledge and skills from past achievements and Prof. Youhei Kawamura examples of research and on-site operations. Furthermore, students can understand the fundamental process of extractive metallurgy including Director, solvent extraction and electrolysis through demonstrations ICREMER and/or experiments. It is very convenient that we have International Center for Research and Education on Mineral and Energy Resources, Akita University hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical smelting plants within and around so that students can ／ ／ learn a great deal through visiting them from time to time. 1-1 Tegata Gakuen-machi, Akita-city, Akita 010-8502 JAPAN TEL: +81-18-889-2810 FAX: +81-18-889-3012 E-mail: [email protected]／URL:http://www.akita-u.ac.jp/icremer Background of ICREMER Organization and support system of ICREMER Recent Achievements of ICREMER

Training on Sustainable Resource Development recently-growing interest in resource issues, these events called (“Short Stay Program”) the attention of the private business sector in Tokyo metropolitan Located in Akita Contributing to International Development Since 2011, practice-oriented training courses on resources area. Akita University is the successor to the National Akita Mining On the other hand, in many mineral-rich countries, the sites Akita University is being successfully conducted. In 2016 post-graduate level College, which was established in 1910, and has built up a of past mining operations have often become serious health students from Mongolian University of Science and Technology wealth of experience, technology and talent in the field of and environmental hazards for nearby local people. To prevent Faculty of Other Major Activities resource sciences in Japan. As such, Akita University is such disastrous incidents from recurring, it is imperative that International Holkkaido (MUST), East Kazakhstan State Technical University (EKSTU), ● Collaborative research with international partner universities. regarded as a premier institution where a series of skills related more appropriate technologies and environmentally conscious Resource Sciences International Center for University University of Botswana (UB), Chulalongkorn University, ● Guidance and instruction to undergraduate and graduate to mining operations are taught, ranging from prospecting, operations be employed. In this regard human resource and Research and Education University of the Philippines, Bandung Institute of Technology students participating in field research activities abroad. exploitation, smelting, to environmental conservation. skills development in these countries are widely expected. on Mineral and Energy Tohoku and University of Yangon joined this program. ● Two joint research projects with JOGMEC (resource assessment Graduate School Resources University for seafloor hydrothermal deposits / mine wastewater treatment of International Cooperation Organization of International Symposiums in Tokyo by sulfate-reducing bacteria). Resource Resource-related Diplomacy Fostering Human Resources ICREMER University Since 2011, International Symposiums entitled “Recent Advances ● Collaboration with a technical cooperation project of JICA Sciences The University As China, India and other emerging economies industrialize, With globalization progressing at unprecedented speed, both (Domestic) of Tokyo in Resource Science and Technology to Sustain Japan” has (Management of Mining Waste Tailing Damp at the Bor Region, global demand for rare metals and rare earth metals has rapidly Japanese scientists and industrialists alike are expected to duly been held in Tokyo. Researchers from Akita University and Akita Serbia). expanded. In these circumstances, in order for Japan to retain a participate in and contribute to this process. In this context, Waseda University’s partner universities made presentations. Given the leading role in the global manufacturing sector, the securement universities, in their role as institutions as the highest level of University of mineral resources has become an urgent item in the national education and research, have an undeniable responsibility Leading Program for International Exchange agenda. From this standpoint, the establishment of friendly and to foster the youth of Japan, who will eventually stand on Center mutually beneficial relations with mineral-rich Asian and African the international stage possessing global perspectives and Doctorate Kyushu University countries has been a key to the sustainable development of the knowledge. Degree ・Conclusion of agreements Japanese economy. ・Support for overseas students ・Japanese language training

Development Strategy of ICREMER Distinctive Features of ICREMER

1. ICREMER works with universities and research institutions international standard of resource studies. engaged in the field of resource studies in resource-rich countries, providing assistance to the formulation of their 4. ICREMER provides highly qualified resource studies education Contributing to sustainable resource development and programs to enhance education and research capabilities and in close cooperation with the Faculty of International Resource Vision resource security for the international community to their human resource development. Sciences Graduate School of Engineering and Resource as a global center for education and research in resource science Science (including its Leading Program for Doctorate Degree), 2. ICREMER provides practice-oriented, post-graduate level while promoting highly advanced resource studies and research education, which is characterized by: participation of graduate through close collaboration with other universities and research Balanced Sustained Short-Stay Program(Lecture) Short-Stay Program(Field Survey) Mission development of competitiveness of Advancement of students, engineers and researchers from resource-rich institutions both in Japan and overseas. resource-rich countries Japanese manufacturers resource sciences countries and Japan’s resource-related business sector; theoretical studies and researches on campus; and field 5. ICREMER, in its educational and research activities, promotes practices on resource-related sites in and around Akita cooperation with private companies which are based in Akita or Skills development of Human resource Joint research activities prefecture. nearby prefectures and engaged in development and utilization Activities relevant institutions and development at with leading institutions of resources, whilst contributing to resource assessment and personnel in resource- resource science-related and personnel both at rich countries Japanese institutions home and abroad 3. ICREMER’s educational activities are basically conducted in development in Japan. English to make its education and research competitive in the

Overseas Cooperation Universities of ICREMER

Luleå University of Technology

The Natural East Kazakhstan State History Museum Technical University Technische Universitat Memorial University Activities to fulfill Organizational Mission of ICREMER Bergakademie Freiberg Mongolian University of of Newfoundland Science and Technology 1 Human resource and skills development at resource-related educational and University of Ottawa Montana Tech of the Field survey in Mongolia International Symposium on Resource Science and Technology research institutions University of Montana (1) Enhancement of institutional skills both in education and research (2) Human resource development University of 2 Fostering resource-related personnel in Japan Yangon

(1) Acceptance and education of resource-related personnel from other universities, Chulalongkorn University and the public and private sectors University of (2) Promotion of joint research with other universities, research institutions, the Philippines municipalities, and private companies

3 Joint education and research with leading resource-related Institutions both at Papua New Guinea home and abroad Institut Teknologi University of Technology Bandung (1) Personnel exchanges with leading institutions, including universities, University of Botswana academic societies, and research institutions Botswana International University From Akita to the world, of Science and Technology (2) Promotion of joint research and symposiums with resource-related Kuroko ore at Akita Univ. Mining Museum universities and other research institutions Eduardo Mondrane University Curtin University Universidad University of Adelaide de Santiago University of Witwatersrand from the world to Japan