Contact

Prof. Dr. Jens Gutzmer
Director
Secretary: Vanessa Tschorn
Phone: 0351 260 - 4404

PD Dr. Simone Raatz
Administrative Manager

Sekretary: Louise Schulze
Phone: 0351 260 - 4403

Anne-Kristin Jentzsch
Press Officer
Phone: +49 351 260 - 4429

Renate Seidel
Secretary
Phone: 0351 260 - 4430

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Events

In addition to our own HIF events, the institute participates in various fairs or conferences throughout the year - a good opportunity for you to discuss latest research developments or career oppurtunities at HIF with our experts. Join us!

Upcoming

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Extractive Geometallurgy Short Course, June 18-19, 2025

Regis­ter now! The Extractive Geometallurgy Short Course 2025 features presentations with latest insights into orebody knowledge, data science, mineral processing and metallurgy. The course is held in June at HIF and as part of the HIF Doctoral School Exploration for Predictive Geometallury ‘X4P’ in cooperation DSI-NRF CIMERA, South Africa.
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Training course at ESA Symposium: Open-source hyperspectral analysis using hylite and python, June 22, 2025

Access to large hyperspectral and earth observation databases is transforming how we analyse the Earth’s surface — from satellite-scale co­verage to high-resolution UAV, tripod, and lab-based imaging. Join our hands-on training session at the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 and learn how to unlock the full value of these ­information-rich datasets.
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ReMining Conference: August 27 - 29, 2025 in Freiberg

An event organized by the Wir! alliance recomine with exciting keynotes, project results from the alliance and interesting excursions in Freiberg and the Ore Mountains.
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Past Events

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FINEST FORUM#1 “Beyond Recycling“ on June 11, 2025 in Berlin

Under the heading “Beyond Recycling” experts from industry, academia, administration and politics come together for an intense exchange on ways to follow the path to a more sustainable circular economy for fine-grained residual material streams.
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PDAC Convention 2 - 5 March 2025

The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is the leading voice of the mineral exploration and development community. As e­very year, HIF will be an exhibitor of the PDAC.
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Carreer Fair ORTE on January 9, 2025 in Freiberg

On January 9, from 10 am to 3 pm, the career fair ORTE will again take place in the Ulrich-Rülein-von Calw Sports Hall. The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology will be represented with a booth. Get informed about entry possibilities and career opportunities. We will have current job offers and will be available to answer your questions about our research portfolio.
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Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, 9 - 13 December 2024

Interested in Critical Raw Material­s? An entire week is dedicated to this topic during 19th Freiberg Shortcourse in Economic Geology ‘Critical Raw Material­s: A Global Perspective’ with Judith Kinnaird and Paul Nex, Uni­versity of Witwatersrand, SA, from Dec 9-13th 2024 at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology
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Carreer Fair ORTE on June 25 in Freiberg

On June 25, from 10 am to 3 pm, the career fair ORTE will again take place in the Ulrich-Rülein-von Calw Sports Hall. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology will be represented with a booth. Get informed about entry possibilities and career opportunities. We will have current job offers and will be available to answer your questions about our research portfolio.
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