On January 15, 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.

The Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology celebrates its 20th anni­versary and will pay tribute to the ore deposits of the Variscan orogeny with the topic: Mineral Systems and Metals Endowment of the Variscan Orogeny. The event will be held at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology.

Join MOSMIN for a deep dive into how advanced observation ­techno­logies are reshaping the way we monitor, assess, and revalue mine waste.

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.

The research campus in Dresden-Rossendorf opens its doors to explore science and meet our scientists. Many guided tours of large-scale facilities and laboratories will allow you to take a look behind the scenes of current research.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.