On the afternoon of May 29, 2024, the Council Meeting of the International Higher Education Alliance for Mining, Energy and Environment (AMEE) was held in China. The Secretary General of the Alliance, Zhang Zhenkang, introduced the background and preparations for this meeting, and made a progress report on the work of the Alliance from 2019 to 2024. He summarized the bilateral/multilateral cooperation carried out by member universities in high-level exchanges and visits, summer schools, teacher-student exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and joint hosting of international conferences. On the meeting, the Alliance Council discussed the candidate for the new chairman and unanimously agreed that Professor Axel Preusse, the former President of the International Society for Mine Surveying, would serve as the new Chairman of the Alliance.

Professor Axel Preusse, the new Chairman of the alliance, discussed the work plan of the alliance for the next five years with participating member universities and determined the time and location of the council meeting during his term.

The 2024 Council Meeting of the AMEE

Based on a common understanding that scientists and universities play an increasingly important role in solving problems in mining, energy, alternative resources and environment, on October 17, 2009, a batch of world leading universities in these fields gathered at China University of Mining and Technology, in Xuzhou of China, and jointly initiated and established the International Higher Education Alliance for Mining, Energy and Environment based on principles of equality and mutual benefit. AMEE is committed itself to cooperating in education, research and social services.

Link of AMEE: https://global.cumt.edu.cn/International_Higher_Education_Alliance_for_Mining.htm