{"id":4821,"date":"2025-06-17T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T10:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/sin-categorizar\/nace-la-catedra-red-de-restauracion-de-minas-y-canteras-para-impulsar-la-formacion-y-la-innovacion-en-restauracion-minera\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:29:52","slug":"the-rmc-network-chair-is-launched-to-promote-training-and-innovation-in-mining-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/actualidad\/the-rmc-network-chair-is-launched-to-promote-training-and-innovation-in-mining-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"The RMC Network Chair Is Launched to Promote Training and Innovation in Mining Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia and the Network consolidate a strategic partnership to create synergies between universities, companies and public administrations in the sector<\/strong><\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Carmen Pi<\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia (UPV)<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/actualidad\/la-red-rmc-lanza-un-nuevo-servicio-de-asesoramiento-para-facilitar-el-acceso-a-la-financiacion-the-rmc-network-launches-a-new-advisory-service-to-facilitate-access-to-cdti-funding-for-mining-restorati\/\"><strong>Mining and Quarry Restoration Network (RMC)<\/strong> <\/a>formalised a <strong>collaboration agreement<\/strong> last May to establish the <strong>Mining and Quarry Restoration Network Chair.<\/strong> The signing ceremony took place in the Honoris Hall of the UPV Rectorate and was presided over by the rector, <strong>Jos\u00e9 E. Capilla Rom\u00e1.<\/strong> Also attending were the Vice-Rector for Employment, Lifelong Learning and Languages, <strong>Elena de la Poza Plaza<\/strong>; the Vice-Rector for Coexistence and Wellbeing, <strong>Santiago Guillem Pic\u00f3<\/strong>; the director of the Higher Technical School of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, <strong>Constanza Rubio Michavila<\/strong>; the director of the Chairs and Employment Area, I<strong>gnacio Gil Pechu\u00e1n<\/strong>; the deputy director of Chairs and Company Placements at ETSIAMN, <strong>M. Loreto Fenollosa Ribera<\/strong>; and the director of the new chair,<strong> Antonio Torregrosa Mira.<\/strong><\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Representing the RMC Network were its president, <strong>Javier De la Villa Albares<\/strong>; technical director, <strong>Beatriz Olmo;<\/strong> secretary, <strong>Cristina Gil Monteso<\/strong>; and vice-president, <strong>Alejandro Guerrero<\/strong>. Other members of the RMC Network who supported the initiative were also present, along with representatives of the Generalitat Valenciana. <\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new chair aims to <strong>serve as a meeting point between universities, companies and public administrations<\/strong>, and has been established with the intention of \u201c<strong>promoting sustainable mining that is committed to the territory and aligned with the sector&#8217;s environmental and social challenges<\/strong>\u201d, the initiative&#8217;s organisers explained.<\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his speech, Network president <strong>Javier De la Villa Albares<\/strong> publicly thanked \u201cthe partners, institutions and professionals who have made the organisation&#8217;s extraordinary growth in such a short time possible\u201d. \u201cThe creation of the chair will <strong>open up new avenues for collaboration with the university community and involve students<\/strong>, from the outset, in the <strong>challenges facing the mining sector<\/strong>, with training linked to practical experience and geared towards the future,\u201d he said. <\/p> <div class=\"wp-block-image\"> <figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1747766216391.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The signing ceremony took place in the Honoris Hall of the UPV Rectorate.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div> <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the same lines, <strong>Antonio Torregrosa<\/strong>, a UPV professor and director of the new chair, highlighted the project&#8217;s open and inclusive nature. \u201cAlthough the agreement has been signed with the UPV, the chair is intended to represent all its partners, provide services to all of them and <strong>foster partnerships with the various universities and research centres<\/strong> that form part of the Network,\u201d he said. <\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, <strong>Constanza Rubio Michavila <\/strong>highlighted the value of this collaboration. \u201cIt is an honour and a privilege to have the Network involved in this project,\u201d she said. \u201c<strong>Linking training with professional practice is fundamental <\/strong>to preparing future professionals,\u201d she added.<\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For her part, the Network&#8217;s technical director, <strong>Beatriz Olmo<\/strong>, highlighted the role the chair will play in training and in connecting with the professional community. In her view, this partnership will facilitate \u201cthe <strong>organisation of technical sessions and training activities<\/strong>, contact between companies and research centres, <strong>promoting research and innovation <\/strong>in this field, and, above all, <strong>bringing students closer to a sector with great potential for transformation and environmental commitment<\/strong>\u201d. She also highlighted that the chair will make it possible to \u201cpromote scholarship programmes, academic placements and undergraduate and master&#8217;s dissertations, connecting young talent with the sector&#8217;s real-world challenges\u201d. <\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This step reinforces the Network&#8217;s commitment to continuing to lead, together with its partners, the development of good practices in mining restoration, and aligns with one of its major projects: <strong>the International Mining Restoration Congress<\/strong>, which <strong>will be held in Val\u00e8ncia in 2026<\/strong> and about which more information will be provided shortly.<br \/><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia and the Network consolidate a strategic partnership to create synergies between universities, companies and public administrations in the sector By&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[195,141,142,143,194],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","tag-convenio","tag-red-de-restauracion-de-minas-y-canteras","tag-red-rcm","tag-restauracion-minera","tag-universitat-politecnica-de-valencia"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4847,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions\/4847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restauracionminas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}