Atlantic Copper, a Freeport-McMoRan Company, Inaugurates a Lecture Room at the Madrid Polytechnic University School of Mining and Energy Engineering

July 16, 2015 /3BL Media/ - Atlantic Copper, in partnership with the Madrid Polytechnic University School of Mining and Energy Engineering, seeks to foster, promote and develop the school’s research, teaching and communication activities in the area of non-ferrous metallurgy.

The newly inaugurated room is a multipurpose area for activities that take an industry-oriented approach to the teaching of non-ferrous metallurgy. Atlantic Copper has been working with the school for some years on emphasizing marketable skills in graduates.

Atlantic Copper created the Atlantic Copper Company Chair at the Madrid Polytechnic University in 2013, and also has chairs endowed by Atlantic Copper at the University of Huelva and the International University of Andalusia.

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