Dr. Abubakary Salama
Managing Director, HETAMIS Ltd
About Dr. Abubakary Salama
Dr. Salama has more than 17 years’ experience as consultant in Mining Engineering specialized in mine planning, design, and optimization of mining systems. Dr. Salama expertise focus on Feasibility studies, numerical modelling of hard and soft rock masses, Waste Rock Dump and
Tailings’ Storage facility design, mine closure plan, ground deformation and open pit slope stability, and Cost management for Mining systems. Has experience in using various mining, geotechnical, and cost software such as GeoviaSurpac, Datamine, rocscience, and standardized reclamation cost estimator.
Dr.Salama has previously work with various mining companies in Tanzania and Sweden. From 2014 to 2016, Dr.Salama was an interim Manager of the I2 mine project funded by EU under 7th Framework program in Collaboration with Kiruna Underground mine and Lulea University of
Technology, Sweden, in analysing the performance of the mining methods with respect to safety, productivity and environmental, and thereafter develop innovative technology to be used when
mines operating at great depth.
Dr. Salama holds PhD in Mining Engineering from Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, an MSc in Mining Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Mines De Paris, France, and a BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is also a senior lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, and doing research collaborations with Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, and Queensland University, Australia. Dr. Salama is registered with the Tanzania Engineers Registration Board (ERB) as a professional mining engineer,
and with the Ministry of Water as Approved Professional Person (APP).