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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Caj Richard KORTMAN

Date of birth: 27 July 1940
Place of birth: Helsinki, Finland

 

Education:

Helsinki University, 1965 – 1967: Fil.lic. (Lic.Phil.) 1967 (specializing in Economic Geology)

Helsinki University, 1963 – 1965: Fil.kand. (M.Sc.) 1965 (Geology and Mineralogy)

Helsinki University, 1960 – 1963: Nat.kand. (B.Sc.) 1963

Military service, 1958 – 1959: Ensign in the reserves 1959

Andra Svenska Lyceum i Helsingfors, 1952-1958: Matriculation examination 1958

Employment:

Employment 1973-2004 at the Geological Survey of Finland:

1998 – 2004: Communications Director, Geological Survey of Finland (retired 31.12.2004)

1978 – 1997: Chief of the Information Bureau, Geological Survey of Finland

1974 – 1978: Geologist at the Information Bureau of the Geological Survey of Finland

1973 – 1974: Personal assistant to the Director of the Geological Survey of Finland

Special assignments 1974 – 1999:

1999 (3 weeks): Review of a Mineral Resource Mapping Project in Eritrea  for NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation).

1994 (3 months): Consultancy at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Finland), Bureau of Mines in matters related to the processing of prospecting licences.

1993 (3 weeks): Fact finding mission to Namibia to discuss development co-operation projects (Geological Survey of Finland), and consultancy for the SADC Mining Sector Coordinating Unit in Lusaka, Zambia (Geological Survey of Finland / FINNIDA)

1992 (2 weeks): Consultancy for the handing over of equipment and archival material of the Nordic support project to the SADC (Southern African Development Community) Mining Sector Coordinating Unit in Lusaka, Zambia (Geological Survey of Finland / FINNIDA)

1992 (3 weeks): Consultancy for the implementation of a mineral deposits database at the Mines and Geological Department, Nairobi, Kenya (Geological Survey of Finland / FINNIDA)

1990 (3 weeks): Fact finding mission to Tanzania to discuss proposals for development co-operation projects (Geological Survey of Finland)

1987-1989 (24 months): Senior Economic Geologist at State Mining Corporation, Dodoma, Tanzania. Providing guidance to counterparts, and participating in the promotion of mineral development projects and exploration programs at gold, phosphate, coal and kaolin mines in Tanzania (STAMICO / FINNIDA)

1987 (2 weeks): Mid-term review of Finnish support to the Department of Geology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (FINNIDA)

1984-1985 (12 months): Resident Geologist for the supervision of a drilling campaign at phosphate-carbonatite deposit at Matongo, Burundi, including ore reserve calculations and report compilation (Ministère des Travaux Publics, de l’Énergie et des Mines, Burundi / Oy EKONO Ab, Helsinki)

1981-1982 (18 months): Project Leader for the Industrial Minerals Project in Kenya. Starting and organizing the project. Supervision of and reporting on investigations of carbonatitic and crystalline limestones for cement raw-material in western Kenya (FINNIDA / Mines and Geological Department of Kenya / Geological Survey of Finland)

1980 (3 weeks): Fact finding mission to Kenya to study the feasibility of the Industrial Minerals Project (FINNIDA)

1978 (6 weeks): Fact finding mission to Tanzania to study the conditions for Finnish participation in mineral exploration, mining development and geological investigations in Tanzania (FINNIDA)

1974 (4 weeks): Fact finding mission to Tanzania, Zambia and Kenya to study the possibilities for technical development cooperation (FINNIDA)

Employment 1960 – 1973:

July 1967 – January 1973: Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) Ltd., Zambia

1972-1973: Assistant Chief Geologist at the Nchanga copper mine, Chingola, Zambia

1971-1972: Exploration geologist on the Copperbelt, Zambia (based in Kitwe)

1967-1971: Mine geologist at the Broken Hill lead-zinc mine, Kabwe, Zambia

Field seasons 1960-1966: Temporary field work during summer seasons, 2-3 months each:

Summer 1966, Geological Survey of Sweden, Geological mapping and exploration in the Caledonides of northern Sweden

Summers 1961-1965, Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S, Copenhagen, Exploration work in western Greenland

Summer 1960, Geological Survey of Finland, Geological mapping in southeastern Finland

Languages

English, Swedish and Finnish: fluent
German, French, Danish and Norwegian: fair
Swahili: working knowledge

Publications

Kortman, C. R., 1972. The geology of the Zambia Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe. Geologie en Mijnbouw 51 (3), p. 347-356.

Kortman, Caj, 1976. Planerna på ett geologiskt dokumentregister i Finland. (=The plans for a geological document register in Finland). XII Nordiska Geologvintermötet, Göteborg 7-10.1.1976, Abstracts, p. 29.

Kortman Caj (editor), 1977. Fault tectonics in the eastern part of the Baltic Shield: Proceedings of a Finnish-Soviet Symposium held in Finland 20th-24th September 1976. Helsinki: The Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Finland and the Soviet Union, 120 p.

Kortman C., 1983. Proizvodstvo fil’mov s geologiceskoj tematikoj v Finlandii. (=Production of geological films in Finland). Kinematografija v oblasti geologii: Sbornik simpozyma stran-clenov SEV i Finlandii 17-21.10.1982, p. 31-32. Central’nyj geologiceskij institut. Praha.

Kortman, Caj & Voutilainen, Lahja, 1985. Geologiset viitetietokannat – kotimainen ja kansainvälinen yhteistyö. (=Geological bibliographic data bases – national and international cooperation). Tietoa tavoittamassa : kirjastotieteen ja informatiikan professori Marjatta Okko 60 v. 1985. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis. Ser. A 200, p. 295-303.

Kortman, Caj, 1986. Finlands geologiska bibliografi. (=The geological bibliography of Finland). 17e Nordiska Geologmötet, Helsingfors 12-15.5.1986, Abstracts, p. 77.

Kortman, Caj, 1986. Undersökningar av en karbonatit i Burundi som potentiellt råmaterial för cementproduktion. (=Studies on a carbonatite in Burundi as a potential raw material for cement production). 17e Nordiska Geologmötet, Helsingfors 12-15.5.1986, Abstracts, p. 78.

Kortman, Caj, 1987. GTK:n raporttitietokanta. (=The report data base of the Geological Survey of Finland). Geologi 39 (9-10), p. 207.

Kortman, Caj, 1987. Suomen geologinen bibliografia viitetietokantana. (=The geological bibliographic data base of Finland). Geologi 39 (9-10), p. 207-208.

Kortman, Caj, 1990. Gruvindustrin i Tanzania – utvecklingstrender. (=The mining industry of Tanzania – development trends). 19. Nordiske Geologiske Vintermøte, Stavanger, Januar 1990. Abstracts. Geonytt 17 (1), p. 66. 

Kortman, Caj 1991. Output of the Geological Survey of Finland 1989 and 1990. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 12, p. 231-263.

Kortman, C.; Githinji, I.; Alviola, R.; Mulaha, T. & Nzau, K., 1991. Assessment of Western Kenya limestone deposits for cement manufacture, Koru and Songhor deposits. Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department. Geological Memoir 5, 30 p.

Okko, Marjatta & Kortman, Caj, 1992. Tieteellisen seuran julkaisutoiminnan merkityksen arviointeja. Summary: Evaluations by geoscientists of the publishing activity of scientific societies. Geologi 44 (9-10), p. 163-166.

Okko, Marjatta & Kortman, Caj, 1992. Tutkijain tiedollisen käyttäytymisen tutkimisesta Geologian tutkimuskeskuksessa tehdyn tutkimuksen valossa (=Research into information-seeking behaviour of scientists; observations based on a study conducted at the Geological Survey of Finland). Kirjastotiede ja informatiikka 11 (4), p. 120-132. 

Kortman, Caj 1993. Publication activities of the Geological Survey of Finland in 1991 and 1992. In: S. Autio (ed.) Geological Survey of Finland, Current Research 1991-1992. Geological Survey of Finland. Special Paper 18, p. 147-186.

Kortman, Caj 1993. The multilingual thesaurus of geosciences: a working tool for indexing and retrieval of geological bibliographic infromation. In: M. Mabuza (comp.) 16th International Colloquium on African Geology, 14-16 September, 1993, Mbabane, Swaziland. Extended abstracts (addendum), p. 19. Mbabane: The Geological Survey and Mines Department of Swaziland.

Karhunen, Pentti; Kortman, Caj & Virtanen, Pekka 1993. Kullankaivuu Lapissa (videotallenne). Geologian tutkimuskeskus, Kivimuseo, 1 video (VHS PAL, 12 min.)

Karhunen, Pentti; Kortman, Caj & Virtanen, Pekka 1993. Gold digging in Finnish Lapland (video cassette). Geological Survey of Finland, Mineralogical Museum, 1 video (VHS PAL, 12 min.)

Kortman, Caj 1994. Information services at the Geological Survey of Finland. In: D. S. Reade…[et al.] (comps.) GeoInfo IV: proceedings of the 4th international conference on geoscience information, Ottawa, Canada, June 24-29 1990. Vol. 2. Geological Survey of Canada. Open File ; 2315, p. 317-320. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada.

Kortman, Caj 1994. Mid-Norden Project : preliminary maps. 21:a Nordiska geologiska vintermötet, 10-13 January 1994 Luleå : abstracts of lectures and posters, p. 104. Tekniska högskolan i Luleå 

Gravesteijn, Jacobus; Kortman, Caj & Potenza, Roberto 1994. The second version of the Multilingual Thesaurus of Geosciences: an operational tool for indexing. GeoInfo V: 5th international conference on geoscience information, 20-23 June 1994, Prague, Czech Republic, conference abstracts, p 20.

 Introduction to mineral legislation in Finland. 1995. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland. [Compiled by C. Kortman, P. Nurmi and T. Vuotovesi] 8 p.

 Kortman, Caj 1995. Publication activities of the Geological Survey of Finland in 1993 and 1994. In: Autio, S. (ed.) Geological Survey of Finland, Current Research 1993-1994. Geological Survey of Finland. Special Paper 20, 189-222. 

Gravesteijn, J., Kortman, C., Potenza, R. & Rassam, G. N. (eds.) 1995. Multilingual thesaurus of geosciences : Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Russkij. 2nd edition. Medford, NJ: Information Today. 645 p.

Kortman, Caj 1996. Mid-Norden Project – joint Nordic production of geoscientific maps. 22:a Nordiska geologiska vintermötet, 8-11 January 1996 Turku-Åbo : abstracts of lectures and posters, p. 97.

Kortman, Caj 1996. The Multilingual Thesaurus of Geosciences – a tool for information retrieval across language barriers. 22:a Nordiska geologiska vintermötet, 8-11 January 1996 Turku-Åbo : abstracts of lectures and posters, p. 98.

Kortman, Caj 1996. Reference databases at the Geological Survey of Finland – an integrated information system. 22:a Nordiska geologiska vintermötet, 8-11 January 1996 Turku-Åbo : abstracts of lectures and posters, p. 99.

Kortman, C., Nurmi, P. A. & Vuotovesi, T. (comps.) 1996. Introduction to mineral legislation in Finland. 2nd revised edition. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland. 8 p.

Kortman, Caj & Aumo, Raili (eds.) 1996. Research projects at the Geological Survey of Finland 1996. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland. 108 p. 

Kortman, Caj & Aumo, Raili (eds.) 1996. Geologian tutkimuskeskuksen tutkimushankkeet 1996. Espoo: Geologian tutkimuskeskus. 219 p.

Ruotoistenmäki, T.; Elo, S.; Aaro, S.; Kauniskangas, E.; Kortman, C.; Skilbrei, J. & Tervo, T. 1997. Mid-Norden Project, Geophysical Sub-Project: Introduction to combined geophysical maps of central and northern Fennoscandia. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 23, 185-191. 

Kortman, Caj 1997. Internet online databases produced by the Geological Survey of Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Special Paper 23, 193-196. 

Pennanen, M.; Kortman, C. 2002. Semantic Web – towards more intelligent geoscience web applications. In: Bayer, U., Burger, H. & Skala, W. (eds.) 8th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, 15-20 September 2002, Berlin, Germany. Vol. 2. Terra nostra. Schriften der Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung 04/2002, 205-210. 

Kortman, Caj 2006. Maakasun synty. Gasetti (3), 7.

Kortman, Caj & Keto, Leijo 2007. Suomalaisia malminetsijöitä Grönlannissa 1957-1987. Materia 65 (2), 23-24.

Kauranne, L.K.; Gustavsson, Nils; Hyvärinen, Lauri; Kortman, Caj; Osara, Lumikki; Väätäinen, Jari; Autio; Sini; Haavisto-Hyvärinen, Maija 2010. Ikuisesti nuori – Geologian tutkimuskeskuksen 125-vuotishistoriikki. Summary: Geological Survey of Finland – a brief history 1886-2011. Espoo : Geologian tutkimuskeskus. 185 p.

Kortman, Caj 2012. Kulta vetää Lappiin – nälkävuosista kultakaivoksiin. In: Pekonen, O. & Stén, J. (eds.) Lapin tuhat tarinaa – Antti Leikolan juhlakirja. Ranua : Mäntykustannus, 229-240.

Kortman, Caj 2013. Kryolitselskabets malmletning på Grönland 1957-1987. Tiivistelmä: Kryolitselskabetin malminetsintä Grönlannissa 1957-1987. Uppik uutislehti / Helsinki : Uppik – ystävyysseura Suomi-Grönlanti, 15 v. juhlalehti, s. 42-47.

Unpublished reports

Selected archival reports at the Geological Survey of Finland

Stigzelius, H. & Kortman, C. 1974. Kyerwa tin deposits, Karagwe district, Tanzania. 31 p., 3 apps. Geological Survey of Finland, Central Archives, UT/Tanzania/-74/1.

Alviola, R., Kortman, C., Githinji, I., Mulaha, T. & Nzau, K. 1985. Report on cement raw materials investigations in the Koru and Songhor areas, western Kenya. 205 p. Geological Survey of Finland, Central Archives, UT/Kenya/-85/3.

Halonen, Sirkku & Kortman, Caj 1990. Report on a fact-finding mission to Tanzania 31.10.-19.11.1990. 13 p., 3 apps. Geological Survey of Finland, Central Archives, UT/Tanzania/-90/1.

Kortman, Caj 1992. The implementation of a mineral deposit database at the Mines and Geological Department, Nairobi. 10 p., 10 apps. Geological Survey of Finland, Central Archives, UT/Kenya/-92/1.

Selected archival reports elsewhere

Wennervirta, H. & Kortman, C. 1978. Views on Finnish participation in geological investigations, mineral exploration and mining development in Tanzania. Report on a fact-finding mission to Tanzania February 5 – March 22, 1978. 23 p., 1 app. FINNIDA.

Kortman, Caj & Alviola, Reijo 1980. On the feasibility of establishing an industrial minerals project at the Mines and Geological Department. Report of the Finnish fact finding mission to Kenya 7.-26.1.1980. 13 p., 6 apps. FINNIDA.

Vartiainen, Osmo & Patrikka, Jouko & Kortman, Caj 1985. Matongo-Bandaga phosphate- carbonatite ore. Supervision of drilling campaign 1984. 122 p., 33 apps. (7 vols.). Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Mines, Burundi / EKONO Oy, Final Report, UU-45545.

Kimambo, R.H., Kortman, C., Mainoya, J.R. & Riihikallio, L. 1987. Report on the mid- term review of the support to the Department of Geology, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 32 p., 12 apps. FINNIDA.

Kortman, Caj 1989. Report on an assignment as Senior Economic Geologist with the FINNIDA/STAMICO Project 1.11.1987 – 31.10.1989. 5 p. FINNIDA.

Kortman, Caj & Haile, Tesfay 1999. Review of the Mineral Resource Mapping Project in Eritrea for NORAD. 25 p., 12 apps. NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation).

Participation in international commissions and working groups

International Union of Geological Sciences, Commission on Geological Documentation (IUGS/COGEODOC), member 1980 – 1992. 

International Union of Geological Sciences & International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, Joint Working Group for a Multilingual Thesaurus of Geosciences (IUGS/ICSTI WGMT), member 1975 – , chairman 1993 – 1998.

Joint Nordic Nordkalott Project, coordinator of the printing of maps 1986 – 1987.

Joint Nordic Mid-Norden Project, chief editor of maps and reports 1990 – 2000

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) consultancy group “Geological Data Management and National Mineral Inventory”, member 1991 – 1992.

International Union of Geological Sciences, Commission on the Management and Application of Geoscience Information (IUGS/COGEOINFO), member 1993 – 1999.

5th International Conference on Geoscience Information (GeoInfo V) 1994, International Steering Committee, vice-chairman 1993 – 1994.

Editorial Board for the IUGS/COGEOINFO Multilingual Thesaurus of Geosciences (version 2), member 1993 – 1995. 

Syd-Norden Programme Task Force member, 1996 – 1998.

International Union of Geological Sciences, Commission on the Management and Application of Geoscience Information (IUGS/COGEOINFO), Working Group on Communications and Standards for Data Integration and Use (WGCOM), chairman 1996 – 1999. 

6th International Conference of Geoscience Information (GeoInfo VI), steering committee, member 1997  – 1998

EuroGeoSurveys, Policy Sector for Information, Executive Group Member 1999 – 2001.

Exhibition Committee for the GeoNor2004 Nordic Pavillon at the 32nd IGC, member 2003 – 2004.