The Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) is a technical vocational training institute in Arandis,

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, established in 1991. It had 4,000 students and 270 staff , Eckhart Mueller was its executive director until he was murdered with his deputy on 15 April 2019. NIMT offers courses in mining, manufacturing and engineering. In 2007,

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donated N$2.1 million to open a second northern campus and in November of that year a campus was opened in

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. NIMT also operates a campus in

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in southern Namibia. NIMT produces between 300 and 500 graduates a year who go on to be employed by the mining industry of Namibia.

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