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Cobalt Coal Ltd Contact Information

2011-07-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

Cobalt Coal Ltd.
Al Kroontje
Director
403-607-4009
al@kasten.ca

Cobalt Coal Ltd.
Robert Gillies
CFO
403-538-8455
bob.gillies@sympatico.ca

Cobalt Coal Ltd.
Mike Crowder
President & CEO
304-436-2390
mike@newtechmining.com

David Rutledge says world coal estimates are too high

2011-07-30T06:58:00.001-07:00

Policy makers should plan for higher fossil fuel prices, they added, and to “make maximum possible investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy infrastructure,” such as solar and wind. These actions could help countries, write the Nature comment article authors, prepare for the end of cheap coal.

David Rutledge says world coal estimates are too high

Eight miners have been killed in coal mining

2011-07-30T06:53:00.000-07:00

Has been reported by the federal mine safety Regulator said that eight miners killed in coal mine operations, and six in metal and non metal sectors this year until the end of June.
The u.s. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration released a summary of the mid years of mining deaths in the country.

"Death can be prevented," he said. "They are not an inevitable by-product of mining."
"Although the number of mining deaths for the first half of this year at an all time low, a single mining deaths still one too many," said Joseph a. main, Assistant Secretary for mine safety and health.
Of the eight coal mining deaths, three people resulting from the accident engine. Two miners were killed in the crash of the collapse of ribs, two miners died in the crash-powered transport and one of the miners killed in accidents fell. Two of the eight fatalities involved contractor.
MSHA said it had taken action to identify mine with the issue of occupational health and safety, and has started several enforcement initiatives including "rules to Live By," Prevention Program's death highlights health and safety standards are most often cited during the investigation of fatal accidents.
Of the six victims in metal and non metal mines, two miners died as a result of collapsing roof. A miner was killed when he was hit by sliding material, one miner was killed in a crash the machine, one of the miners lost their lives in accidents and other powered transport of miners killed in accidents fell. Two of the fatalities involved contractor.

Linc’s exploration was limited to searching for coal

2011-07-30T05:51:00.000-07:00

“There may be a UCG opportunity there but that’s not what we’re looking for,” he said.

“There doesn’t need to be any angst or anyone worrying about their farm being lost.”

Talks over the use of Mr Burnett’s land have stalled on the issue of compensation.

Mr Burnett said he held grave concerns over the project, in particular the prospect of contamination of the Great Artesian Basin which is the primary water source for towns and properties in the North West.

“I don’t think people realise the value of the Great Artesian Basin,” Mr Burnett said.

In UCG, holes are drilled under the water table and into deep coal seams before coal is converted to gas through combustion.

UCG company Cougar Energy was recently ordered by the State Government to permanently shut down its project in Kingaroy after the carcinogenic chemical benzene was detected in groundwater monitoring bores.

Mr Bond said Linc Energy did not use benzene in its UCG operations.

Mining company abandons Otways coal plan

2011-07-30T05:42:00.000-07:00

A mining company has abandoned plans for brown coal exploration in south-west Victoria because of community opposition.

More than 250 residents gathered in the Deans Marsh town hall last night to question the managing director of Mantle Mining, Ian Kraemer, over the plan to explore for brown coal, south-east of Colac.

The company had wanted to explore a 500 square kilometre area in the region.

However, residents feared mining would damage the environment and lower property values.

Mr Kraemer called for a vote.

"If a raise of hands show me you're against it, I will walk away," he said.

After a unanimous vote against the proposal, Mr Kraemer abandoned the plan.

Protest organiser, Seona Gunn was stunned.

"I'm feeling quite flabbergasted.

I thought we would have a really good fight on our hands," she said.

Mr Kraemer says the decision it as an obvious decision.

"The social issue here has become obvious that there would be very little support for an exploration license," he said.

"We have a responsibility to the community, to the environment and to our shareholders, and it's obvious to me to make the decision that there is not a road forward here." Residents will still lodge formal objections in case the application is not withdrawn.

Source:http://au.finance.yahoo.com/

Hong Kong-listed G-Resources Group for gold mining project

2011-07-30T05:10:00.000-07:00

G-Resources complete list of backdoor in Hong Kong two years ago, which saw Hong Kong listed shell company Finance Energy Smart Rich obtained gold Martabe silver mining project and all of OZ Minerals Australia. This acquisition was followed by a fundraising exercise including placement $ 257.000.000 stock to a group of investors runway, sales by $ 250 million worth of shares to investors associated with the company and the placement of $ an estimated 80,000,000 to institutional investors.

Together, sharing the left about 95% of Rich Smart in the hands of the new shareholders and the company later changed its name to G-Resources.
Hong Kong registered G-Resources Group, which is in the process developing gold mining and silver in greenfield Indonesia, on Wednesday raised HK $ 1690000000 ($ 217 million) from the sale of new shares in early May after saying that the project would cost about 30% higher than previous estimates.
Morgan Stanley is a placement agent for that whole package fundraising and also acted as sole bookrunner for the top-up placement Wednesday.

Stock prices have been strengthened around 76% during the last 12 months as the company has been making progress on the construction of the first mines. Shareholder base, however, still quite concentrated and the placement of new investors give the opportunity to gain exposure as well. G-Resources has committed not to issue new stock for six months in advance.

This will put the total cost of $ 576.000.000. The company initially said that it intended to fund the additional costs through new bank facilities $ 250.000.000, but when the opportunity to raise more equity presented itself, decided to take profits.
The placement was launched on Wednesday morning, Hong Kong time, after the stock was suspended from trading. The company initially offered approximately 2310000000 shares with the option to allow client transactions with 502.200.000 shares further, or close to 10%. The price was shown between HK $ 0.59 and HK $ 0,62 per share, which translates into a discount of 6.1% to 10.6% compared with the closure Tuesday of HK $ 0.66 and under range is proportional to the size of the deal from about $ 175 million.
The fact that the price of spot gold is trading at a record above $ 1,600 per ounce is one of the contributing factor and, earlier this week, the G-Resources also reported an increase in gold and silver resource base in Indonesia, mining project named Martabe. New discoveries directly to the East of the main holes and increases resource estimate of gold with 233.000 ounces to 6.730.000 ounces of silver and resources with 2.11 million oz to 68.310.000 ounces.

Meanwhile, after a delay due to relocation processing facilities, the company is getting closer to the beginning of production. Currently, the start date is scheduled for December this year, which is based on historical performance by mining companies, other shows greenfield rerating stock could be on the cards for the near future because the transition from pure exploration and development to production.

Partly in the light of this, Morgan Stanley and UBS have both upgraded their stock price target for G-Resources in the last few days by 10 cents HK respectively, showed a 15% and 21% respectively in reverse from current levels.

However, the bookrunner has mengetuk-ngetukkan an anchor much support and basic agreements covered about 75% at the time of the launch, which gave the momentum offer strong from the start. Late afternoon, investors were told that the deal will be at least partly upsized and when the book is closed there is enough demand to implement the option allows the customer in full.

This prompted the deal for the size of approximately 2810000000 shares, or 20% of the share capital, which is the maximum company might sell it without asking for additional approval from shareholders.

The price was fixed only from the bottom of the range at HK $ 0.60 for discount 9.1%.

There is a demand from traditional asset managers as well as resource-focused funds and hedge funds and more than 40 investors are said to have participated in the deal. The buyers included both shareholders and new investors to the name.

Mining Job Vancouver, BC Underground Mining Engineer

2011-07-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

Relocation assistance available
Are you an underground mining Expert who is willing to take the lead? Are you a leader who likes to remain hands on? Do you have the technical skills and desire to mentor others?
We are looking for someone who is an expert in ungrounded mine Design, Scheduling, Costing and Optimization using modern software and modern mining techniques.
Skills
Strong technical background in Metamorphic rocks or known as Hard Rock Mining
Excellent skills in ungrounded mine Design, Scheduling, Costing and Optimization
Skillful in the use of major mine software

Good business development skills
Good interpersonal skills
Requirements:

Degree in Mining Engineering with a Professional Engineering designation
15 years or more underground Hard Rock Mining engineering and operations experience
A network in Canada or North America

This company has a reputation of having some of the highest caliber Mining Engineers in the industry. This firm can offer you a variety of mining projects and still have the able to live in a major center such as Vancouver
jmoore@dg.ca

Mining Job CareerAvenue USA Senior Underground Mine Planning Manager

2011-07-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Narrow vein conventional and trackless mining experience essential.
• A recognized Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mining
• Minimum of 10–15 years experience in an underground mining environment
• Ability to use mining software M24D/Gemcom and Surpac
• Mine design
• Capital project feasibility studies
• Resources and reserves
• Physically fit to handle long hours and demanding work schedule

Mining Job CareerAvenue Maintenance Manager GCC Mines & Works

2011-07-28T09:03:00.000-07:00

SKILLS REQUIRED:
• Planning:
o Manpower Planning.
o Prepare yearly working cost budgets.
o Plan to provide services - electricity, compressed air, water etc.
o Identify areas for capital improvement.
o Assist Project Engineer with all approved capital work.
o Schedule maintenance and replacement of all machinery.
o Prepare emergency procedures (e.g. flooding. power outages, amongst other ongoing Risks identified).
o Ensure critical spares are identified to reduce risk to production and ensure these spares are available to ensure continuous operations

• Organising: Structure department to perform the work most effectively; Define subordinates accountabilities; Delegate authority commensurate with accountability to subordinates.
• Leading: Make decisions required to meet production targets; Motivate workforce; Develop and train subordinates.
• Controlling: the Engineer must ensure adherence to applicable regulations and company policies and procedures; The Engineer shall carry out specific legal examinations as required.
• Design: Identify opportunities for improved design on all Fixed plant installed
• Commissioning: Bring into running order all and new and overhauled equipment and processes to operate within their designed specifications and procedures.
• Maintenance: To manage the planned maintenance of all machinery and equipment in the specific area of responsibility. Ensure that sufficient spares are available for all major equipment
• Equipment Operation: Ensure that all equipment and machinery operates within the designed and legal requirements.
• Advice and service: To provide mining and other service departments with engineering advice.

Urgently require a Quarry Plant Manager Road Construction

2011-07-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

Skills / Qualifications Required
The ideal candidate will be a hands on site guy on Quarries with 5-10 years’ experience on the management of quarry plants extracting materials that would be associated with the construction of Roads/Highways
Experienced in managing large quarries
Familiar with the operation, materials grading and quality control.
Vast know how in the crushing equipment, its maintenance and repairs.

Contact Name: Inelek
Contact Phone: 0215565236
Preferred method of contact: E-mail via Apply Online Box
Company: Inelek
Job Title: Quarry Plant Manager
Job Location: Accra - Ghana
Employment Category:

Construction
Mining

Employment Type: Contract
Yearly Salary: 60000 USD
Job Reference Number: 002
Posted: 2011-07-25

The Q2-2011 diamond drill program

2011-07-28T08:40:00.001-07:00

The Q2-2011 diamond drill program was targeted to follow-up on some near-pit exploration results achieved in diamond drilling campaigns conducted in 2003-05 and 2007. A total of 847.5 metres in three diamond drill holes were collared less than 100 metres north of the ultimate pit wall. The program was limited to three diamond drill holes primarily based on a brief period of availability of a diamond drill rig and crew in the area of the mine. Results from the 2003-05 and 2007 drilling and locations of these drill holes are illustrated in Figure 1 - Surface Plan Anaconda Mining Pine Cove Mine, Figure 2 - Cross Section 295500E and Figure 3 - Cross Section 295550E.

New Ghana gold mine beats production guidance

2011-07-28T08:34:00.000-07:00

PERTH (miningweekly.com) − Gold miner Adamus Resources on Thursday reported that it had exceeded production expectations at its Nzema project, in Ghana, since commercial production was declared in April.

Total gold poured at Nzema came in 8% above the forecasted guidance of 26 015 oz for the three months to June. This was as a result of the higher-than-forecasted grade of 1.89 g/t gold, and a recovery rate of 92%.

The company’s focus during the three months had remained on achieving targeted head grades, plant availability and throughput rates, to bring about steady state production and realise initial gold production within the forecasted cash cost range.

“This has been a breakthrough quarter in Adamus’ strategy of building a profitable and sustainable gold operation,” said MD Mark Connelly.

He noted that the processing plant and infrastructure facilities at Nzema continued to meet design specifications and were performing well, with plant availability averaging around 93% for the month of June.

“The operational focus in the September quarter will be to continue to improve and optimise plant performance, improve daily mine extraction rates and ore grade mined. Cost management will also continue to be a focus across the business,” Connelly said.

Looking ahead, Connelly said that it expected to produce between 100 000 oz and 105 000 oz for the 2012 financial year, at a cash cost of between $550/oz and $600/oz.

Source: www.miningweekly.com

Metals developer Finders Resources $138m for Indonesian copper project

2011-07-28T05:30:00.000-07:00

International company Metal developer Finders Resources has appointed three banks to help set up $ 138 million for copper project in Indonesia, Wetar, MD Chris Farmer, Thursday.
He added that the three providers of financial services who is appointed after extensive selection process, and proven partner for mining projects around the world, particularly in Indonesia.

"The caliber of the bank in support of this project is a reflection of the mandate of the voice of Wetar economy."

The facility will be subject to credit approval, due diligence, completion of the documentation project finance and other typical prerequisites.

Copper project Wetar consists of two high grade deposits are suitable for the openpit mining. The project is expected to generate some 150 000 t of copper during the life of nine years.

Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse AG and Standard Bank has been assigned to manage the facilities-the term loan of $ 103-million, the facility cost $ 20-an excess of a million, and $ 15-million capital works.

"After a successful stage demonstrations that led to a positive bankable feasibility study, the Finders are on the verge of realizing our goals for commercial production. The designation is based on the momentum gained recently granting mining and processing, and release of the bankable feasibility study in June, "said Farmer.

These funds will support project development plan, based on a feasibility study of Wetar bankable just finished, which confirmed the viability of a strong economy, and an estimated project value is now clean of $ 304 million.

Capstone Mining Corp Operational Highlights for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011

2011-07-28T00:21:00.000-07:00

The following is a summary of operational highlights for Capstone during the three and six months, respectively, ended June 30, 2011:

Production of 21.2 and 37.9 million pounds of copper contained in concentrates, respectively.
By-product production of 4.5 and 8.7 million pounds of zinc, 1.0 and 1.7 million pounds of lead and 479,690 and 847,396 ounces of silver in concentrates, respectively. Final gold production is not available since assaying is done off site, but is estimated at 6,842 and 9,437 ounces for the respective periods.

At Cozamin, remediation activities in the mine were completed in March, allowing production from the Avoca and 11E stopes to proceed at planned levels. This contributed to higher mined and processed tonnages for the second quarter relative to the first quarter.
At Minto, production exceeded expectations due to the successful implementation of pre-crushing for the SAG mill feed.
The implementation of contract pre-crushing starting in mid-April allowed mill throughput to exceed expectations. May mill throughput set a monthly record of 115,913 tonnes, or 3,739 tonnes/day, and June throughput has continued above plan.
Mill grades were higher than planned in the second quarter due to the delayed entry into the final stage of the Main Pit (Stage 5). Mining of Stage 5, originally planned for the first quarter, was completed in late-April with ore production slightly exceeding expectations. As a result, less lower grade stockpile material was processed in the second quarter.
Higher mill throughput and grade was partially offset by reduced mill recovery. The reduced recovery is partly due to higher throughput and attendant reduced retention time in the floatation circuit. However, issues with the efficiency of the scavenger flotation circuit have been identified and are being corrected, with measurable improvement seen by late-June.
Minto received the amended Quartz Mining License in April and Area 2 pre-stripping and development of the underground portal is proceeding.

Council focused on improving Canada’s mineral reserve )

2011-07-28T00:18:00.000-07:00

Fledgling nonprofit organisation the Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) aims to reverse the significant decline of Canada’s reserves through its exploration initiative.

Government department Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) reports a reduction exceeding 80% in lead, zinc and silver reserves, while copper and nickel declined by over half in the past 25 years. Gold reserves in 2008 were around half those recorded in 1995.

“Reserves in Canada have declined substantially and continue to do so; however, this can be countered by putting technologies in place to better identify new ore deposits, both in remote and covered locations, and in deeper locations near existing infrastructure,” says CMIC executive director Tom Hynes.

Canada’s mining industry is a signifi- cant contributor to Canadian prosperity as it employs 308 000 workers in minerals extraction, processing and manufacturing, says the Mining Association of Canada economic affairs VP Paul Stothart. There- fore, development is crucial.

This year, the council aims to implement exploration initiative research projects, as well as define research priorities in its mining, processing and energy initiatives, establish research committees for the tailings and environmental steward- ship initiatives, and continue growth of its membership, which has grown substantially.

“The CMIC was established in February 2009 and is still in an active growth phase. It has increased its membership from 11 to 65 in the past year,” states Hynes.

The council intends to improve the competitiveness of the Canadian mining industry, which contributes about $75.2- billion to exports and some $40.3-billion to the country’s gross domestic product yearly, through the creation of additional research capacity by using virtual centres of excellence and interinstitutional and multidisciplinary collaborative research undertakings.

One such research undertaking was announced in January by the Oil Sands Tailings Consortium, which is a CMIC member. The initiative aims to advance tailings management and involves the NRCan, petroleum producer Imperial Oil, energy and petrochemicals group Shell Canada, sustainable energy company Suncor Energy, crude oil producer Syncrude Canada, diversified miner Teck Resources and Calgary-based energy company Total E&P Canada.

This initiative is intended to foster innovation and collaboration in research and development in the tailings field.

“The issue is not whether we can manage tailings – the issue is whether it can be done better. This relationship is a critical step towards tailings solutions that will accelerate reclamation, using the most advanced environmental measures,” said Shell oil sands development VP John Broadhurst.

The companies have agreed to make tailings technical information more broadly available to industry members, academia, regulators and others interested in collaborating on tailings solutions; to collaborate on tailings-related research and development and technology among companies and with research agencies; to eliminate monetary and intellectual property barriers preventing the use of knowledge and methods related to tailings technology and research and development; and to work to develop an appropriate framework so that tailings information is organised, verified through peer review and kept current.

“This is a tremendously positive step for research into improved technology for managing tailings. These companies are to be congratulated on their foresight and willingness to work together in this way,” said University of Alberta engineering dean Dr David Lynch.

Further, Hynes explains the CMIC is a partnership between industry, govern- ment and the research community, as each group is necessary for the success of the council’s endeavours.

For the rest of this article, please go to the MiningWeekly.com website: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/council-focused-on-improving-canadas-mineral-reserve-2011-07-22

Indigenous shared commitment to produce and provide long-term sustainable energy for future generations

2011-07-27T23:45:00.000-07:00

Indigenous peoples and Government representatives from around the world will gather for a meeting on the development of resources in a spirit of shared commitment to produce and provide long-term sustainable energy for future generations.

"Consistent with the First Nations rights and our responsibilities as stewards of the land, then we will begin to map the new economic relationships of indigenous peoples which First Nations can and will lead to build our own economy and contributing to Canada's economy in a manner that respects the environment and provide a sustainable future for all citizens of Canada," said the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, which will be co-chairs of the SUMMIT with a Keel of Jefferson, the President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

"We look forward to continuing our work with Keel President and Chief of the NCAI on energy and the environment, justice and border issues and I look forward to the new discussion among the indigenous peoples globally about how our work together can exceed the limit."

Energy Mining and International indigenous peoples SUMMIT took place at the Niagara Falls 27-June 29, will bring together key representatives of indigenous peoples globally and the Government. Representatives from the United States, China, Brazil, Germany and the private sector and the community will gather to discuss best practices, partnership opportunities, and eventually founded the Virtual Institute of energy and mines First Nation. Indigenous delegations and the representative of Brazil to Nunavut will reaffirm their rights to participate in the development of natural resources.

"In Canada alone, it is estimated that there will be a $ 400000000000 worth of mineral resources development projects in the coming years that affected the region First Nation. This will be very important for projects, and economy of Canada, that First Nations people and the concerns addressed, "said National Chief Atleo."There is also potential for our Residents to be the leading provider of long term energy and environmental security. Ensure that North America can rely on the energy production in the country that have little or no impact on the quality of air and water "

Guest speakers include: Anthony Hodge, President of the International Council on Mining and metals; Ernesto Sirolli, advocacy for sustainable indigenous communities; Nunavut Deputy Prime Minister Peter Taptuna; Ian Anderson, CEO Of Kinder Morgan Pipeline; and 80 other speakers from around the world.

"Our Society can be a full partner in the construction of the pipeline to power lines, of precious metals of potassium to," added the head of the national Atleo. "With the partnership comes full participation of the Division of ownership, income from employment to concern for the environment. We should be involved early and often involved on projects, and the Summit is an example of this principle in action. "

For more information about the International Indigenous Energy and Mining Summit please visit www.afn.ca.

Assembly of First Nations is a national organization representing First Nations citizens in Canada. AFN and Chief Atleo is on Twitter. Follow @ AFN_Updates, @ AFN_Comms and @ NCAtleo.

Rarely land element of the price increases have affected their profit margins

2011-07-27T23:44:00.000-07:00

For end users rarely land element of the price increases have affected their profit margins. The price for many elements of the burst, and companies like Sumitomo, Toyota (NYSE: TM), and Hitachi is looking for non-Chinese companies rarely lands to secure supplies in the future. Pictures for the supply chain, in the light of 2011 quota unchanged, like Ryan Fletcher declared, "the end user does not want to be on the will of this quota announcement twice a year, they want to choose their own destiny and secure their own supply."

The need for supply chain safe and predictable is the issue that both Fletcher and Hatch stressed it is very important for the end user of land is rare.

"No one wants to be tied to a single source, there is no end-user wants to pay the price they have to pay now," said Hatch, adding, "we must diversify our sources of supply from a pragmatic point of view. Even events like the moderate earthquake in Inner Mongolia region to disrupt the supply chain of land rarely, just from a simple location, supply chain needs of companies outside of China will begin to operate. "

For the end user, the price of rare earth elements is unlikely to be resolved by a new round of export quotas. A decrease in the total supply or rare earth elements for years continue to "be a positive factor for junior miners in space," said Fletcher. Prices for the various elements, to all intents and purposes, should remain high. This should continue to be a contributing factor in the price of shares in the company of land mines.

Goldcorp Supports Acquisition Of Primero Mining Corp By Northgate Minerals Corporation

2011-07-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

GOLDCORP INC. today agreed to support the proposed transaction by which Northgate Minerals Corporation will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Primero Mining Corp. The transaction will be effected through a plan of arrangement under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act.

Goldcorp controls 35.5% of the outstanding shares of Primero, and has agreed to vote its shares in support of the arrangement. Upon completion of the arrangement, Goldcorp will receive 46.7 million Northgate shares representing approximately 11% of Northgate’s outstanding shares.

Goldcorp is one of the world’s fastest growing senior gold producers. Its low-cost gold production is located in safe jurisdictions in the Americas and remains 100% unhedged.

Australia’s Alumina says rising costs, demand to underpin alumina prices

2011-07-27T22:48:00.000-07:00

Alumina Ltd said it expects long term alumina prices to be underpinned by rising capital costs for constructing new refineries, as well as growing demand and the availability of bauxite.

Chairman Don Morley told Alumina’s annual general meeting that construction costs for alumina refineries have increased substantially.

“For example, recent expansions of alumina refineries outside China have averaged in excess of 1,000 usd per annual tonne of capacity,” he said.

In order to achieve a reasonable return on these higher cost facilities, long term alumina prices will have to go up, he said.

Morley also noted that costlier energy will hike production costs for both refineries and aluminum smelters, of which energy comprises about 30 pct of their direct operating costs.

“These factors support our positive outlook for long term alumina and aluminum prices,” he said.

London Metal Exchange prices averaged 1.25 usd a pound in the first four months of 2007 after averaging 1.17 usd in 2006, underpinned by continuing strong demand for aluminum in China where demand for the metal has soared 110 pct since 2000.

Alumina has a 40 pct interest in the Alcoa Inc operated joint venture Alcoa World Alumina & Chemical (AWAC) which has a global network of eight alumina refineries and two aluminum smelters.

AWAC’s refineries, with annual alumina production capacity of over 15 mln metric tons, represent about 20 pct of global capacity.

Information from: www.fxstreet.com

Strategies for Developing Preliminary OHS for Virgin Projects

2011-07-26T06:16:00.000-07:00

Cheryl has worked for several large mining contractors and primary producers, focusing on developing mine safety plans for new sites. This session will outline the strategies she uses for project managing the implementation of OHS systems and practices across new mine sites.

Sheryl Kelly
OH & S Superintendent
NRW CIVIL AND MINING CORPORATION

Beijing Sino-Confex International Conference & Exhibition Ltd

2011-07-26T06:15:00.000-07:00

The event has various sections within the Trade Show composed of Foreign Country Pavilions, a Chinese Government Area and dedicated Equipment Area. The Exhibition Area attracts attendees from the entire mining value chain from financing, exploration, trade, to equipment and services. To complement the event, CHINA MINING also arranges featured events such as cocktail parties, awards dinner, and mine site visits, with the intention of creating a casual atmosphere to network.

Beijing Sino-Confex International Conference & Exhibition Ltd

Julie Zhu, Media Coordinator

China

Phone: +86-10-64466855 - 607

Fax: +86-10-64465825/+86-10-58857006

Email: julie.zhu@sino-confex.com

http://www.sino-confex.com

AIMEX mining exhibition in 2011

2011-06-10T09:57:00.000-07:00

Reed Exhibitions has officially launched the AIMEX 2011-exhibition of mining of the Asia-Pacific region-which will be held at Sydney Olympic Park from September 6-9 next year. Held every four years, now in its fourth decade. Take 40,000 m2 of space in the Olympic Park, AIMEX 2011 will be held in conjunction with a number of related events in Sydney Sunday, ensuring that the city is a "must-visit" destination for those in the mining industry, from around Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and further, said Soren Norgaard AIMEX Exhibition Manager with Reed Exhibitions Manager. "In 2007, AIMEX has more than 500 participants of the exhibition, and attracted more than 12,000 visitors-continuing the trend of solid growth in visitors," he said. "With global resources sector reflect back the very following the GFC [Global financial crisis], we expected a better response from participants and visitors to the 2011 edition. Already we have a very good response from exhibitors at AIMEX 2011, with the serious commitment of most of our major participants of the event, "said Norgaard."Period of AIMEX 2011 will be perfectly placed to suppliers of goods and services to the sector the resources to take advantage of a rebound in activity mining and commodity prices. "

“These plans include an AIMEX mining conference, plus we are working closely with key industry organisations who are keen to run their own events, seminars and conferences in Sydney during AIMEX week. AIMEX week in Sydney will be a unique opportunity for Australian and international suppliers of mining technology, equipment and servic
Norgaard said the show would again have a major international presence, with pavilions from the USA, China, India, South Africa, Canada, Germany, Chile, Poland and the UK. “Mining products and services suppliers from these countries see an event such as AIMEX as an ideal opportunity to promote themselves to one of the world’s major mining markets, and one that is undergoing sustained expansion and on-going demand for its commodities. We are also developing plans to cement AIMEX as a major destination event in Sydney, and the major mining event for the southern hemisphere in 2011.

Mining investment in Africa

2011-06-10T09:55:00.000-07:00

Global Commodity Outlook
Regulation & Risk in Africa
Analysis of the Country-the harmonization of State policy
The Government's strategy to promote mining sector
Royalty
The Mineral Ketertelusuran, Transparency & Regulations
Africa Regional Outlook
West Africa-Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leon, Liberia
East Africa-Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda? Tanzania, Uganda
Central Africa-Angola, Congo, Zambia, Malawi
South Africa-Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique

Mining Investment
Private Equity
Institutional Portfolio
Local vs foreign investment
Investor Panel-expand sources of funding
New Project Showcase
Due Diligence
Exploration trend
Get your project is accepted
Cultivation Of Capital
Explore the capital costs
Debt/Equity-equity financing mining
Financial Project
Mining Financial Mechanism
Joint Ventures
M & A activity
Sub-contractor
Capital Requirements

International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management 2011

2011-06-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

2011 International Conference on the industry
Technology and management (ICITM 2011)
10-12 June 2011
Chengdu, China

All conference papers will be ICITM 2011
published in IEEE ICCSIT process, which
will be included in IEEE Xplore, and indexed
by the Ei Compendex, ISI Proceedings and more
the indexing service.

Deadline for abstracts/proposals is March 15
2011.

Questions: icitm@vip.163.com
Web address: http://www.icitm.org/
Sponsored by: UESTC

Global Mining Industry Outlook Survey 2011-2012

2011-06-10T09:35:00.000-07:00

It analyzes how mining companies' procurement expenditure, business strategies and practices are set to change in 2011-2012. This report gives you access to the category-level spending outlooks, budgets, supplier selection criteria, business challenges and investment opportunities of leading purchase decision makers. The report also identifies future growth of buyers and suppliers, M&A and e-procurement.
This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities. The report also provides access to information categorized by region, company type and sizes.

Scope.

- The opinions and forward looking statements of 515 industry executives have been captured in our in-depth survey, of which 47% represent Director and C-level respondents
- The research is based on primary survey research conducted by ICD Research accessing its B2B panels comprised of senior purchase decision makers and leading supplier organizations
- The geographical scope of the research is global - drawing on the activity and expectations of leading industry players across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa & Middle East
- This report covers data and analysis on buyer expenditure, procurement and industry developments
- Key topics covered include mining industry buyer expenditure activity, procurement behaviors and strategies, threats and opportunities, economic outlook and business confidence.

- In the report buyers identify what suppliers need to do to maintain their business and the key actions being taken by industry players to overcome the leading business threats
- The report examines current practices and provides future expectations over the next 12-24 months
- The report provides qualitative analysis of the key industry threats and opportunities and contains full survey results

Reasons to Buy.

- Drive revenues by understanding future product investment areas and growth regions
- Formulate effective sales and marketing strategies by identifying how buyer budgets are changing and direction of spend in the future
- Better promote your business by aligning your capabilities and business practices with your customer's changing needs
- Secure stronger customer relationships by understanding the leading business concerns and changing strategies of industry buyers
- Predict how the industry will grow, consolidate and where it will stagnate
- Uncover the business outlook, key challenges and opportunities identified by suppliers and buyers

Romarco land and Modern mining

2011-04-13T05:32:00.000-07:00

Much of the land of Romarco has been stable since the last mining companies dig for gold that stop two decades ago. Currently, this section is a large open grassy area and the pool of small hills, some of which attract ducks and other waterfowl. Wild Turkeys are also hanging around the site.

Romarco is to dig up the plan portion substantially from site back, including swimming.

To compensate for the loss of wetlands, Romarco says it will donate to the protection of the 642 acres in the addition to the famous Lancaster County forty Rock Acre preserve. The company also plans to restore and enhance wetlands and tributaries in the upper reaches of the River to Flat Creek and drains nearby, according to public notice, January 28, filed with the U.s. Army Corps of Engineers. And when mining is done, the company will "return ' ' land, or fill out a lot of mining holes and covering them with grass.

Romarco's Arnol says his side will not be used on top of a pile of stones a cyanide open to wash of gold mining operations, as in place of Haile never do. That left vulnerable to contamination airtanah as cyanide which flows through a pile of rocks to rinse out gold. This process raised concerns because South Carolina received of rainfall more than Western countries, where the process has used.

This new process which will rely on tanks closed. Romarco is planning to build the plant as well as crush stone quarry. This will mengekspose rock crushed for cyanide in the tank. Kent Coleman, mining regulators with the Department of health and Environmental Control, saying the process was better than the open pile of rocks with rinsing the cyanide.

Romarco will have a pool of "' ' tailings containing some mining waste, but the company said cyanide use will not become toxic to wildlife with a time of material that goes into the pool. If the company determines the cyanide which is above the level that is safe, he would treat it material to neutralize toksisitasnya, said Arnold.
Pertambangan yang Izin diajukan dengan DHEC berkata Romarco juga yang akan baris kolam tailings bersama bahan sintetis, yang akan mencegah air limbah yang terkontaminasi dari masuk ke air tanah.

Itu itu mungkin sejumlah pekerjaan Romarco's bisa menolong lingkungan, DHEC itu berkata Coleman. Rock digali tahun lalu memuat sulfida itu, saat terkena udara, dapat menciptakan asam yang dapat melarikan diri ke sungai yang setelah hujan lebat. Jika Romarco mengelola tempat dengan benar, dapat mengurangi ancaman itu, berkata Coleman.

Namun Agung Basin Watch Hadder kata penambangan Romarco's harus diteliti secara mendalam karena ancaman akan drainase asam dengan anak sungai. Ada juga dapat permasalahan bersama merkuri serta bahan beracun lainnya, katanya.

Poston serta Morris berkata mereka berharap rencana kerja Romarco's. Namun, mereka memiliki pertanyaan.

Kota Kershaw telah membentuk sebuah komite dapat mempelajari dampak lingkungan yang. Sementara itu, Poston bertemu pada bulan lalu dengan tiga perwakilan negara serta pejabat DHEC untuk belajar lebih banyak.

"Karena pabrik-pabrik tekstil tertutup, ada apa-apa," berkata Poston, merujuk pada kurangnya lapangan pekerjaan. "Tambang emas yang adalah hal yang pertama dengan menampilkan diri di segala tahun. Anda berharap ini adalah sesuatu dengan menggantung topi Anda serta utama pompa pada kegiatan ekonomi.

Gold Mine Exploration and Mining Operation Posts of Goldcorp

2011-04-13T04:52:00.000-07:00

Goldcorp Inc. is a gold producer engaged in the field, the exploration of the development operations, and the acquisition of precious metal properties in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. The mining company-producing property consisting of Red Lake, Porcupine and Musselwhite gold mines in Canada, San Dimas gold/silver and Los Filos and El Sauzal gold mine in Mexico; Gold/Silver mine in the Marlin in Guatemala, Alumbrera gold/copper mine in Argentina, and Marigold and a Wharf in American gold mining. Development projects include gold Penasquito/Silver/zinc/lead and Noche Buena Silver/Gold projects in Mexico, Cochenour, Eleonore gold project in Hollinger and Canada; the Cerro Blanco gold/silver project in Guatemala, and the Pueblo Viejo gold project in the Dominican Republic. On February 24, 2010, Goldcorp sell 21.2% ownership stake in a gold project in Mexico Morelos. On 16 February 2010, Goldcorp acquired the subsidiary New Gold

Oyu Tolgoi Copper-Gold Mining Begin Production in 2012

2011-04-13T04:48:00.000-07:00

Temuulen Ganzorig, Deputi Direktur di Erdenes MGL, yang mitra dengan Ivanhoe Pertambangan dan Rio Tinto pada tugas itu, mengatakan tambang tembaga-emas Mongolian diharapkan mulai produksi lebih cepat dari yang diharapkan.

Besar Mongolia Oyu Tolgoi emas tembaga-proyek ini diharapkan mulai produksi bulan Agustus 2012, lebih cepat dari perkiraan, kata Temuulen Ganzorig, Deputi Direktur Erdenes MGL yang berpartner dengan Ivanhoe Tambang dan Rio Tinto dalam mengembangkan situs.

Ganzorig kata konstruksi lebih awal membantu untuk memindahkan tanggal produksi depan. Ivanhoe Mines sebelumnya mengatakan produksi komersial akan dimulai pada paruh pertama tahun 2013.

JOB Senior Mining Engineer

2011-02-17T08:01:00.000-08:00

Education:

* Master Degree in Mining
* Fluent in English, written and spoken

Experiences:

10-15 years of experiences in mining studies and operational mining activities, management of mining contract, should have nickel mining experiences and with International is advantage.

Skills:

* Mine Planning (Short term and long term)
* HSE Awareness
* CAPEX and OPEX studies
* Understanding pre-mining activities
* Familiar with Contract Tendering and mining law regulations
* Good knowledge of mining equipment
* Geotechnical basics
* Experiences with bulk material handling is plus
* Geological basics
* Pit Design and optimization
* Able to manage a team, at ease with regulation and man power issues.
* Computer literate
* Leader ship skills

Qualified Candidates should apply in confidence to industrial@monroeconsulting.com

B2Gold's right to Kupol exploration licences

2010-07-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ancouver-based B2Gold will sell its right to an interest in two exploration licence areas surrounding Kinross Gold's Kupol mine, in Russia, to the larger miner, the two companies announced on Friday.

Under the terms of a previous agreement, Kinross had committed to secure a 37,5% joint-venture interest for B2Gold in the Kupol East and West exploration licence areas.

Those obligations will be terminated under the new deal, which is expected to close in August.

The Kupol mine and the East and West exploration licences are owned by the Chukotka Mining & Geological Company, in which Kinross holds 75% and the rest is owned by a local government-owned enterprise.

Kinross will pay B2Gold $33-million upfront, plus $15-million in contingent payments for each incremental million ounces of gold of NI 43-101-compliant reserves contained in the licence areas, up to a maximum of nine-million ounces.

B2Gold will also receive payments equal to 1,5% of net smelter returns after production begins on the East and West licences, although Kinross can repurchase the royalty for $30-million.

Senior Exploration Geologist Job

2010-05-19T05:49:00.000-07:00

Location: Turkey
Duration: Permanent
Junior exploration company requires a Senior Exploration Geologist to join its team in Turkey. The role will involve managing the exploration program on the Tethyan Metallogenic belt including potential gold deposits and supervising the Junior Geologists/sampling crews. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Geology, at least 10 years experience in similar roles, previous experience working in Turkey and have a good all round exploration background. Turkish language skills a distinct advantage. Position will be based in Turkey and will attract a good salary plus benefits.

Mining Cleaning jobs

2010-05-19T05:47:00.000-07:00

Unskilled mining jobs include cleaning, maintaining the cleanliness and hygiene of areas within the mining camp. Employees, on the site of a mine, take fly in and fly out positions and accommodation is provided. This requires an additional number of employees to maintain areas in and around the mining camp. Cleaning jobs vary. Various positions are fly in fly out while others require employees to find accommodations prior to being hired for a position.

Exploration Highlights Portugal Neves‐Corvo Mine Exploration

2010-03-30T06:56:00.000-07:00

Drilling focused on discovering new copper mineralization within Lombador East, the Neves‐Lombador 'bridge' area and a large, unexplored area in the middle of the Lombador sulphide lens (Lombador Mid). Copper mineralization was intersected in all areas with assays pending for several holes.

Hole NK26, drilled in the Lombador Mid area, intersected a 32 metre section (1,226 to 1,258 metres depth) grading 4.5% copper, including a 22 metre section of 5.9% copper. This is a significant new discovery in an area of the Lombador massive sulphide deposit that has very few drill holes, and is open along strike in both directions and down‐dip.

Hole NF26D‐1, in the Lombador East copper zone, intersected a 15.5 metre section (1,000 to 1,015.5 metres depth) grading 3.1% copper, including a 5 metre interval of 7.0% copper. Underground development is underway in order to provide access to explore and expand this zone from underground.

Exploration drilling will continue in the third quarter focusing primarily on copper targets in the Lombador Mid and North areas. Disclosures of a scientific or technical nature in this MD&A in respect of Neves‐Corvo exploration results were prepared by Bob Carmichael, Group Manager, Resource Exploration, who is the "Qualified Person" as defined in NI 43‐101.

Iberian Pyrite Belt Regional Exploration (Copper, Zinc)
Regional exploration focused on optimizing and accelerating target development work. Advanced discussions were carried out with potential JV partners that are being considered for this regional exploration program.

Excellence in Mining & Exploration 2010

2010-03-30T06:54:00.000-07:00

Excellence in Mining & Exploration 2010 is set to be a truly outstanding event. Following on from the success of last year, Excellence in Mining & Exploration 2010 will showcase some of the best opportunities in mining and investment from Australia and overseas. This year will continue to incorporate a global focus, in particular Latin America, Africa and Asia, and some of the lucrative investment prospects that are available there.

Excellence in Mining & Exploration 2010 will bring leaders in mining and exploration sector together with institutional, professional and private investors in one of Australia’s most well-respected and highly-focused resources investment forums.

Aconex Online Project Management System Avanti Mining

2010-03-04T22:50:00.000-08:00

Aconex has been selected by the company Avanti Mining technology to mobilize its online project management system for Kitsault molybdenum-projects in British Columbia, Canada is being developed.

One of the world's first five primary molybdenum deposits, including project feasibility study in 2010, followed by detailed engineering, procurement and construction of the mine.

Aconex, a web-based system for managing project information such as documents and correspondence will be used to connect the technical consultants and organizations involved in development. The system will allow to distribute Avanti Mining and project partners to access, track and archive your files in real time, and using a single, common platform.

Gunthardt Thomas, project manager at Avanti Mining, said: "During the feasibility study have a large amount of documentation produced, which is managed efficiently and needs together. To track the status of the files on our Aconex will give us more visibility and control over the flow of information. Then, construction, while the complete archive project progress feasibility, design and procurement of data we have. "

Doug Rubingh, Aconex VP & Engineering Resources, said: "The management of information in a structured way, a core element in the success of project delivery. Aconex optimized communication process by ensuring that all data - including drawings, plans, reports, quotations and timelines - is the center saved and easily accessible. Each file is logged and followed, as usual, easy, task status, see. This will reduce the risk of disputes and delays by ensuring that there is only one version of truth and the accelerated flow of information between members of the project. "

Aconex, www.aconex.com using software as a service model and is the world's largest provider of online project management solution for construction, mining and energy industries. From 35 offices worldwide, the company services billions of U.S. dollars in 220 projects worth in 65 countries.

Avanti Mining www.avantimining.com, focused on acquiring, exploring and developing projects of mineral resources. All projects are done in Kitsault for First Nations and others in a way that is acceptable with. Molybdenum is a metallic element used in alloys with stainless steel and other metals, which increase the toughness of metals, high temperature strength and corrosion resistance.

Coal mining Chief Operating Officer

2009-12-03T21:45:00.000-08:00

A successful company doctor stone coal, ranks quickly to the Australian coal producer Australian coal with advanced projects are significant for the senior command staff.

Reporting to the Director, you will be responsible for operational management of the company, including the determination of final feasibility studies, project development and approval of, management of staff and many more.

This exciting opportunity, based in Brisbane occasionally made with the service as required. A lucrative compensation package including performance incentives and options provided. If the company continues to grow and develop, your role will expand and increase the size and scope.

As the ideal candidate will succeed COO or general management, with extensive and successful in the promise of operational management in the coal industry. Previous experience in project development, including project approval and general supervision of construction will be considered.

The Australian Minerals Research

2009-10-27T09:31:00.000-07:00

CSIRO Manufacturing, Materials and Minerals Group Executive Dr Steve Morton said world-class mineral processing research capability was essential to help the industry address challenges such as declining ore grades, increasing costs and greater competition.

“In 2003, CSIRO committed $15 million to expand our mineral processing laboratories in Western Australia and create a research facility that would enable increased collaboration between public research groups and industry,” Dr Morton said.

Safety in Uranium Mining

2009-09-03T23:58:00.000-07:00

In practice, radiation protection is based on the understanding that small increases over natural levels of exposure are not likely to be harmful but should be kept to a minimum. To put this into practice the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) has established recommended standards of protection (both for members of the public and radiation workers) based on three basic principles:

* Justification. No practice involving exposure to radiation should be adopted unless it produces a net benefit to those exposed or to society generally.
* Optimisation. Radiation doses and risks should be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), economic and social factors being taken into account.
* Limitation. The exposure of individuals should be subject to dose or risk limits above which the radiation risk would be deemed unacceptable.

These principles apply to the potential for accidental exposures as well as predictable normal exposures.

Underlying these is the application of the "linear hypothesis" based on the idea that any level of radiation dose, no matter how low, involves the possibility of risk to human health. This assumption enables "risk factors" derived from studies of high radiation dose to populations (eg from Japanese bomb survivors) to be used in determining the risk to an individual from low doses (ICRP Publication 60). However the weight of scientific evidence does not indicate any cancer risk or immediate effects at doses below ablout 50 millisievert (mSv) per year.

Shanghai - China Mining Job

2009-07-15T07:58:00.001-07:00

Job Purpose (summarize why this job exists and how it contributes to the One Company Strategy)
Oversee day to day activities of Ryerson China (commercial & Operations), deliver shareholder value, deliver customer value, assure employee engagement, increase market share, diversify product/process offering, expand presence to cover steel consuming areas of China, manage talent, oversee employee development process

Key responsibilities & accountabilities
1. Safety champion, head of compliance (enforce values/vision/mission of company, policy & procedure, country specific laws),
2. Shareholder value delivery, manage working capital as per shareholder goals/objectives/parameters/covenants, establish/align key measures,
3. Analyze market and design ways to successfully enter new markets/sell new products/sell new processes (match risk and timing to resources and ability to deliver),
4. Compliance, timely communication with superiors and direct reports,
5. Oversee budget, implement strategy, set objectives, link objectives to incentives, assure clarity of goals across entire company, drive alignment across departments/areas to assure delivery of objectives, “make good” analysis and update (superiors and subordinates),
6. Risk management, risk evaluation, provide framework for management to allow for effective/timely decisions,

7. Drive data/fact driven culture, timely communication of trends and ability to lead change to correct trends (if applicable),
8. Allocate resources, manage conflict between subordinates/areas,
9. Provide timely feedback to subordinates via performance evaluations, champion performance evaluation process to assure cascading of goals,
10. Oversee supply chain, operations, sales and marketing Maintain Company Presentation Updated

Direct Reports VP of Procurement, Director of International Accounts, General Managers of Business Units(5), Training Manager, Marketing Manager

Reports directly to: (Job Title Only) President & Ceo,

Threaded steel drill casing

2009-06-12T00:47:00.000-07:00

Drill Mining Industry offers a range of threaded steel casing covering sizes from 80NB (3in NB) to 200NB (8in NB). Our own tapered flush joint casing thread can be supplied in both heavy wall and light wall pipe.

Pipe used to manufacture the threaded casing is API compliant (excluding the 139.7mm OD) and comes in an overall length of 6m. Special arrangements can be made for most sizes to be made in 6m shoulder to shoulder length.

Mining Job Specialist Environmental Control Limpopo

2009-05-24T05:24:00.000-07:00

Required Qualifications and Experience:
•Advanced Certificate in mine Environmental Control
•Diploma in Mine Environmental control or degree in Occupational Hygiene
•5 years practical experience including service in the ventilation and occupational hygiene fields at an underground coal mine
•Experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of management systems and database formulation
•Legal requirements: Chamber of Mines (COM) Certificate in Mine Environmental Control
•Member of Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa
•Extensive knowledge of occupational health and hygiene legislation, knowledge of hazard assessment and risk management, advanced knowledge of Occupational Health System (OHAS 18001) and Occupational Health Management
•Advanced computer literacy: reporting systems (Pivot), SAP and MS Office
•Facilitation, influencing and mentoring skills, planning, project management and writing / research skills, good communication and team dynamics skills, own initiative and innovative, analytical and the ability to do advanced calculations
Key responsibilities:

•Ensure that environment conditions are designed to be safe and a system for monitoring is in place – Act 50 of 1991 Reg 2.16, including ventilation and occupational hygiene engineering systems
•Establish system to understand and mitigate occupational hygiene and ergonomic hazards MHSA Sect 12
•Audit individual shafts to ensure compliance to Mine Health & Safety Act, group guidelines and mine standards
•Ventilation engineering design model-up and reviews of design at the shaft to ensure appropriate working conditions at the mining faces / operational areas
•Design, implement and manage total effective long term ventilation / occupational hygiene strategies and systems
•Responsible for long term LOM ventilation planning (in access of 5 years)
•Liaison with medical staff regarding state of working conditions on the operation
•Manage the whole ventilation and occupational hygiene department including lamp room and change houses
Location: Limpopo, South Africa
Specialist Environmental Control Limpopo, South Africa
Salary:R 517 788.00
Type:Permanent
Advertiser:CA Global Africa Recruitment
Reference:MJ042

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2009-05-15T07:50:00.000-07:00

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MANAGER OF ASSISTANT MILL MAINTENANCE JOB

2009-04-27T01:56:00.000-07:00

Applications are invited for the position of ASSISTANT MILL MAINTENANCE MANAGER for our Client, a North American major mining company, for their open pit gold mining operation located in the FSU/CIS.
Reporting to the Mill Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for leading and directing the fixed plant maintenance function with the objective to improve, maintain and sustain optimum ore processing and gold recovery.
The mill operates at a nominal 16,000 tpd capacity and consists of crushing, grinding, flotation, cyanide leaching and gold recovery in two separate carbon-in-leach (“CIL”) circuits with final gold recovery accomplished by electro winning and refining.
We are seeking a broad mechanical professional with rounded exposure to the minerals processing industry. Ideally +15-years experience, particularly experience of grinding and sulfide flotation techniques is preferred. A track record in technical project evaluation, management and control, are also key attributes.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate previous success in a similar role. A tertiary qualification is mandatory. Prior experience in a FSU country, or developing countries, would be advantageous. The incumbent will further be expected to promote the Company Behavioral Based Safety program and contribute to Continuous Improvement Process Programs. A familiarity and working knowledge of Six Sigma principles will be of benefit. An important component of the job function is an active involvement in the training and development programs for National staff.
This is a resident position, located in the Kyrgyz Republic though the incumbent will work and live at the mine site during the work week.
An attractive resident expatriate remuneration package will be offered to the successful candidate.

Location: Kyrgyzstan
ASSISTANT MILL MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Location: FSU, Kyrgyzstan Ref No: 010466

Classifier eliminates metal

2009-03-28T01:43:00.000-07:00

Vibroscreen Gap-Free Classifier offers non-metallic material contact surfaces and quick-cleaning features designed to eliminate contamination of ultra-pure products. This 60 in. dia unit is configured with 3 screening decks for removing oversize particles and de-dusting material, while separating on-size material into 2 size fractions. Other features include gap-free screen frames, quick-release U clamps, radius corners, domed lid, and continuous ground and polished welds.

Black Hills Mining Company

2009-03-28T01:42:00.000-07:00

Difficult material handling Vibratory Feeders

2009-03-27T23:45:00.000-07:00

Wired into AC lines, Heavy Duty Electromagnetic Vibratory Feeders are equipped with Hi-Vi Electro-Permanent Magnetic Drives that require no normal maintenance. Compact variable solid-state-type controls regulate feeder speed by varying applied voltage, and control is stepless from 0-100% of capacity. Coil and magnet are encapsulated in epoxy, eliminating coil movement. Units operate at temperatures up to 135°F, with versions operating at up to 300°F available.

Mining Liquid Handling System for SPE-LLE

2009-03-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

Booth 4578. The VERSA Mini LLE automated liquid handling workstation performs all stages of SPE and LLE from sample addition, using disposable tips, to final analyte isolation.Liquid Handling System for SPE-LLE In LLE mode, the system allows bulk addition, via reagent drop, of organic/aqueous reagents and aspiration of desired phases. In SPE, the positive pressure feature allows fast washing and separation of the analyte from the solid phase. The deck features a vortex shaker, and heating/cooling blocks can be added. The system works with different-sized vials, tubes, columns and plates. Applications include quantifying circulating levels of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D and metanephrine and ß-carotene extraction. ,

Mining Equipment " Shale shaker "

2009-03-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

FSI Shale shakers Exceptional reliability
Simplicity is the essence of every FSI shaker design. Permanently sealed vibrators make lubrication systems totally unnecessary. Low 80dB motor vibration eliminates the need for hearing protection. Each of the unit’s two pre-tensioned screen panels can be installed or replaced independently of each other. Replacement takes less than three minutes and requires only a light to medium-weight hammer.

FSI shale shaker has the lowest maintenance cost.

FSI equipment have the lowest operational and maintenance costs in the industry. Routine maintenance is extremely minimal. Simple visual checks of screen panels, deck rubbers, inflation of air spring assemblies and quarterly torque checks of the screen vibrator motor bolts are all that is required.

Job Mining Orginator investing Banker

2009-02-14T06:54:00.000-08:00

Metals & Mining Orginator investing Banker
Manufacture: Mining / Metals
Area: Danbury/Bridgeport, Connecticut
Verbal description: Our customer is looking for a candidate with a strong backdrop in Metals and Mining with a deep roledex to help grow there already built stage business. This role will reports to the CEO/CFO

Duties and Responsibilities of OIL & GAS ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

2009-01-24T07:03:00.000-08:00

The duties of the position may include some or all, and is not limited to the following:
*Code invoices to general ledger account and department
*Split cost of invoices to different business units
*Create requisitions
*Check for proper approval (signatures) on invoice
*Prepare G&A expense monthly recap
*Submit voucher requests and special handling to Atlanta
*Research and locate invoices in payment process for vendor request
*Breakout YTD G&A by department (used by Financial Reporting Group)
*Make copy
*s of invoices
*Prepare and input journal entries (accruals/reclass/amortization)
*Prepare and input journal entry for prepaid cash
*Create contractor spreadsheet (for JE purposes)
*File PCard and expense report receipts
*Apply incoming and outgoing cash
*Submit checks for deposit

*Upload Endur invoices to People Soft
*Assist with the invoicing process
*Submit monthly packets to Virtual Image (scanning)
*File all third party settlements each month
*File all transportation settlements each month
*Update prepayment schedule for credit
*Distribute Accounting mail / faxes
*Assist with special projects as requested by management. Skills:
*Able to apply computer skills and Company software applications to job tasks
*Good problem-solving ability.
*Effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills
*Applies teamwork principles to job environment
*Solid experience in office procedures and business administration
*Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously Education and Experience: Some College preferred Looking for a talent who is professional, with good communication skills and initiative. Must be able to work extended hours if necessary in a dynamic and fast paced environment. Pay is commensurate with experience. Hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. Looking to fill this position ASAP.

Mining Job>Piping Designer Jo

2009-01-24T06:53:00.000-08:00

Minimum Requirements :
HS diploma or equivalent Ten years piping design experience in the petroleum refining or petrochemical industry.

Job Description :
The piping designer will be responsible for the piping function using AutoCad. This position is responsible for project specific model planning and set up, P&ID diagram development and maintenance, plot plan and layouts, and piping design from preliminary layouts to isometric. Position will coordinate with engineers for pipe stress analysis, piping support design, development of lists such as line lists, tie in list, specialty item list, etc. Trips to client facilities will be required for meetings and data collection.

Location: Fort Washington, PA, 19048, USA
Nearest Major Market: Philadelphia
Job Segments: Chemical-Biological, Design-Drafting, Engineering
Requisition Number : URS32829
Company : URS
Interest Category : Engineering
External Job Title : Sr. Piping Designer Type of Position : Full-time
Country : U.S.
State : Pennsylvania
City : Fort Washington

QCTool Data Quality Control and Visualization

2009-01-17T00:59:00.000-08:00

Is a software package that can be used practically in any field where data analyses and handling are involved having many advanced processing functions.
Work with and manipulate:
* Survey paths
* Line profiles
* Convert UTM into Latitude/Longitude and vice versa
* Data interpolation
* Data processing (running average and Gaussian filtering)
* 2D image maps
* Contours
* Stacked profiles
* Text items (legends, notes, titles)
* Drift corrections
* IGRF calculations and reduction including dip and azimuth of IGRF using 2005 coefficients
* Base station (Diurnal) corrections
-merge base station data using time channel
-outlier removal
-filtering
-residual channel calculation
-removal of residual from survey data
* Filters - Fourier domain filters and spatial filters (mean, median, gaussian)

Mineral Spectral Library

2009-01-17T00:38:00.000-08:00

The TerraSpec® spectrometer coupled with SPECMIN™ software is a mineral identification system designed for geologic applications which includes an extensive library of mineral reference spectra, absorption feature search/match tables, physical properties of each species in the database, and literature references for the near infrared active mineral phases. SPECMIN™ spectra can also be used for hyperspectral remote sensing processing as ground truth information. Because SPECMIN™ offers such a variety of different minerals from a myriad of environments, it is usually possible to identify the near infrared minerals present in nearly any unknown.

A sampling of work in mining exploration:

Underground Mine Timing

2009-01-05T04:14:00.000-08:00

Underground mines can be designed schematically as centerlines with associated dimensions, or can be laid out formally using the Advanced Projections command, complete with pillars and perimeters (outer rib lines). If a complete layout approach is used, the program will detect extraction ratios using the non recovered pillars. Precedence becomes critical in underground mining where, for example the longwall cannot proceed before the surrounding room and pillar advances are completed. The timing routines can lead to unexpected and valuable information on idled equipment, production rates and qualities, and may even reveal portions of the mine that are cut-off from mining altogether by an illogical equipment assignment. The mine planner can reassign equipment, alter layout elements and precedence, and try a new "what-if" timing scenario. Retreat mining may be part of the schedule, splitting the panels by advance and retreat. Equipment definition is straight forward for each unit, with underground mining rates based on tonnage, linear advance (entries and crosscuts), or forward distance. Equipment calendars determine when each unit is down or working, shift by shift and day by day.

Geology Module

2009-01-05T03:04:00.000-08:00

The Carlson Geology Module is a mining add-on to AutoCAD or use the built-in IntelliCAD for the complete geologic modeling package. The process from importing drillholes, validating the data and modeling the ore to reserve calculation is seamless. Other factors such as 3D viewing of the drillholes and blocks, cross sections and queries are part of the process for the geologist to accurately represent the ore body for mining.

Drillholes: Drillholes may be imported for grid and/or block modeling. Drillholes can be stored in the dwg, or linked to an external database. The Geology Module can import nearly any known ASCII drillhole format, as well as almost 30 fixed drillhole formats from other companies and programs, utilizing almost any type of data.

Mining Asia Mining Congress 2009

2008-12-21T07:42:00.000-08:00

Meeting Details
Location	Raffles City Convention Centre
Website	http://www.terrapinn.com/2009/asiamining
Starts	Monday March 23, 2009
Ends	Friday March 27, 2009
Contact	Winnie Koh
e-mail	winnie.koh@terrapinn.com
Address	1 harbourfront place harbourfront tower 1
City	Singapore
State / Province	Singapore
Zip / Postal Code	098633
Country	Singapore
Phone	65 6322 2724
Fax	65 6226 3264

Mining Job>Mining Engineer Intern

2008-12-14T02:03:00.000-08:00

An Intern position provides a hands-on learning experience directly related to responsibilities that transfer to skills needed in a full-time position. The opportunity is available to develop, participate and learn key roles and functions within our mining operations.
Qualifications
* Must be pursuing a degree in mining engineering or related degree.
* Must have knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Word and Excel.
* Strong work ethic - willing to do what it takes to get the job done.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Be willing to fully participate in job assignments at the job site, district office or department to which the intern is assigned.
Pay/Benefits
This position includes a furnished apartment and reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses incurred while moving to and from your home base. Interns are also eligible for paid holidays and overtime pay.
How To Apply

Apply Online at www.Kiewit.com
Equal Employment Opportunity
Kiewit is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Mining Job>Mining Engineer

2008-12-14T01:53:00.000-08:00

Skills and Experience
* M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Engineering (Mining/Mineral Processing, Mechanical, Chemical, Materials or Civil)
* Relevant academic or industry experience successfully conducting research or technology development projects or a significant work scope in technology deployment projects required.
* Solid technical, analytical, and research skills required.
* Strong communication, innovation, and teamwork capabilities required.
* A general understanding of surface mining facilities, mineral processing, solid/liquid transport systems, tailings management, backfilling (tailings injection), and/or heavy oil extraction & upgrading from oil sands is desired.
* Candidates who have a background in engineering areas similar to those below and who can quickly adapt those skills will be strongly considered. Relevant technical skills & experience include any of the following:

*
o Mining technology & industry expertise
o Mineral processing
o Transportation of bulk solids
o Solid/liquid separation techniques
o Advanced materials understanding
o Technology innovation
o Heat & mass transfer fundamentals
o Computational fluid mechanics
o Broad chemistry background

Typical Job Responsibilities

* Research, develop, and deliver technologies that will impact future business opportunities in heavy oil mining. Focus on areas that are novel and offer cost saving advantages.
* Technology areas of interest include:
o Surface mining facilities
o Tailings management
o Solid/liquid slurry transport
o Heavy oil extraction and novel extraction techniques
o Emulsions handling
o Ore characterization
o Materials for wear resistance (erosion, corrosion, fracture, impact damage)
* Provide technical service to field development projects in which ExxonMobil has an ownership interest, e.g. existing and planned projects in Canadian oil sands.
* Work with ExxonMobil multi-disciplinary engineering teams in a structured research environment to:
o Conduct conceptual feasibility studies for new technology ideas
o Plan and conduct equipment test programs for components and systems
o Plan and conduct field test programs
o Evaluate third party-developed technologies, and work with developers to enhance and adapt the technology to ExxonMobil's needs

Additional Job Requirements

* Some domestic and international travel required.
* Frequent management reviews of projects.
* Frequent interactions with groups outside of ExxonMobil's Upstream Research Company

Mining>Oil and Gas Extraction

2008-12-14T01:02:00.000-08:00

Industries in the Oil and Gas Extraction Sub-Section operate and/or develop oil and gas field properties. Such activities may include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operating separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines for crude petroleum and natural gas; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property. This Sub-Section includes the production of crude petroleum, the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands, and the production of natural gas, sulfur recovery from natural gas, and recovery of hydrocarbon liquids.

Establishments in this Sub-Section include those that operate oil and gas wells on their own account or for others on a contract or fee basis. Establishments primarily engaged in providing support services, on a fee or contract basis, required for the drilling or operation of oil and gas wells (except geophysical surveying and mapping, mine site preparation, and construction of oil/gas pipelines) are classified in Sub-Section, Support Activities for Mining.

* Exploration/Production - 2
* Extraction Oil/Gas
* Off-shore Production
* Oil/Gas Operating Co's
* Natural Gas
* Pipeline (Oil/Gas)
* Resources
o Consultants
o Products
o Trade Journals

Body Vibration Laboratory

2008-12-08T06:27:00.000-08:00

The Whole Body Vibration Laboratory contains a single axis vibration table that enables researchers to study whole-body vibration. This table is capable of producing vibrations in various waveforms from frequencies below 1 HZ to 15 HZ. The table can produce accelerations in excess of 10G's and has a maximum travel of 6 in. This equipment also has the capability of reproducing vibrations recorded from field tests, once the data has been converted to displacement units. Using this feature, vibrations from computer generated data, either random or specific, can be produced. This capability is useful when simulating vehicle environments. For example, data can be generated to simulate the accelerations of a vehicle's wheel striking a bump or hole. The vibration platform is used in investigations that seek to decrease neck and back injuries and improve machine designs so that equipment operators are isolated from vehicle vibrations and shock loadings. Recent projects evaluate various seat suspension systems and investigate the use of rheonetic technology to improve these systems and increase operator isolation from vibrations. Rheonetic technology has the ability to adjust suspension system damper performance in real time.

Surface mining techniques

2008-12-08T06:18:00.000-08:00

Coal found close to the surface can be uncovered and removed by large machines in a process that is called surface mining. Surface mining techniques account for 60 percent of coal produced in the United States -- 75 percent in Western states, where some deposits are up to 100 feet thick.
Only recently has surface mining played an important role in the U.S. coal industry. The development and use of large power equipment provided the impetus that moved surface mining into prominence, and during the 1970s it became the leading method of coal mining.
Today's surface mines are large, intensively engineered, and highly efficient mechanized operations. When an area is to be mined, topsoil and subsoil are removed first and set aside to be used later in reclaiming the land. Then specially designed machines -- draglines, wheel excavators, or large shovels -- remove the rock and other material, call overburden, to expose the bed of coal. Smaller shovels load the coal into large trucks that remove the coal from the pit.

Once the coal is removed, the area is reclaimed. First the overburden and then the soils are replaced and the area is restored as nearly as possible to its original contour. Vegetation currently suitable to the area is planted to anchor the soil and return the land to a natural, productive state. Reclaimed lands are a valuable resource that can support farm crops, provide new wildlife habitats, enhance recreational opportunities, and even serve as sites for commercial development.
The complete mining operation is scheduled so that as one area is being mined, another is being reclaimed where the coal was removed. Thus, even at the largest surface mines only a relatively small area is disturbed by active mining at any one time. Since 1977 an estimated 2 million acres of coal mine lands have been reclaimed in this manner.

Underground mining methods are used where the coal seam is too deep or the land too hilly for surface mining. Most underground mining takes place east of the Mississippi, especially in the Appalachian mountain states. Coal production was once dominated by underground mining methods, but the growth of coal mining in the West changed that. Now, only 40 percent of our coal comes from underground mines.

Underground mines differ according to how the coal seam is situated with respect to the surface. If the coal deposit outcrops (appears at the surface) on a hillside, a drift mine can be driven horizontally into the seam. Where the bed of coal is relatively close to the surface, yet too deep to be recovered by surface mining, a slope mine can be constructed, with the mine shaft slanting down from the surface to the coal seam. The most common type is the shaft mine. To reach the coal, which may be as deep as 2,000 feet, vertical shafts are cut through the overburden to the coal bed, which is excavated by machines.

In deep mines, the seam is mined in carefully engineered patterns that keep as much as half of the coal in place to help support the roof of the active mining area. This "room and pillar" method requires that large columns of coal remain between mined-out areas, or rooms, which are created when the coal is mined, either by continuous mining machines or conventional methods.

The largest amount of coal taken from underground mines is produced using continuous miners. This machines has a large, rotating, drum-shaped cutting head studded with carbide-tipped teeth that break up the seam of coal. Large gathering arms on the machines scoop the coal directly onto a built-in conveyor for loading into waiting shuttle cars.

In conventional mining, a machine resembling an oversized chain saw cuts into the coal. This gives the coal an area to expand into during blasting. Holes are drilled for explosives, which blast loose large chunks of coal. Machines called loaders scoop the coal onto conveyors which dump it into shuttle cars that haul the coal out through the shaft. This traditional method of mining accounts for about 11 percent of total production.

In both continuous and conventional mining, the roof over the mined-out area is supported for safety. The most important development in roof support -- both in terms of safety and cost -- has been the "roof bolt." Roof bolts are long rods driven into the roof to bind several layers of weak strata into a layer strong enough to support its own weight. Roof bolts also can anchor a weak immediate roof to a strong, firm structure above. Machines are used to drill holes, position the bolts and tighten them.

An increasingly popular and more efficient means of underground mining -- introduced from Europe in the early 1950s -- is longwall mining technology. Longwall today accounts for about one-third of total underground coal tonnage. In a continuous, smooth motion, a rotating shear on the mining machines moves back and forth along the face -- or wall -- of a block of coal, cutting the coal, which drops onto a conveyor and is removed from the mine. The block of coal being mined is several hundred feet wide, thus the name longwall.

Where longwall mining machines are used, room-and-pillar arrangements are not created throughout the entire mine (although pillars of coal are left to support the roof in haulage ways used by people and machines moving about the mine). The longwall miner itself has a hydraulically operated steel canopy which holds up the roof and protects miners working at the face. As the miner cuts progressively deeper into the block of coal, the shield advances with it, allowing the unsupported roof in the mined-out area behind it to collapse in a controlled and safe manner.

Mining engineers

2008-12-08T05:18:00.000-08:00

Mining engineers primarily work in the mining industry, planning, designing and operating surface and underground mining operations. These mines, which are located in all 50 states and every country of the world except Antarctica, produce the minerals needed to help clothe, feed, and house the world's population. These minerals vary from sand and gravel, pumice, gypsum, and coal, to copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, iron, and more exotic minerals such as gold, silver, diamonds and rubies.
Since mining engineers have a broad training, there are many other career opportunities open to them in the construction and tunneling industry, banking and finance industry, engineering consulting companies, equipment manufacturers, and federal and state agencies, to name a few.
Many mining engineers, when they first graduate, go to work in an operating mine. The work can vary from supervising a small group of people who operate large and complex equipment, to developing a computer model of a mine and using it to plan the daily operation.
A recent career example is Cindy Moore who graduated in 1997. She was the first woman to win the National Senior Design Project which awarded her $1000. She has this to say:

"I enrolled in mining engineering at the Mackay School of Mines. It was probably the wisest decision I have made. Following graduation I became a mining engineer at Mine Development Associates in Reno, responsible for providing engineering services for a variety of clients. I specialized in mineral resource estimation and mine planning and design using Surpac, a sophisticated computer software package. Currently, I am a grade control engineer at the Rosebud mine near Winnemucca. It is a small underground mine and I have been given a variety of responsibilities.

Mining is a very fast-paced, exciting career. I feel it is an excellent career choice for both men and women. There are very few women in this industry, but I believe if a woman has the determination to succeed, she can progress to the upper levels in the industry."

Job Mining > Lead Consultant-Oil and Gas

2008-12-03T02:34:00.000-08:00

Apply Deadline: 21 Dec 2009
Location: KL, Malyasia
Project Manager / Lead Consultant-Oil and Gas
ACCOUNTABILITY OBJECTIVES (Main job responsibilities)
Act as a Project Manager (on individual study basis) for all reports and studies assigned by the respective clients. The person must have a sound understanding of Project Management and communication, coaching and technical advisory skills. He is to be responsible for delivering accurate reports. A Project Manager is also responsible for managing jobs within SM
as time set targets.

SPECIFICATION
Education:'Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering / related discipline

Work Experience
5-6 years in Oil & Gas Consultancy experience

Languages & Computer Skills:
Fluency in written and spoken English. PC literacy: MS Office

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
LEVEL
1)To have a clear understanding of the fundamentals of Project Management i.e. planning of time, cost and resources for each project.
2) To constantly coach subordinate Consultants on technical issues, latest
Engineering practises in order for them to execute the project accurately and in timely manner.
3)To constantly communicate with senior technical authorities by giving inputs and feedbacks on the progress of the projects.
4)To provide technical support to Proposal Department on related proposals on a timely manner.
5)To effectively communicate and discuss with clients on the results and findings of the project so that the objective of the project are met and correct solutions are provided during kick-off and progress meetings so that the objective of the project is on the right track.
6)To conduct post-morterm meetings for each completed project with team members in order to share findings and to create a technical repository for future reference.
7)Should project and aim to eliminate bottlenecking and take ownership of project/s to ensure timely completion and avoid setbacks on gross margin.
8)To have systematic decision making skills
9)To provide critical input and be responsible for value addition and reports particularly in conclusion and recommendation sections.
10)Planning of jobs and delegating responsibilities to juniors at internal kick off stage for projects.
11)Overall management of projects and effective use of Project Management
Forecast.

_______________
KEY AREAS

. Feasibility / Conceptual / De-bottlenecking studies.
. Detail Design - P&ID and PFD conception and development, Development of Heat and Material balance, Specification of Relief and Blowdown system,
Equipment and Instrument sizing, rating and preparation of data sheets, Line lists/Tie-in schedules/Cause and Effects/Safe Charts, Preparation of Pumps,
Compressors and Control valve hydraulic profiles and line sizing,
Produced/Reviewed operating philosophies and procedures.
. Process engineering simulation software PROII, HYSYS and cost estimation tool Questor.
. Familiar with material selection aspects of process plant.
. Familiar with safety aspects and recommended practices used in the design and operation of offshore/onshore production plants.
. Familiar with various Operator design standards eg. BP, Shell,
PETRONAS, Talisman etc
. Involved in numerous proposals - cost estimation, and man- hour estimation.
. Technical Integrity check of project deliverables through execution of QA/QC functions, by means of HAZOP, Process Optimisation studies,
PEER/Line Review, Project Integrated Review, Project Risk Assessment in compliance with company standards, International codes and standards and best practices, local authorities or government regulations. This scope includes validation of all designs, calculations, scope of work, specifications, bills of quantities, drawing and reports.
. Plan, execute, control and supervise engineering work and project execution activities.
. Train and develop skill capability and expertise of Junior

Contact Information:
Email: support@miscojobs.com
Required Email Subject: MJ - MAL - Project Manager / Lead Consultant-Oil and Gas

Mining > Construction Lead Job

2008-11-26T05:30:00.000-08:00

Are you interested in an exciting career with a leading global consulting, engineering, and project and construction management organization that serve the mining & metals, energy and infrastructure sectors?
Reporting to the Managing Director – Construction
The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing and leading construction personnel and cross functional project teams appointed to provide expertise at any given phase of a project on all matters relating to the delivery of construction projects such as: health and safety, constructability, schedules, contracting strategies, labour relations, staffing, and proposals. In addition, the position is responsible for ensuring adherence to and contributing to the maintenance of our client’s global standards and project development methodologies for projects with values between $250,000 and one billion dollars. This will be a full time corporate position with 60% of the incumbent’s role being spent in the corporate head office and 40% on travel, primarily within North America, but with some international travel expected.
Accountabilities / Specific Duties

• Guiding and implementing the Regional Office Safety Plan
• Providing leadership and vision to manage projects in the best interests of the company and clients.
• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with Business Units starting with the preparation of proposals.
• Providing construction expertise and support to ongoing projects.
• Defining the responsibilities and management structure of the project management team, organizing and leading by implementing project controls, defining roles and responsibilities and developing communication protocols, and identifying elements of project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims
• Sourcing, developing, and retaining the necessary talent to meet business requirements and ensure strong succession plans are in place.
• Developing long-term and short-term strategic and tactical plans within the region to address the key issues, needs, and objectives of the business.
• Build relationships with key prospective clients.
• Provide mentorship through ensuring performance assessment, training, and career development for staff.

Background & Experience:

• Engineering degree or the equivalent appropriate experience (minimum of fifteen years experience).
• Extensive experience in a leadership role in construction management of heavy industrial projects, especially in mining, smelting, iron and steel, oil and gas, or pulp and paper industries.
• Experience working in a disciplined environment with best practice processes and quality control.
• International exposure to large and medium sized brownfield & greenfield projects.
• Extensive experience with full project lifecycles from early stages (pre-feasibility study) to implementation and handover to Client.

Required Competencies:

• Excellent relationship building skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Exceptionally strong people leadership skills; ability to develop, attract, retain, motivate, and inspire staff.
• Ability to gain and maintain confidence and trust of workforce and foster open communication.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and effective leadership skills.
• Advocate of high-performance work team concepts and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated successful record of building a business rooted in a strong foundation in ethical business dealings
• Ability to coach and mentor the construction management team and to effectively manage a region with remote employees.
• Excellent analytical and strategic skills as well as good business judgment and problem solving skills.
• Self-starter, enthusiastic, energized team player with a predilection for action.

Location/Travel:

This position will be based at the Corporate Head Office in Toronto (Ontario, Canada). A moderate amount of international and domestic travel will be a component of this role.

Contact Information:
Email: mary.murray@swannglobal.com
Required Email Subject: Career Opportunity - Regional Construction Lead

Mining > Lead Pipe Stress Mechanical Engineer Job

2008-11-26T05:24:00.000-08:00

Lead Pipe Stress Mechanical Engineer Kansas, USA
Salary / Rate: US 45.00-65.00
Rate: Hourly
Job Type: Contract
Reference: NESGlobal-ORL15773
NES Global is the expatriate division of the NES Group, carrying full group responsibility for servicing and meeting the management and engineering resource demands of our world-wide clients within the Oil & Gas, Power, Water and Construction market sectors in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, The Americas and Europe.
We are currently accepting resumes for the following:
Position: Lead Pipe Stress Mechanical Engineer
Location: Kansas
Type: Contract
Qualifications:

- 10+ years power plant design
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
- Pipe stress and pipe support experience required
- Must have P.E.
*Must be able to work in the United States
Responsibilities:
- Pipe stress and pipe support design
- P&ID development, equipment sizing, specifications and vendor contract administration
Through NESs network of overseas offices in UK, Houston, Orlando, Canada, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia we have comprehensive access to British, Europeans, Americans, Canadians and Asians - allowing NES the ability of supplying expatriate, TCN and local labor for projects to complement our clients needs.
NES Global offers services ranging from ad-hoc recruitment for one off positions through to providing full project recruitment teams on either a contract or permanent basis.

Mining Job > Civil/Structural Engineer > Gas Pipeline construction

2008-11-13T06:39:00.000-08:00

Job Title Civil/Structural Engineer, Gas Pipeline construction
Post Details
Posted By Please Log in or register with StaffMine to view the full job description and application details.
Salary US$144000-180000 per annum
Application Reference Please Log in or register with StaffMine to view the full job description and application details.
Location Kazakhstan

Mining Job - Contract Mechanical Design Engineers

2008-11-01T00:33:00.000-07:00

It is a leading independent engineering construction business specialising in the design, procurement and construction of mineral resources and waste-to-resources projects. Their current ventures include large Australian and international copper and nickel projects.
Due to the growth resulting from these projects numerous opportunities are now available for Mechanical Design Engineers within their Brisbane division. Ideally you will have experience within the minerals processing industry, experience with materials handling and/or processing. EPCM contract experience is also highly desirable.
Degree qualified and a proven track record within a similar role, you will have the ability to achieve timely results as well as the ability to work autonomously. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the aptitude for dealing with internal and external clients.
In return for your skills you will be rewarded with an above market rate which reflects your skill set and you will enjoy a work environment that encourages autonomous ideas, a rewarding scope of projects and a degree of job satisfaction that you may have thought an idea of the past.

Contact Jody Dixon for a strictly confidential discussion.
T: 07 3137 6411
E: jody.dixon@hays.com.au

Mining Job - Senior Mining Engineer

2008-10-31T00:31:00.000-07:00

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a recognised global leader in ground engineering/environmental services, with the chance to walk a clear path to the top of your discipline and beyond should you wish to, into executive management and business leadership.
What stands out as the reasons you should choose this opportunity?
* Excellent offices; easy access & top location close to Kings Park
* People-focused company structure
* You can own shares in this staff-owned organisation
* You can purchase an extra 2 weeks annual leave
* Higher than market average remuneration package
* Opportunities for transfer around the world
* Plus a lot more!

Your job is to provide technical mining engineering input to design planning services for the Mining Services Group including: Open Pit or Underground mine planning and engineering studies for a range of minerals for projects in Australia/overseas; Liaison with clients, including writing of proposals; Assisting development of new business in Open Pit/Underground mining; Leadership of teams on consulting projects; Mentoring and training of junior staff as required; Project management, budgeting and quality control for consulting assignments; and liaison with specialists from other disciplines within the Mining Group

Your skills as a Senior Mining engineer will be based on a minimum 10 years experience, with an Engineering degree and post graduate Geoscience qualifications preferred. The ability to develop client relationships and lead a team of staff will also be highly prized.

If you feel this is an opportunity too good to pass over, then apply today!

Mining Job - Geologist

2008-10-30T00:30:00.000-07:00

A privately held exploration and production company, Hunt Oil has successfully conducted worldwide petroleum operations for over 70 years, and is one of the world’s leading independent energy companies. The mission of Hunt Oil Company is to be a growth-oriented industry leader respected throughout the world for the quality and competency of its people, the efficiency and scope of its operations, and its rich heritage of honesty and integrity.
As an Exploration Geologist working at our Lima, Peru office, you will be focusing on reserve growth in Peru through exploration in both conventional and unconventional plays. We are looking for a proven prospect generator exploring for new oil and gas reserves and working on development of existing base properties. Candidate must be an innovative prospector, highly motivated, and have a broad-based knowledge of geology.
Requirements:
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Geology
• A Minimum of 5 years' exploration experience is required.
• Strong working knowledge of the following: comprehensive geologic mapping, integration of geophysical data, risk analysis and economic evaluations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Fluency in both English and Spanish
Position location is in Lima, Peru. Local candidates only; relocation will not be provided.
Hunt offers an excellent compensation and benefits package.

Position type: Full time
Region: South America
Location: Peru
Company: Oil and Mining employment ltd.
Industry: Oil/Gas/Petroleum Jobs
Category: Engineering/Tech
Type: Contract

Mining Job - Project Engineer

2008-10-29T00:26:00.000-07:00

It is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering, and project management services to the world’s energy, power and process industries.
Job
- Has personallity and drive to have coordination among the various disciplines to achieve the Project objectives.
- Understand the sequence of activities for the various project phases and get the same done thru the FEED/EPC Contractors.
- High professional competence, technical, engineering, procurement and construction knowledge skills are the prime requisites of this position.
- Sincere, hardworking and self-driven personality.
Requirements
B.S. or equivalent degree in Engineering from an accredited university with minimum ten (10) years relevant experience in the oil/gas industry including 5 years of outstanding project engineering experience for handling group of logically inter-related major oil/gas projects.
Must have been in Consultant's organization for at least 5 years in similar position. An advanced degree in Business Administration or Project/Program Management is desirable. Specific experience in Middle East for renowned client will be essential.

Position type: Full time
Region: Middle East
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Company: Oil and Mining employment ltd.
Industry: Oil/Gas/Petroleum Jobs
Category: Engineering/Tech
Type: Contract

Job Descriptions of Mining Engineers

2008-10-28T00:24:00.000-07:00

So we know that Mining engineers are well paid these days, but what do they actually do? Here’s a job description for those who are interested.
Definition and Nature of Work
Mining engineers plan mining operations and design underground and surface mines. They also design mining equipment and supervise technicians and workers who use it. Most mining engineers work for firms in the coal and metal industries. Some specialize in just one of these industries. Engineers can work for companies that make mining equipment. Others work for government agencies that regulate the mining industry.
When new deposits of ore are discovered, mining companies send engineers to determine whether the deposits can be mined profitably. Engineers study maps, waterways, and samples of rock. They also meet with scientists and government officials. If the mining engineers decide that the deposits can be mined profitably, they begin to plan mining operations. If an underground mine is to be used, engineers design mine shafts and tunnels. If the situation calls for surface mining, the engineers decide where to dig the pits and where to put the rock and soil that are removed during the mining process.

Mining engineers supervise the mining operation. They train crews of workers and supervisors. Engineers and engineering technicians inspect mines to make sure that the roofs of underground mines are supported correctly and that the air in mine shafts does not contain poisonous gases. These engineers may also inspect and repair mining equipment. Some mining engineers help to plan ways of restoring the land around mine sites so that it can be used for other purposes.

Mining engineers may specialize in designing equipment used to excavate and operate mines. This equipment includes ventilation systems, earth- and rock-moving conveyors, and underground railroads and elevators. Engineers also design equipment that chips and cuts rocks and coal. Others select explosives used to blast ore deposits.

Mining engineers also work for firms that sell mining supplies and equipment. Experienced mining engineers teach in colleges and universities and serve as consultants to industry and government.

Working Conditions
Mining engineers usually work with several other engineers and technicians or supervise small crews of workers and technicians. Most mining engineers divide their time between their offices and the mine shafts or pits. Engineers may be required to travel several times per year to study methods and inspect equipment that might be useful in their mines. Most engineers work forty hours a week. However, engineers whose mines operate around the clock can expect some shift work.

Brunel Mining Job

2008-10-27T00:21:00.000-07:00

At Brunel Mining we identify and recruit highly specialized mining and metallurgy experts worldwide.
Our team offers recruitment solutions ranging from staffing single positions to entire projects.
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Mining Job Senior Resource Geologist

2008-10-26T00:12:00.000-07:00

Variety of clients, projects and commodities. Provide technical consulting services to major companies within the mining industry in a variety of projects from exploration target definition through to the closure of the mine sites. Be involved in geological and resource modeling, mine planning, scope and feasibility studies as well as valuations and due diligence reviews.
Perth based role with the opportunity to travel abroad and work on International projects. Work for a Specialist Mine Consultancy group and gain experience working in some of the world's most significant metallogenic terrains.
If you have a Geology degree, then email your current CV to Jasmin@geologyjobs.com.au. I assure you that your resume will not be sent to my clients without having a chat with you prior. If you would like to know more about this role or would like more information about other opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact me on 9328 7055 and ask for Jasmin- your Geology recruitment specialist.

Project Controls Manager-Mining Job

2008-10-25T00:58:00.000-07:00

Location: Houston, TX
Duration: 12-24 month contract duration
Drug Screen: Yes
Background Check: Yes
Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the USA for Caliper, Inc.
Education: BS Construction Mgt or Engineering degree
Experience: 15 years
BS Construction Mgt or Engineering degree with at least 15 years experience.
Experience in planning and scheduling and cost control functions.
Preferred candidate will have both home office and field experience and overseas experience.
Must be computer literate.
Responsible for managing the project schedule, including development, maintenance, reporting, resource allocation, etc.
Must have worked on at least three refinery or petrochemical contracts with a TIC price greater than $500 million.
Must be bi-lingual in Spanish and English.
Must be willing to work in Columbia for field assignments. The work in Columbia could be 3 months or less. If necessary may be deployed to Columbia for a longer term.

Project Controls Manager

Posted: October 9, 2008
Position type: Full time
Region: North America
Location: Houston, TX
Company: Caliper, Inc.
Industry: Oil/Gas/Petroleum Jobs
Category: Managment
Type: Contract
Working knowledge with:
• cost management systems
• scheduling systems P3 and P3 eProgress/ productivity measurement
• cost analysis
• forecasting
• change management

For consideration email your resume to: r-yetter@caliper.net

Looking for Gold

2008-10-13T07:03:00.000-07:00

Another type of geological evidence of past geologic activity is “outcrops”. Outcrop is a geological term referring to the outer shell of bedrock or surface deposits uncovered at the exterior of the Earth. In most places the bedrock or superficial deposits are sheltered by a layer of soil and vegetation and cannot be seen or looked at closely.

Nevertheless in places where the overlying cover is detached due to erosion, the rock may be exposed, or it might crop out. Such exposure will take place most regularly in areas where erosion is speedy and goes beyond the weathering rate such as on steep hillsides, riverbanks, or tectonically active areas. Bedrock and superficial deposits may possibly also be uncovered at the earth's surface because of human excavations such as quarrying and building of transport routes.

In other words outcrops are basically places where the underlying rock has been spurted upwards through the softer earth and then firmed itself there. The result of this gives a meadow or field of normal soil a look of a blemish with monoliths and low ridges of solid rock. These are lines along the side ok a hillside that changes suddenly, such as if you had just closed a zipper. Therefore finding faults or outcrops is one way that the locals can help you to find what you are looking for if you ask them. Most people will not have a problem pointing these out to you as they are evidence of earthquakes and are usually more than happy to point them out.

A gold prospector will happy to know that the fault lines and outcrops are important because pressures allow minerals to be squirted into the rip produced in the earth. This means that fault lines are usually good indicators of where you can find gold. The regular processes of wearing away might wipe away the seeable evidences of the vein on the earth but this wearing away might also wash the gold away from the surface of the vein down into a stream that is below. Therefore if you are looking for gold you should look for it below the fault in a place where you think it possible the rain might wash the gold. If you do find any evidence of gold, you can then work your way up to the fault and go into it.

Hobby Gold Mining

2008-10-13T06:59:00.000-07:00

There was a time in which gold was selling at thirty dollars a troy ounce. Now it is way above that therefore it is something that gives a bit more of an interest to those looking into hunting for gold.
There is gold out there. There are some people that like gold hunting on the weekends and who have their favorite spots. Often times these people are able to gather a little bit of gold and it is something they really enjoy doing.

Obviously if you have been doing this type of hobby for awhile now, you will probably have a good amount of “dust” and nuggets saved up. Keep in mind also that there were places in the past that were not claimed or abandoned but that have now been claimed and some of these places are even being worked on, so be sure to find out about these things before you start you gold digging adventure as you do not want to get caught trespassing and violating the law. Despite this factor, there are still places that can be worked on to find gold.

GENERAL GOLD INFO

2008-10-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

Per a letter from the Department of Agriculture, no permit is needed for recreational gold panning and gold prospecting in the general national forest areas, provided no machinery is used. Our gold panning and prospecting maps show many national forests with gold sites.
The gold maps tell you how to pan, where to look in a streambed and how to tell fool's gold from real gold. You can quickly learn to pan by following the instructions on your map. Some people like to pan for gold at public rights of way where bridges cross gold-bearing streams. Treasure hunters metal detect for coins at the rural schools and churches.

A streak of gold mines and gold prospecting sites extends from near Montgomery, Alabama to Washington D.C. The gold was placed there when Africa overrode North America about 250 million years ago. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama have many gold mines and prospecting sites. These states were our main source of gold for 45 years before the California gold discovery. In 1837, the US Government established gold coin mints in Georgia and North Carolina, rather than transport the raw gold to the Philadelphia Mint.

The largest true California gold nugget weighed 54 pounds. A 195 pound mass was also found. The 6,600 gold deposit sites shown on our six California gold prospecting and panning maps are continuous from Mexico to Oregon and to the Arizona and Nevada state lines. All gold sites on the prospecting and panning maps are from official records.

A Hike a Pure Gold

2008-10-13T06:26:00.000-07:00

A Hike That’s Pure Gold
On the trail to the Maryland Mine above Great Falls and the C&O Canal, the freshly fallen leaves rattle underfoot so loudly I can barely hear my guide, Ranger Rod Sauter, pointing out the signs of excavation hidden in the terrain. The Gold Mine Loop leads up the hill above the Great Falls Tavern through thick woods of majestic tulip trees, young American beech and skinny papaws. Although mining stopped long ago- the work simply was not profitable enough to continue- visitors to the park can experience gold fever just by viewing the mill ruins and other mining features in C&O Canal National Historical Park.
"This is one of the main Maryland mining sites, and one of the most easily observed and accessible mining sites in the park," notes Sauter, supervisory ranger for the park’s Great Falls Interpretive District.

Legend has it that a Union soldier camping near Great Falls, Md., was washing dishes when he saw gold flecks sparkling in the stream. His discovery jump-started a miniature East Coast gold rush that resulted in 30 small mines spread across the hills of Montgomery County above the falls. The remains of two other mines, the Ford and the Anderson, are within park boundaries. This activity rekindled an industry that in Maryland is as old as 1829, according to Walter Goetz’s booklet "Montgomery County Gold Fever" (available in the Tavern gift shop, which also houses a small exhibit on Great Falls mining).

The first of the new mines, the Maryland Mine, was founded by former Union soldiers in 1865 who incorporated as the Maryland Mining Co. The next year, the Maryland Mine began to produce actual gold, and the Union Arch Mine was founded in the surrounding area, near what is now the Cabin John Bridge. Over the following decades, mining occurred sporadically on the Maryland Mine site, as various companies gave up and were reinfected with gold fever. The hike follows the path of this history as it moves uphill from the Tavern just over a mile the mine ruins, and the round trip takes about two hours. Less ambitious gold enthusiasts may take a five-minute shortcut down the Falls Road Spur, near the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and Falls Road.

Off the trail and up a hill, we spot one of the first landmarks, a long ridge of earth- now covered over in leaves- that clearly isn’t nature’s landscaping. A closer look reveals a two-foot-deep prospecting trench dug from east to west to locate the vein of quartz running north-south, represented on the current topography by a perpendicular groove. During World War I, the Atlantic Development Co. spent $130,000 on this excavation. (The mysterious work back in the woods caused locals to suspect that a German invasion force was digging trenches in the hills, and federal authorities were called in to investigate.) Today, small chunks of quartz poke up from the leaf cover; these chunks are the remains of mining activity. Some larger pieces farther down the hill may have naturally broken through the soil with erosion, Sauter says; these quartz boulders, or "floats," would have signaled the nearby vein.

Farther up the hill, we come to our first mine shaft, originally dug in 1867. The shaft was filled in years ago for safety reasons; these days, it’s just a giant indentation lined with leaves, and a mature tree grown from the center of the bowl. Nearby and enclosed in tall chain link fence lies a jumbled pile of rusted corrugated sheet metal. After a moment’s study, it’s not hard to see that it once was a rather large structure, albeit one that collapsed almost half a century ago. This ruin was a crushing mill, built in 1935 by yet another Maryland Mining Co. when gold prices rose to $35 per ounce. Here, quartz rock was broken into successively smaller chunks in preparation for amalgamation, in which the crushed quartz sand was washed over a copper plate coated in mercury. The mercury combined with the gold, forming an amalgam that stuck to the copper.

Near the mill lie the ruins of other company buildings; the assay office and water tower have been reconstructed, but are protected by tall fences and signage offering stern warnings of the dangers of hidden mine shafts and rickety construction. Underground and unseen lie three or four mine shafts up to 200 feet deep and horizontal tunnels, called adits in the trade, which were dug along the quartz veins. This last Maryland Mining Co. worked the area until 1940. There has been no mining activity on the site since then.

Sauter can’t help but compare all that effort and expense to the total gold recovery from all the Montgomery County mines from 1860 to 1951: a mere 5,000 ounces. At today’s price of $277.80 per troy ounce, that’s $1,389,000 worth, although historical payouts totaled only $150,000.

"Gold digging is literally a scheme to get rich quick," Sauter says. "But if you look at the effort put in here, it definitely wasn’t a way to get rich quick. The challenge was to find where the gold was and how to get it out. It was just too expensive." Over time, he adds, "the land itself became more valuable, especially being underdeveloped land in a highly developed area."

Before I have a chance to ask, Sauter notes that mining and panning for gold are no longer allowed here: "The gold deposits are protected by the park."

That fact, and the knowledge of poor financial returns, doesn’t discourage most people , however. "I tell people about all the effort involved in prospecting," Sauter says, "but when I ask them if they would still do it, they say ‘Yeah!’"

The Georgia Mining Association

2008-09-22T07:32:00.000-07:00

The Georgia Mining Association (GMA), founded in 1972, is a Georgia trade association dedicated to helping mining companies and allied trade members succeed, understand, comply and function in a complex business and regulatory world. The primary purpose of the Georgia Mining Association is to protect and promote the mining industry in the state.
The Georgia Mining Association monitors issues of concern and provides representation for its members at the state legislature and with various state and federal regulatory agencies. The Georgia Mining Association supports national mining initiatives.
The Georgia Mining Association provides information and education for its members and distributes information to the general public about the contribution of minerals and mining to our economy and well being. One of the Association’s primary functions is to promote and enhance the image of the mining industry.

The Georgia Mining Association works in cooperation with other state and national mining associations, natural resource trade associations and groups with similar interests and needs.

The Association serves the industry on a wide range of subjects through the expertise of its members. Many of the Association’s activities are conducted by various committees. The Association has active Associates. Committees within the Association are Health and Safety (including the Health and Safety of employees within the Association), Education, Membership and Legislative (including Environmental and Land Use and Political Action Committee).

Indiana’s coal

2008-09-22T07:22:00.000-07:00

Indiana’s coal is bituminous, or high-sulfur coal, and much of it is close enough to the surface that the state’s mining industry has been stripping it off for decades without resorting to underground mining. In 2004,

Indiana’s surface mines produced just over 25 million short tons and underground mines produced about 10 million short tons (a short ton equals 2,000 pounds). Underground mining in Indiana is growing, however, as 90 percent of Indiana’s remaining coal will be accessed by underground mining, according to the EIA’s summary of reported reserves. The 18 current underground production units, or sections, are expected to double within the next few years; nine new sections are expected to open in the next 12 months, based on industry reports to the Vincennes office of the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Indiana’s coal has a high sulfur content (which has a negative impact on air pollution standards), so it has been handicapped by competition from lower-sulfur, surface-mined coal from regions such as Wyoming’s Power River Basin. Emissions control regulations in recent years, however, have resulted in wider deployment of smokestack “scrubbers,” which allow use of high-sulfur coal without increasing harmful emissions. In addition, emerging technologies such as coal-to-liquids offer the promise of cleaner-burning fuels generated from Indiana’s coal. Industry officials believe that Indiana coal mining employment will grow significantly over the next few years and have expressed concerns about shortages of skilled workers—despite historical trends which depict coal mining as a declining industry (see

Hourly Wages for Washington Mining Workers, 1997

2008-09-22T07:19:00.000-07:00

Hourly Wages for Washington Mining Workers, 1997
Source: Washington Employment Security Department

The labor force in the mining sector is dominated by operatives and laborers. Common mining occupations within this group are mining machine and equipment operators, and truck drivers. Administrative and clerical and managerial occupations are also important in the mining sector.

Status of Mining in Washington

2008-09-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

Like many natural resource-based industries, mining holds an integral part in Washington’s history. Mining’s importance to the state’s economy, however, has declined in the second half of the 20th century. Mining employment and establishments have not kept pace with the overall growth in the Washington State economy. While overall employment in the state has more than tripled in 50 years, mining employment has remained relatively unchanged at around 3,400 workers. Mining employment declined during the 1950s and 1960s, but rebounded in the 1970s and 1980s. During the 1990s, employment in mining reached its post-World War II high with 3,700 workers. In 1998, employment for all mining in Washington stood at 3,250 workers. While mining employment has not grown relative to the state’s total, mining remains an important sector in parts of rural Washington.

Gold-mining industry

2008-09-17T01:03:00.000-07:00

The gold-mining industry has grown considerably, and it appeared to the writer that the present would be a propitious time to bring out some guides in order to understand gold prospecting and gold mining. What has been goal of the site is to make "Prospecting for Gold" a compendium, in especially concrete form, of useful information respecting the processes of winning from the soil and the after- treatment of gold and gold ores, including some original suggestions.

Practical information, original and selected, mining jobs are given to mining company directors, mine managers, mill operators, and prospectors. In each part, will be found a large number of useful hints on subjects directly and indirectly connected with the gold mining.

Mining engineers work

2008-09-16T01:17:00.000-07:00

* assess the viability of extraction
* plan and manage mining, quarrying or tunnelling operations, and take into account the geometry of the mine in relation to the deposits of mineral-bearing ore
* take responsibility for all aspects of the mine’s operation in relation to health, safety and the environment within and beyond the mine
* assess, predict and plan for the effect of market volatility on viability.

The gold mineralogy

2008-09-15T01:15:00.000-07:00

The gold mineralogy can offer the following variations:
* Gold occurrence, showings.
* Gold particle size and distribution.
* Type of gangue.
* Mineralogical association.
* Changes in mineral.
* Changes during the time.

Working on a mine

2008-09-14T01:00:00.000-07:00

Working on a mine site in the United States or elsewhere around the world can be physically demanding work, however the pay is excellent. If you are seriously considering obtaining work in the mining industry and have no previous mining experience, it is essential that you first obtain advice and instructions. For instance, does the job you want to work in require additional training or can you simply apply with your existing background and skills.

Seeking mine managers,

2008-09-13T00:36:00.000-07:00

Eagle Claw Gold Mining, LTD, a mine management company, is seeking mine managers and miners to work in Canada in Dawson City and the Carmacks area. For more information, please call our toll free number and leave your name and telephone number.
Ph: 1-866-439-0958

Mine safety training

2008-09-12T00:34:00.000-07:00

There is a great need for mine safety training. There are over 10,000 active mine sites with roughly 50,000 miners and well over 50,000 contractors in the USA. California has over 556 active mine sites with well over 2500 contractors and 2500 + miners. All are required to complete MSHA annual safety training and MSHA initial new hire training under MSHA 30 CFR Part 46,47,48 and 62. Mine operators and contractors serving the industry are still struggling to meet the requirements of MSHA training regulations.

Our online MSHA training is the only complete training system available in the USA! I invite you to consider providing our MSHA training to help the mine operators and contractors meet their training needs. By doing so you will enhance your community by provide world-class safety training for an often forgotten sector of business in California.

Looking for a job in Mining Engineering

2008-09-11T00:31:00.000-07:00

Looking for a job in Mining Engineering? Check out these great job search websites. Thousands of job opportunities and reseach for a new career! Includes job search websites from Australia and internationally
Mining Engineering Series includes positions that require primarily the application of professional knowledge of mining engineering. The work requires the ability to apply the principles of mathematics, chemistry, geology, physics, and engineering to mining technology.

It also requires general knowledge of construction and excavation methods, materials handling, and the processes involved in preparing mined materials for use. Mining engineer positions are concerned with the search for, efficient removal, and transportation of ore to the point of use; conservation and development of mineral lands, materials, and deposits; and the health and safety of mine workers.

Mining engineers

2008-09-10T00:28:00.000-07:00

Mining engineers play an important role in the planning, design and erection of new mines and the extension of existing mines. At working mines they plan, manage and control the mining activities. Mining-engineers are responsible for the effective management of the mine with special reference to 'profitability and the safety of the workers.
The requirements of the mining industry are of such a nature that mining engineers work together with geologists, mechanical, civil, electrical, metallurgical and industrial engineers.

Mining engineers are also involved in the research and development of new mining equipment and mining methods to enhance the profitability of the mines and to improve working conditions.

A third kind of gold mining

2008-09-09T00:05:00.000-07:00

Layers, or reefs, of quartz rock containing gold are found deep in the earth. Quartz is a hard, white rock. Deep shafts and drives had to be dug, and all the rock dug out had to be hoisted to the surface. Big engines hoisted lifts for the miners and buckets of gold from the shafts. A structure called a poppet head was built at the top of the shaft. A big wheel, called a gin wheel, at the top of the poppet head wound steel cable to hoist the buckets in and out of the shaft.

Innovative Job Match

2008-09-08T00:18:00.000-07:00

Innovative Job Match System lists the following:
# Geology Jobs
# Metallurgy & Mill Metallurgist Jobs
# Mining Engineer Jobs
# Mechanical Engineering Positions
# Accounting and Finance Work
# Mine Manager Employment
# Flotation & Grinding Operator Jobs
# Concentrator Manager Jobs
# Mine or Mill Maintenance Superintendent Jobs

Deep lead mining

2008-09-07T00:02:00.000-07:00

Another kind of gold mining was called deep lead mining. Underground gold deposits were called 'deep leads'.To dig underground, men dug holes called shafts about one metre square. They propped up the shafts with timber to stop them collapsing. At various depths they dug tunnels coming out from the downward shaft in order to look for leads. These tunnels were called drives. One man would work down in the shaft, shovelling dirt into a bucket, which was hoisted up by a second man. The buckets were hauled up using a windlass, which wound the rope around a log as the man turned a handle. Any dirt containing gold was called washing stuff because it had to be washed to separate the gold from the dirt.

The solitary gold miner

2008-09-06T01:53:00.000-07:00

Gold mining became increasingly more sophisticated. The solitary gold miner of the 1840s gave way to hundreds of miners toiling in deep hard rock mines, such as those found in Jackson and Grass Valley. In other areas, such as Malakoff Diggins, huge hydraulic hoses washed away entire mountainsides in the search for gold. In the flatlands, massive dredgers processed gravels from ancient riverbeds; evidence of this kind of mining can still be found, for example, in and around Folsom, where miles of dredger rockpiles still exist. Ore crushing went well beyond the simple arrastre with the proliferation of stamp mills large and small. The din of these machines could be overwhelming as they pounded quartz into fine rubble. One of the last working stamp mills is demonstrated annually at Founders’ Day in Georgetown, California.

Reed Gold and Copper Mining

2008-09-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

Following dissolution of the Reed Gold and Copper Mining Company, the property was split up and sold to several individuals. After the Civil War, however, William L. Hirst of Philadelphia succeeded in buying up all of the original John Reed Land and brought James P. Bruner from Philadelphia to conduct mining operations. In 1875 success was being reported, including the discovery of one nugget worth more than $2,000. During this period of ownership by Hirst and his son, Anthony, hydraulic mining was considered for the Dry Hollow (between Upper and Middle Hills), but the water to exploit these "rich alluvial deposits" was the major problem. Little Meadow Creek was virtually dry during parts of the year; and, though Rocky River and Buffalo Creek were potential water sources, necessary capital was not forthcoming to harness the power.

Jobs in mining

2008-09-01T06:29:00.000-07:00

The construction segment had the maximum share of 24.32 per cent in the total employment generation in the infrastructure sector. The number of job openings in the segment remained buoyant on account of a rise in the construction activities of different projects running under progress.
With metal prices going high in the recent times, the mining activities have gone up at an increased pace. The segment had the second largest share in the infrastructure sector job openings with a total of 3047 newly created jobs.

Energy, one of the key drivers of the infrastructure sector, had a share of 18.80 per cent with the number of job openings in the segment totalling to 2365. The scope of a healthy increase in the contribution of the segment towards the total job opportunities in the overall infrastructure sector remains robust as the sector seems to be one of the thrust areas for India Inc with huge investments lined up in the near future.
Despite being under tremendous pressure of the boiling fuel prices reflected in the losses of domestic airlines, the aviation sector had a share of 17.89 per cent in the infrastructure sector with 2251 number of job openings.

Mining is dangerous

2008-08-31T06:12:00.000-07:00

Descending into a small, cramped, lightless tunnel in close proximity to rock-crushing drills and powerful explosives - why would anyone call that dangerous? Seriously, mining does have a reputation for being hazardous to your health, but the truth is, with computers controlling risky operations and robots performing the most treacherous tasks, mining today is safer than ever. SMD's track record of 23 years without a fatality or serious injury - knock rock - is living testament to the care with which we approach safety. Hey, it's not flower-picking - then again, some of those flowers have bees in them!

Mining Job-functions of the ministry

2008-08-30T06:10:00.000-07:00

The purpose and functions of the ministry are, under the direction of the minister:
(a) to prepare and develop comprehensive policies on energy, mineral and petroleum resources in British Columbia, and to make reports and recommendations for their implementation;
(b) to initiate and carry out any investigation, research, study or inventory respecting mineral and petroleum resources, and on energy facilities and future requirements for British Columbia;

(c) to collect and circulate the information acquired;

(d) to administer Acts and regulations assigned to the minister under section 4, and discharge other duties assigned to the minister by the Lieutenant Governor in Council;

(e) to regulate all mining activity;

(f) to establish energy services for ministries of the government, and for that purpose to obtain from them information about their projects, programs and requirements involving energy.

Modern mining methods

2008-08-29T09:28:00.000-07:00

Modern mining methods, safety training and inspections in the mining industry have dramatically improved the safety record on the industry to the point where it is about equal to agriculture and the construction industry.
Although anthracite production experienced a dramatic decline after World War II, production has increased more than 150 percent since 1990 with a surge in new uses in cogeneration, industrial and residential heating.
Large scale underground mining of anthracite coal essentially ended in 1959 in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area as a result of the Knox Mine flood. In January of that year the Susquehanna River broke through and extensively flooded the underground anthracite mines in the region after a mine operator mined under the river.
The Susquehanna River literally disappeared into the mines at the break through point. The Lehigh Valley Railroad was relocated to move over 30 rail cars and 400 mine cars in to plug the hole caused by the break through.

Block cave mining

2008-08-29T06:05:00.000-07:00

In general terms block cave mining is characterized by caving and extraction from an underground draw point of a massive volume of rock. The withdrawal of the rock potentially translates into the formation of a surface depression (a subsidence zone) whose morphology depends on the characteristics of the mining, the rock mass, and the topography of the ground surface.

The long-term impact of the mine, then is an area of subsidence over the block caving cone. This area is in essence not accessible thereafter—it will be a moonscape of loose dry rock. That is why any “sustainable” development will have to be achieved by other means. The 2007 Sustainable Development Report is a fine document that provides no indication of how the caved-mine area will be dealt with in the long-term. The report does contain an enigmatic statement that waste will be dealt with at places already impacted by tailings and waste. Does that mean filling up the old pits in the surrounding neighborhood?