The Colorado Mining Association is asking the industry to save the date for the 124th National Western Mining Conference and Exhibition, set for June 8-10, 2022. The event will be held at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. More information is forthcoming.
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Mining Hall of Fame banquet set for October
The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum will induct its newest class during a special banquet and event set for Oct. 23 in Denver, Colo. The gathering will take place at the Westin Denver International Airport beginning at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Please note that the location has changed from prior announcements. This year’s inductees,…
Read MoreWyoming DEQ bestows reclamation award to Antelope Coal
In July, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality awarded its 2021 Excellence in Mining Reclamation award to Antelope Coal for its reclamation work to reconstruct Spring Creek, which neighbors the mine site near Douglas. The Antelope team, the agency said, reconstructed over 18,000 linear feet of Spring Creek, a tributary of Antelope Creek, to reconnect the two creeks. The work…
Read MoreVirtual reality hazard awareness training program developed
Underground and surface mines can be hazardous places, so when it comes to safety training in the mining profession, the old saying “practice makes perfect” holds true. To improve hazard safety instruction, a team at South Dakota Mines has spent the past year developing a virtual reality (VR) training module that mimics a mining environment.
Read MoreUArizona adds School of Mining and Mineral Resources
In June, the University of Arizona announced its new School of Mining and Mineral Resources, which will be jointly housed in the university’s College of Engineering and College of Science. Citing statistics from the World Bank, which estimated demand for copper could grow 200% by 2050 (Arizona produces 74% of the nation’s copper and is the sixth-largest copper producer in…
Read MoreRio, BYU partner for reclamation research
Rio Tinto’s Kennecott and one of the state’s schools, Brigham Young University, are collaborating together to look for ways to establish more sustainable reclamation techniques at the miner’s Bingham Canyon operation outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. In June 2020, students and professors from the BYU Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry broke…
Read MoreAdapting to the future
By Donna Schmidt Say what you want about the mining industry, it is nothing if not adaptable – be it to the market, the waves of technology and pressures of the future, cost changes, regulatory expectations and any other number of elements that play a role in the success or failure of any operation. This is also true – and…
Read MoreEnergy Fuels’ White Mesa sends rare earths to Estonia
Energy Fuels and Neo Performance Metals announced July 7 that they had launched the first commercial shipment of mixed rare earth carbonate from the former’s White Mesa mill in Utah to Neo’s Silmet separation facility in Sillamäe, Estonia.
Read MoreMandatory Vaccination Policies for Employees: What Can (and Should) We Do?
By Caroline J. Sundbaum and Willa B. Perlmutter, Stoel Rives LLP Just a few short months ago, we would have thought that COVID-19 was almost behind us and that it was only a matter of time before mine operators would no longer have to worry about the spread of the disease at their worksites. It looked like face masks and…
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