BLOWING THINGS UP – and breaking barriers

They are each helping to shape the next chapter of mining, advancing the industry and improving safety. Meet Nicole Henderson and Katherine Harman in this issue’s Women in Mining spotlight. By Sara Arola Only a few jobs have the ability to shape a career; fewer careers have the power to define a life. Truly life-defining careers are those workers fully…

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Countdown in motion for SME/PCMIA in Steel City

Annual two-day event has a packed schedule of presentations on safety, engineering projects, critical minerals and more. By Donna Schmidt The Pittsburgh chapter of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America (PCMIA) are putting the final components in place for their annual joint meeting and conference, set for October 26-27 in…

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Skills gap getting wider?

The skills gap has been a long-standing issue in mining. Generational employment has lessened over decades and has left the industry in a competition like never before to gain and retain safe and productive hires. Beyond mining’s front lines, the outlook doesn’t improve. Many industry experts in niche areas – think ventilation, ground control, modeling and planning, processing, and more…

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T-minus four months to SME Denver 2023 

Preparations are continuing for the next Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration’s (SME) annual conference and exposition, set for February 26-March 1 in Denver, Colo. The MINEXCHANGE event, which will be paired again with the Colorado Mining Association’s (CMA) 125th National Western Mining Conference, will return to the Colorado Convention Center. North American Mining magazine and Rock Products magazine return…

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Registration open for SME/PCMIA 2022

The annual joint meeting of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Society for Metallurgy, Mining and Exploration (SME) and the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America (PCMIA) has set its dates for the 2022 meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., and has opened registrations for attendees. The event will return to the Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe in Canonsburg, just south of Pittsburgh, from…

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NAMVS 2023 dates released

The organizing committee of the upcoming 19th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium (NAMVS 2023), in collaboration with the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) and the South Dakota Mines, is pleased to announce that the NAMVS 2023 symposium will be held at South Dakota Mines in Rapid City, S.D., from June 17-22, 2023. More details are forthcoming.

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Spotlight from SME 2022: FLSmidth introduces pair of new products

FLSmidth used SME 2022 in its U.S. hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah, to introduce two new products in flotation optimization in March, the WEMCO II and REFLUX Cell (RFC). The WEMCO II flotation cell, the successor to the original WEMCO, features rotor and stator/hood optimizations for boosted power consumption, air flow and pumping. The new release’s design features full…

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