MINING.com Launch Issue Links & References

Articles

1. The Truth Behind Wages and How They Are Measured in the Mining Industry
2. The Changing Face of Education in Mining
3. From Mining Resources to Mining Networks: The New Challenge for Women in the Mining Industry
4. Financial Newsletter Reading by A Financial Newsletter Writer
5. Investors Beware!
6. Putting Numbers to Risk in Mineral Exploration
7. Getting A Currency Kick From Mining Investments
8. Finding Mining News On The Web
9. Mining From The Sky
10. YouTube, Wii and iTunes: The Technologies Mining Companies Should Pay Attention to
11. Young Mining Blogs
12. Barrick Gold Corporation
13. Mining uranium at Namibia’s Langer Heinrich Mine
14. Supplier: Columbia Steel Casting Co.
15. Mining the Web for Geosynthetics in Mining
16. Editorial Calendar
17. A Schedule of Blended Learning Courses for 2008
18. Coming Events

The Truth Behind Wages and How They Are Measured in the Mining Industry

• Salary.com
• Payscale.com
• JobStar
• TrueCareers
• WageWeb
• Salary.com
• CostMine
• Canadian Mine Wages, Salaries & Benefits 2007
• CorpWatch
• Soaring Executive Pay Attacked by Shareholder Activists
• Forbes
• Pay Survey
• Gap Between Canadian and U.S. Mine Salaries
• U.S. Coal Compensation Report 2006
• U.S. Aggregate Compensation Report 2007
• U.S. Metal & Industrial Mineral Mine Compensation 2006
• National Mining Association
• Mining salaries with general industry salaries
• HRxcellence

The Changing Face of Education in Mining

• MIHR, "Mining Industry Attraction, Recruitment & Retention Strategy (MARS) - Project Overview"
• McCarter, M.K. "Mining Faculty in the United States: current status and sustainability", Mining Engineering, SME,  September 2007
• UNSW, "Survey of Final Year Mining Engineering Students - 2006"
• Hebblewhite, B. "MTEC Mining Engineering Education Initiatives in Australia", SME Conference, Salt Lake City, 2005 (copy of paper)
• Federation of European Mining Programs - FEMP
• Globally Employable Mining Engineer - GEME
• Sandvick Group (Sandvik)
• UBC Certificate
• University of Missouri - Rolla.
• Graduate Diploma in Mine Ventilation (UNSW)
• EduMine

From Mining Resources to Mining Networks:
The New Challenge for Women in the Mining Industry

• Masters of Mining Engineering (MEng) at the University of British Columbia
  Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
• Inco
• Women Into Mining Jobs at Inco: Challenging the Gender Division of Labour
• Northern Freegold Resources Ltd.
• Brewery Creek
• Haywood Securities Inc.
• Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
• FIFO
• Women in Mining Community Portal
• University of Calgary
• NovaGold Resources Inc.
• Marcello Veiga
• Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (Canada)
• The Queensland Resources Council (QRC)
• APESMA Professional Women’s Network
• Women on Boards

Financial Newsletter Reading by A Financial Newsletter Writer

• The BarkerLetter
• Bob Bishop
• Brien Lundin
• Lawrence Roulston
• Jim Dines
• Gold companies
• Gold behaviour
• Amex
• Crystallex
• Jim Cramer

Investors Beware!

• Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
• John Allen Paulos
• InvestMine

Putting Numbers to Risk in Mineral Exploration

• Exploration and Mining Geology 5 - The Role of the Geologist in Exploration and Mining
• William C. Peters
• Canadian Shield
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• Cominco

Getting A Currency Kick From Mining Investments

• Gold
• Rand
• Renminbi
• U.S. Global Investors, Inc.

Finding Mining News On The Web

• Mineweb
• Infomine
• Feature Format
• Miningmx
• Gold Stocks
• Robert Scoble
• Commodity Prices
• News Aggregators
• Market Matters Radio
• Boardroomradio.Com
• Marius Kloppers,
• The Northern Miner
• Mining Journal
• International Mining
• Engineering Mining Journal
• Australia’s Paydirt
• Reuters
• Bloomberg
• New York Times
• Globe And Mail

Mining From The Sky

• CanDig
• Mini excavator
• Monroe, Utah
• Oil exploration in Chile
• Quartet Lakes
• Seismic exploration

YouTube, Wii and iTunes:
The Technologies Mining Companies Should Pay Attention to

• Sony Ericsson M2M Website
• Orange Developers Forum
• MSC
• MPC
• MCI - Provider of Business Internet Services
• Nework-i Provider of Business Internet Services
• ViStorm
• PTC Remote Management & Service
• Invisible Systems
• Cingular
• Servisional
• Telegesis
• Nucleus Data
• The Future of Wireless Machine-to-Machine Interfaces
• Development, demonstration and implementation of a virtual reality simulation capability for coal mining operations
• Innovations in mine planning and design utilizing collaborative immersive virtual reality (CIVR)

Young Mining Blogs

• BlogMine
• Mining Magazines and Journals
• International Mining Magazine
• Jack Caldwell's Blog
• Jenny's Blog (Studying Mining in Peru)
• Glenn Finlay's Blog
• Patrick Littlejohn's Blog
• UBC

Barrick Gold Corporation

• Barrick
• Goldstrike
• Tulawaka
• Lagunas Norte
• Veladero
• Donlin Creek Joint Venture
• Pascua Lama
• Pueblo Viejo
• NovaGold Resources Inc.
• Haywood Securities

Mining uranium at Namibia’s Langer Heinrich Mine

• Namibia the country
• The Langer Heinrich deposit
• Langer Heinrich (Official Site)
• Bushmen
• Kalahari
• Diogo Cao
• Deep Sea Mining and Exploration
• Diamond Mining
• Copper
• Lead
• Zinc
• Gold
• Uranium
• Uranium Prices
• Rossing Mine
• Namib-Naukluft National Park
• Paladin Resources
• Buyer's Guide
• Langer Heinrich's Operations

Supplier: Columbia Steel Casting Co.

• Columbia Steel Casting Co. Inc.
• Wear parts
• ConExpo/ConAgg

Mining the Web for Geosynthetics in Mining

• Books on Geosynthetics
• Construction Quality Assurance/Quality Control (CQA/QC) Manual
• Designing with Geosynthetics
• Geosynthetic (Definition)
• Geosynthetica.net
• Geosynthetics in Mining  (Technology review TechnoMine)
• International Association of Geosynthetic Installers
• International Geosynthetics Society
• InfoMine suppliers database

Editorial Calendar

• http://www.mining.com/issues/

A Schedule of Blended Learning Courses for 2008

• Understanding Corporate Financial Statements
• Valuation Of Mineral Projects
• Practical Geostatistics
• Haul Truck Life Cycle Management And Uptime Strategy
• Risk Based Decision Making in Mining
• Environmental Management of Cyanide in Mining
• Bring Your Own Geostatistics
• Understanding Corporate Financial Statements
• Valuation Of Mineral Projects
• Alain Duncan
• Prof. Dennis Buchanan
• Dr. Isobel Clark
• Michael Currie and James V. Reyes-Picknel
• Dr. Franco Oboni
• Dr. Terry Mudder
• Dr. Isobel Clark
• Alain Duncan
• Prof. Dennis Buchanan

Coming Events

Month	Country	Event Name
February 2008	South Africa:	Mining Indaba 2008 - Annual Conference for Natural Resources Professionals
	Sweden:	Conference on Minerals Engineering
	France:	Post Mining 2008
	South Africa:	Africa Mining 2008
	Israel:	Third Rough Diamond Conference
	U.K.:	CIS Metals Summit 2008
	U.S.:	Mining Equipment Auction - Phoenix, Arizona, USA
	Australia:	Exploration, Mining & Processing Fundamentals
	U.K.:	CIS Precious Metals Summit
	Canada:	Quantitative Methods for Mineral Exploration
	U.S.:	Mining Equipment Auction - Orlando, Florida, U.S.
	Australia:	Singleton Mining & Industry Expo
	Panama:	Mining for Success - Social Risks & Responsible Mining Practices
	Australia:	Heap Leaching Course
	India:	Aluminium India 2008
	U.S.:	2008 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit - New Challenges New Horizons
	Canada:	CIM/ICM Conference and Exhibition 2008
	South Africa:	International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing 2008
	Canada:	Maintenance Engineering - Mine Operator's Conference
	Poland:	IMF 2008 - International Mining Forum 2008
	Singapore:	Negotiating, Drafting And Managing Mining Contracts
	Australia:	Mining the South West
	U.S.	Mining Equipment Auction - Los Angeles, California, USA
	U.K.:	Mining Journal's 20:20 Investor series - Australia Day
	South Africa:	Design of Slurry Pipeline Systems
March 2008	Canada:	MINEAfrica - Promoting Mining Investment in Africa (Toronto, Canada)
	Canada:	PDAC 2008 - Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada International Trade Show & Investor's Exchange
	Mexico:	GeoAmericas 2008 - The First Pan American Geosynthetics Conference and Exhibition
	Australia:	2nd Annual Mine Machine Productivity
	U.S.:	Groundwater Pollution & Hydrology
	Bahrain:	GEO 2008 - 8th Middle East Geoscience Conference and Exhibition
	U.S.:	14th Bauxite and Alumina
	Australia:	Rock Dumps, Stockpiles and Heap Leach Pads 2008
	Australia:	Volcanology and Mineralisation in Volcanic Terranes
	Italy:	SAMOTER2008 - 27th International Earth-moving and Building Machinery Exhibition
	U.S.:	Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting
	U.S.:	GeoCongress 08 - "The Challenge of Sustainability in the GeoEnvironment"
	U.S.:	CONEXPO-CON/AGG
	China:	China Non-Metallic Minerals Exhibition & Conference 2008
	Australia:	11th Annual Global Iron Ore & Steel Forecast Conference
	U.S.:	16th Annual Coal Properties & Investment
	U.S.:	Mining Equipment Auction - Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
	Australia:	Paydirt's 2008 Uranium Conference
	Australia:	The Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES)
	Australia:	Resource Development in the North West & Kimberley Region
	U.S.:	21st Biennial Fairbanks Alaska Mining Conference
	Zambia:	Mine Closure Symposium and Workshop 2008
	Argentina:	Artificial Lift Systems
	Dominican Republic:	18th Caribbean Geological Conference 2008
	Russia:	SIBMETAL 2008
	Russia:	Mineral Wealth of Siberia .SIBMINING 2008
	Malaysia:	Rotating Equipment 2008
	Canada:	Mining Equipment Auction - Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada
	Canada:	Mining Equipment Auction - Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada
	Greece:	19th Industrial Minerals International Congress & Exhibition
	South Africa:	Ground Support Conference (JV with SANIRE)
April 2008	Canada:	Mining Equipment Auction - Strathmore, Alberta, Canada
	Australia:	Paydirt's 2008 Gold Conference
	U.K.:	Mining Journal's 20:20 Investor series - Silver Day
	Australia:	Construction & Mining Expo - CME 2008
	Singapore:	Asia Mining Congress 2008
	Chile:	7th World Copper Conference
	Singapore:	GEMMS - 3rd Annual Global Executive Mining & Maintenance Summit 2008
	Australia:	Brisbane International Mining & Engineering Expo 2008 - BRIMEX 2008
	Canada:	Calgary Resource Investment Conference
	Asutralia:	10th AusIMM Underground Operators Conference 2008 - "Boom and Beyond"
	Germany:	WFC10 - 10th World Filtration Congress
	Australia:	Underground Operators Conference 2008
	Chile:	ExpoMIN2008 - Encuentro de la Mineria Mundial en Chile
	Russia:	MiningWorld Russia 2008
	Canada:	Minerals North 2008: 20th Annual Conference
	Turkey:	Mining Turkey 2008
	Spain:	SMOPYC 2008 - 14th International Show of Public Works, Construction and Mining Machinery
	Spain:	Global Refining Strategies Summit 2008
	Chile:	AutoMining 2008 - I International Congress on Automation in the Mining Industry
	U.K.:	Mining Journal's 20:20 Investor series - Gold Day
	U.S.:	Progressing Cavity Pumps Conference
	U.S.:	The Remediation Course
	U.K.:	GeoDrilling 2008 incorporating Geothermal Live!
	Australia:	South Australian Resources & Energy Investment Conference 2008