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In late January, the Buyer's Guide improved its popular Supplier search functionality by adding the ability for buyers to search catalogs and product lists. To date over 7,200 catalogs and over 20,400 product lists have been added.
Since its launch, the number of buyers conducting searches has increased from 50,000 buyers
per month to over 80,000 buyers per month. As a result, the number of buyer searches has increased from 40,000 searches per month to over 100,000 searches per month, resulting in the number of Buyer's Guide page views increasing
40% from 300,000 per month to over 500,000 page views per month.
In early June, the catalog and product list searches were further improved to benefit both our Featured Suppliers and
InfoMine subscribers. With this new search functionality, buyers continue to view our Featured Suppliers at the top of
all catalog and product list searches. All complimentary listings are now only available to InfoMine subscribers via
a hyperlink at the end of the search result. To view the new search result layout, try this catalog search for ball mills
in the United States.
To learn more about using the full power of these searches, please check out our "Searching for Suppliers" tour.
For buyers to be guided to your company when searching for the products or services you provide, it is necessary to
add your catalog and product or service list into our Buyer's Guide database. Please visit ABB's Featured Listing
for an example of how the catalog and product list is presented for one of InfoMine's clients. Please forward any
electronic catalogs and/or product lists (e.g. pdf, Word files, etc.) for your company, which InfoMine could add
to your complimentary listing. Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to email Greg Fenrick for further information.
Double Drum Blair Winder South Deep Mine, South Africa-By Siemag
SIEMAG built for Placer Dome Western Areas Joint Venture the Production Winder for the South Deep Mine as a large Blair double-drum rock winder. With a space requirement of 33 metres in length, a width of 11 metres, and a total machine weight of approx. 800 metric tons, this is probably the largest winder in the world.
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ToothMetrics - No more toothaches for your shovels!-Robin Atkins
ToothMetrics is a novel system for open-pit mining shovels and loaders that will be a painkiller for your toothaches, by diligently monitoring the condition of the bucket 24/7 for broken teeth and adapters, and alerting the machine operator immediately in the event of a missing tooth.
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Porgera (PNG), Sierrita (US) and Boroo (Mongolia) join the List of Mines with Site Enrollment
Porgera (Placer Dome) in Papua New Guinea, Sierrita (Phelps Dodge) in Arizona and Boroo (Centerra Gold) in Mongolia all signed up for EduMine Site Enrollment in June. Site enrollment provides unrestricted access for all mine personnel to the full range
of EduMine resources (online courses, tools and technical publications) for technical reference, self-learning and training.
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Learning Strategies Group to Partner with EduMine on Business Administration Courses
The Learning Strategies Group will partner with EduMine in the provision of online learning modules for LSG's Business Administration courses, with a focus on mining industry applications.
LSG is a division of Simon Fraser University's renowned Faculty of Business in Vancouver. It provides consultative training and development solutions to businesses and organizations. The learning modules will add significantly to
EduMine's online professional development resources for business applications in mining. A formal announcement will follow in July.
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Authors: David Evans of Ground Water International,
Henri Letient (Compania Minera Antamina) and Tom Aley (Ozark Underground Laboratories).
Karstic aquifers provide numerous challenges in the mining environment. This month's feature on HydroMine
presents the results of a detailed hydrogeological investigation carried out on the karst aquifer system at the Antamina mine site in Peru. The results were used to optimize waste rock management at the site to minimize potential impacts on groundwater resources.
The issues discussed are common to most mines in Peru developed in carbonate terrain.
A Mining Delicacy!
A man goes into a restaurant, sits down and starts reading the menu. The menu
says:
Broiled Accountant .95 per plate
Fried Engineer .95 per plate
Toasted Teacher .95 per plate
Grilled Geologist 2.95 per plate
The man calls a waiter over and asks "Hey, why does the Grilled Geologist cost
so much more?"
The waiter says, " Are you kidding? Do you know how hard it is
to clean one of them?!?!"!!!!!
If you have any humorous stories about mining or just want to inflict misery on our readers with jokes worse then mine, we would love to get your input. Please email the editor with the subject line marked "InfoMiner Jokes".
Have you ever visited a website that you know has been recently updated, only to find that your Internet Explorer web browser is still showing you the older version?
Here are a couple of things you can do to make sure you’re viewing fresh content. First of all, make sure your computer knows to look for new content every time you access a web page, and not simply load a cached version.
Open Internet Explorer, then on the menubar, click on Tools, then Internet Options. In the space marked “Temporary Internet Files,”
click on “settings.” There, you’ll see an option to have Internet Explorer check for a newer version of the web pages you visit every time you visit them.
This will ensure that what you’re looking at in your browser is the most up-to-date pages that have been put on the site. Click OK. To further improve your browsing, click on the two other buttons you see there,
“Delete Cookies” and “Delete Files.” This will clear your computer of a lot of unneeded files. And that’s it!
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Here's a sample of the information on "kimberlite" available on InfoMine.
This is just an example of how our search provides excellent and pertinent results for any topic you wish to explore.
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Louis XIV, of France bought the gem later known as the "Hope Diamond,"
in 1668, from a French Trader named, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
Tarvernier bought it from a French Trader, who was lost on a trading
trip and when his remains were found, the dogs were gnawing at
his bones. The 44.5 carat diamond had originally been stolen from
the Temple of Rama Sitra in Mandala, Burma, by an unknown thief.
This "blue" diamond weighed 112 carats. Louis purchased a total of twenty-two (22) diamonds from Tavernier, before his death. However, the king wanted to re-cut the blue diamond for more brilliance, which reduced it down to 67.50 carats. Louis had the gem cut into the shape of a heart for his mistress, Mme. de Montespan. She was accused of practicing black magic and the jewel was taken back to avoid attaching the stigma of her "crimes." Maria Antoinette, Louis wife, then wore the same diamond and was beheaded during the French Revolution in 1793.
 This
stone was stolen during the French Revolution, and was never recovered.
Although many think the Hope Diamond was cut from the "Blue Diamond
of the Crown" of Louis. After this, the diamond made its way to
Amsterdam (in 1830). A diamond cutter named Wilhelm Falls (or
Fals), recut it into a setting with its present oval shape, and
encircled it with smaller white diamonds and a diamond chain.
Wilhelm's son, Hendrick, stole the diamond and then hung himself
in guilt. The stone was returned to Wilhelm, who sold it to a
banker named Henry Phillip Hope. In 1830, this diamond fetched
the price of $90,000.00. The Hope family thought this diamond
was cursed because Thomas Henry Hope lost his fortune after inheriting
the stone. The necklace was given to his cousin, Lady Francis
Hope. Wilhelm's wife blamed the diamond for the failure of their
marriage. It was from its second faceter that the diamond was
named, "The Hope Diamond."
In 1904, French diamond broker, Jacques Colot, bought the diamond
and committed suicide in an asylum, after he sold it to a Russian
nobleman, Prince Kanilovsky, who in turn, gave it to his lover,
Mademoiselle Ladue, a Folies Bergeres actress. Later, he ended
up shooting Ladue and as he fled from the crime scene, he was
stabbed, to death, in the street.
 Merchant
Habib Bey wanted to sell the diamond, but he drowned before he
was paid. Simon Montharides, a Greek dealer sold the Hope, and
his carriage plunged off a cliff, killing himself, his wife, and
their child. In 1901, Abdul Hamid III, Sultan of Turkey, bought
the Hope Diamond and an uprising began in his sultanate and he
was de-throned.
Pierre Cartier, the famous broker of Cartier jewelers, bought
the Hope and sold it to Evalyn Walsh McLean for $40,000.00. Ms.
McLean was the daughter of a mining tycoon. She was said to have
been miserable for the rest of her life. Her eight year old son
was killed by a car, only one year after the purchase of the necklace.
After her son's untimely and tragic death, her husband, Ned McLean
(the publisher), took to drinking and died in an asylum. In 1946,
the couple's daughter took an overdose of sleeping pills and died.
After Evalyn Walsh McLean's death, the diamond was left to her
six grandchildren. Two years later, it was given to the Smithsonian
Institute, in Wshington, D.C. (USA) and it is encased in heavy
Plexiglas with a small viewing hole ... supposedly to protect
those who might view the cursed stone. Under long wave UV light
the gem is inert, but under short wave UV light it looks blue.
When the UV stimulation is removed, it glows red like a hot coal.
Even though Evalyn's grandchildren wanted to rid themselves of
the diamond, and its curse, it seems the diamond took yet another
victim. In 1967, one of Evalyn's granddaughters was found dead
after consuming alcohol and drugs. The Hope Diamond was said to
have cursed all who possessed it.
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