Technology Reviews

TechnoMine kept up the fast paced posting of at least one new Technology Review a week in the last month and more. If have not already done so, take a look at what we have to say about the news, views, and resources related to Due Diligence, Slurry Pipelines, Exploration, and Security.

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New Pages

With the addition to InfoMine of Western Cost Mine, TechnoMine has added a new page with the long name of MoneyTechMine. On this page you will find articles about money, cost, and engineering in the mining industry. Currently we survey mining executives' salaries, computer codes to calculate the cost of dealing with acid mine drainage, and the true cost of mine reclamation.

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New Sites

Coming up soon we add a new page on Cyanide in Mining. We are proud to announce the addition of the Cyanist website to the pages of TechnoMine. This makes it even easier for you to keep abreast of what's new and what is relevant in the field of cyanide use and management in the mining industry.

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Technology News

On each and every TechnoMine page we now feature news specific to the page's mining technology focus. Another part of our 24/7 approach to bringing you the latest in focused news from the world of mining. Also we have added a section "New on TechnoMine" where each day we post our pick of the papers, articles, reviews, and news that keeps you abreast of mining technology and engineering. GEO NEWS is the most popular of these.

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People on TechnoMine

Tim Vanderheide, a student at the University of British Columbia has joined us to expand our focus on acid mine drainage. See his two new pieces on ARD in South Korea and ARD: Virus Vs Bacteria. He promises a fresh new perspective on an age-old issue. more »

2006 Hard Rock Miners Technical Spanish Dictionary
- By Jack de la Vergne

This edition contains more than 22,000 practical technical words and phrases relevant to the extraction industries, mining and petroleum. The terms are identified by country usage and applicable discipline - from geology through metallurgy. It also includes a complete selection of business, accounting, environmental and computer science terminology required by technical people and others employed in exploration, development, construction and operations. more »

Making the Buyer's Guide Catalog Search work for you

The Buyer's Guide catalog search was launched on January 20, 2005, and has significantly added to the ease with which buyers find global mining suppliers. In the last three months alone, over 30,000 catalog searches have been conducted. Below is a simple example of how the catalog search can effectively narrow the list of suppliers with catalogs for the products or services you require.

For example, how would you use the catalog search to find underground loader suppliers in the United States? The primary options for searching are by "all words" and "exact phrase", with the search fields "at least one" and "without words" used to narrow the criteria. A search can be narrowed further by Region or Country. So, to find underground loader suppliers in the United States, "loaders" would be added to the "exact phrase" field, "underground" to the "at least one" field, and lastly, the country "United States" would be selected from the drop down menu. In this example, your catalog search fields should look like the following:

Please click try this search to see a live version of this search. To learn more about using the catalog search, please visit our catalog tour. Don't hesitate to contact Greg Fenrick, Lori Levesque or Carlos Obregon for a live demo.

A Question Of Dimension
- By Ashurst Whiteside

The Judge was at home, he, too had a mine:
The showings were good and the prospects were fine.
It was a hundred feet wide and the ore it would run,
One hundred dollars, in gold to the ton.

The judge slung at Jim a whole book of Geology,
But he tempered the same with efficient psychology,
For he filled the dutch oven with venison stew,
And he cooked up the beans, as only he could do.

There were faults and intrusions where the porphyry came through,
And flows and fragmentals, and "papylite" too.
When forth to the slaughter,he, the old master led,
After looking it over old Jim shook his head.

"Your stringer," say's he, "I've no doubt will run
But how much does this "papylite" go to the ton?
Your ore is alright if your assays aren't wrong,
While a hundred feet wide, it's but half an inch long.

Diavik
diavik.infomine.com

The Diavik mine is located about 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, NT, Canada, and 30 km from the Ekati Mine. The mine consists of 3 kimberlite pipes beneath Lac de Gras. Dikes had to be built around the pipes to drain the water above them.

The mine was commissioned in 2003 and reached full production in 2004. The expected mine life is 16 to 22 years.

The property consists of a total of 267,917 hectares (661,755 acres) of prospective lands surrounding the mine site.

Diavik is an unincorporated joint venture between Rio Tinto (60%) and Aber Diamonds (40%).Total employment is 700. Employees work two week rotation on a fly in / fly out basis. Diavik is an unincorporated joint venture between Rio Tinto (60%) and Aber Diamonds (40%).

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The Global Mining Summit, September 24-26 2006, Dallas Doral Tesoro, Dallas TX, USA

This summit will bring together leading mining service providers with senior decision makers to discuss the latest trends and developments. Over three days and two nights Global Mining 2006 will offer executives a unique opportunity to interact with other leading mining solution providers in a series of proactive one-to-one business meetings, conference presentations and informal networking in a professionally focused environment. In an era of constant economic change in global mining operations this innovative summit will facilitate the exploration of key concerns to those attending in the most effective format. more »

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Las Vegas Hard Assets Investment Conference, Wed. and Thurs., September 6-7, 2006

Profit-Building in a Perfect Storm

Gold, Silver, Metals and Energy Hit Highest Values in Decades

If ever there was a perfect time to rebalance your portfolio with hard commodities, this is it. The 13th annual Las Vegas Hard Assets Investment Conference, this year at the Mandalay Bay Resort, is a must-attend event for both experienced and new resource investors. Profit in the new economy as gold, silver metals and energy hit decade-highs and learn about new exploration and developing projects, fueled by rocketing resource prices.

Attend two full days of workshops, investment panels, market forecast seminars and executive presentations, all free with pre-registration. Hear keynotes Craig R. Smith, noted author on oil economics and gold investing, and John Dizard, weekly columnist for London's Financial Times and former gold bear turned bull.

Other featured Speakers include Pamela Aden, Robert Bishop, Adrian Day, James Dines, John Doody, Michael Economides, Peter Grandich, Elliott Gue, Frank Holmes, Ian McAvity, David Morgan, Lawrence Roulston, Howard Ruff, Rick Rule, Richard Sachs, Jay Taylor and James Turk.

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