Mining Engineering January-December 2009: Vol 61 Index

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MINING ENGINEERING INDEX TO VOLUME 61
January-December 2063
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Feature Articles, Technical Papers, Industry Newswatch, News Briefs, Technology News
Washington Survey, The Drift of Things and New Media
* Denotes feature article or technical paper
A Rio Tinto Alcan gets loan for AP50 pilot Arizona
Abandoned mines plant Jun 18 250 expected to be hired at Freeport-
Gob seals - an effective alternative to Amarc Resources McMoRan’s Miami Copper mine
structural seals* Nov 36 Canadian companies make their pitch Dec 16
ABB at PDAC Apr 22 Caterpillar celebrates its official launch
ABB wins order to supply new copper Ambatovy of the F series trucks* Dec 34
mine with $28 million in drive Sherritt International and Ambatovy Chevron Mining donates land for
systems May 13 close in on $4.5 billion nickel deal Navajo Code Talkers museum
Accelerated weathering of limestone for Jul 16 Sep 13
CO2 mitigation: opportunities for the American Clean Energy and Security Act Desert tortoises could halt more than
stone and cement industries* Feb 27 U.S. House passes climate change 1,000 mining claims Oct 13
Accounting legislation bill Aug 6 Freeport-McMoRan finds new way to
Practical challenges for the mine: American Energy Corp. put waste oil to use* Jan 45
precious metals accounting and Fire brigade training conducted by Asarco
reconciliation* Oct 17 Murray Energy Oct 29 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocks
Africa Ampla Plant Metal Accounting Asarco’s land swap with BLM Oct 6
AngloGold to team up with De Beers Ampla’s Plant Metal Accounting V 1.0 Asian Mining
in offshore venture Nov 14 is released* May 73 Impact of China on drilling grade
Diamond market might shine again Analysis of seismic signatures from gas- barite* Jul 25
sooner than later May 10 and dust-based explosions at the Lake Assessment of engineering noise controls
Freeport-McMoRan producing metal at Lynn Experimental Mine* Jun 91 at a talc processing plant* Apr 70
Tenke Fungurume Dec 12 Arglo American Atlas Copco
Tenke-Fungurume copper mine $59 million approved for work at Continuous improvement and
production is progressing well Pebble Project in 2009 May 9 teamwork are the keys to success
Jul 15 AngloGold to team up with De Beers at Phoenix Mine* Apr 34
Value of diamond deals declined 73 in offshore venture Nov 14 ATW Gold
percent in 2008 Aug 13 Pebble Project moves forward after Kinbauri Gold and ATW Gold to merge
Aggregates election victory* Jan 38 Aug 12
NSSGA creates greenhouse gas Xstrata, Anglo American discuss Australia
protocol for aggregates Feb 14 possible merger Jul 11 BHP Billiton cuts jobs, closes mine in
Alaska AngloGoid Ashanti Australia Mar 15
$59 million approved for work at AngloGold to team up with De Beers BHP ends its bid for Rio Tinto Jan 12
Pebble Project in 2009 May 9 in offshore venture Nov 14 Cameco opens office in Perth to
NovaGold suspends operations at Eldorado Gold completes sale of San advance plans at Kintyre deposit
Rock Creek Mine Jan 18 Bento gold mine Jan 24 May 9
Pebble Project moves forward after Newmont raises $1.56 billion to China detains Rio Tinto executive on
election victory* Jan 38 purchase controlling stake in spying charges Aug 11
Red Dog Mine could expand soon Nov Boddington gold mine Mar 16 China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining acquires
10 Annual Review Australia’s Felix Resources for
Supreme Court listens to Kensington Coal Review* May 50 $3.5 billion Sep 14
gold mine case Feb 10 Mining Review* May 23 Eldorado to buy Sino Gold for $2
U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for Antofagasta Pic billion Oct 15
Kensington gold mine Jul 12 Production down, costs are up at FerrAus to assume control of the Silver
Albanese, Tom Antofagasta Sep 11 Swan North project Aug 12
Mining greats to be honored at 27th Apodaca, L.E. Leica Geosystems expands with
annual American Mining Hall of Bromine - a look at 2008 activity Jul 32 acquisition of Rinex Technology
Fame Awards Banquet* Nov 32 Industrial Minerals Jun 61 Feb 37
Newmont raises $1.56 billion to
Alcoa Appalachia
Alcoa weighs in on climate change Hold on mining permits could lead to purchase controlling stake in
legislation Mar 13 massive job losses, NMA warns Boddington gold mine Mar 16
More jobs lost because of slumping May 8 Olympaivcai lDabalme beyx pmainds-i2o0n1 0s tSudeyp t8o be
Alliance eRceosnooumryc esF ebLt d2.3 AquSaoruituhs APflraitciannu mP latinum mine restart Peabody cuts Powder River Basin coal
Australian Environment Minister might be a year away Aug 14 pinr oAduuscttriaolnia, FReiob T1i8n to scales back
approves country’s fourth Arch Coal
Third quarter earnings strong for
uranium mine Aug 19 Arch Coal acquires Jacobs Ranch mine Newmont Mining Dec 10
AlpAhlap hNaa tuNraatlu raRle stoou rbcueys Foundation Coal Cleanf rcooma l Riroe sTeianrtcoh Agpert s8 a boost from AustAruasltiraanl iaMni nEinnvgi ronment Minister
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Sep 15 Barrick Gold’s Pascua-Lama gold silver
purchase of Henty gold mine from
Aluminum project finally a go Jun 4 Barrick Aug 19
Chinalco plans to invest nearly $20 Barrick moves closer to production at Boddington gold mine moves closer to
billion into Rio Tinto Mar 11 Pascua-Lama gold project Apr 26 production* May 18
Flooding at Rusal power plant could Barrick to sell 25 percent of Pascua- Realistic simulation accelerates safety
cost company 500 kt of aluminum Lama output Oct 10 evaluation of mine designs* Aug 17
Sep 13 Automation
Caterpillar celebrates its official launch
of the F series trucks* Dec 34
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B BHP seeks environmental approval for Bray, E.L.
Bailly, Paul, A. iron expansion Jul 8 Industrial Minerals Jun 35
National Mining Hall of Fame to honor Olympic Dam expansion study to be Brazil
five during 22nd ceremony* Aug 24 available by mid-2010 Sep 8 CVRD president turns to government
Opposition to Rio Tinto-BHP Billiton to ease labor laws Jan 21
BanBka nokf Aomf eArmiecrai ca to cut lending to coal deal lining up Jul 10 Rio Tinto sells mine to Vale Mar 12
Rio Tinto scraps deal with Chinalco; Terex drill carousel innovation spurred
companies Jan 16 partners with BHP Jul 8 by customer need* Nov 21
Barite
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Kennecott discovers massive Brookwood-Sago
Barrick Gold announces bought deal
molybdenum deposit Nov 10 MSHA awards $500,000 in Brookwood-
increased to $3.5 billion to meet BioteQ Sago mine safety grants to six
investor demand Oct 20 Metals recovered from mine water institutions Oct 14
Barrick Gold's Pascua-Lama gold silver provide new revenue stream*
project finally a go Jun 4 Oct 22 BucByurcuysr us introduces HydraCrowd
Barrick moves closer to production at BLM technology Mar 36
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Barrick to sell 25 percent of Pascua- Oct 6 Improved Bucyrus Vers-A-Trac for
Lama output Oct 10 American coal mines honored by the longwall mining Jan 39
Barrick’s Zaldivar Mine gets a dome Department of the Interior Dec 14 Burdisso, R.A.
cover over its stockpile* Aug 20
Bendigo Mining growing with Coeur d’Alene plans to expand Nevada Noise source identification on a
purchase of Henty gold mine from silver mine Nov 12 horizontal vibrating screen Jul 47
Barrick Aug 19 Bluhm, B. Bush administration
Judge refuses to halt Nevada gold Advanced safety brakes are critical to Court refuses to overturn Bush-era
mine Mar 14 dragline and shovel performance mountaintop removal mining rule
Barrick’s Zaldivar Mine gets a dome cover Jul 35 Sep 7
over its stockpile* Aug 20 Boart Longyear EPA plans to reconsider carbon
Barriers Boart Longyear 4200 surface drill emissions policy Nov 8
Stability analysis of barriers protecting features improved safety Jan 46 FutureGen back on track with funding
underground mine entries in coal Boart Longyear coring bits pass field from DOE Jul 14
Base metsalulrsr y impoundments* Mar 37 Minintges t grAepart s2 7t o be honored at 27th Obamoan paodlmairn ibsetarra tiroulni ngs idJeusn w1i2t h Bush
annual American Mining Hall of
Measuring carbon emissions from Fame Awards Banquet* Nov 32 Cc
base metal mine sites* Apr 29 Boddington gold mine
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and gold acquisitions Jun 16 Newmont raises $1.56 billion to ores in mining and processing
Stagnant industry cannot keep purchase controlling stake in operations Oct 25
t1h5 ousands away from PDAC* Apr Third Boqduadritnegrt oena rngionlgds msitnreo ngM arfo r1 6 CaldAecicreal,e rKa.t ed weathering of limestone
Bauer, E.R. Newmont Mining Dec 10 for CO2 mitigation: opportunities
Update on refuge alternatives: Bolen, W.P. for the stone and cement
research, recommendations and Industrial Minerals Jun 62 industries Feb 27
underground deployment Dec 51 Bolivia California
Bauxite and alumina Plans for lithium mine in Bolivia New Gold completes merger with
Industrial Minerals* Jun 35 submitted by France’s Bolloré Western Goldfields Jul 16
Bealko, S. Oct 8 Rare earths mine to come back on line
Mining haul truck cab noise: an Bollore to fuel green cars Oct 8
evaluation of three acoustical Plans for lithium mine in Bolivia Calizaya, F.
environments Oct 36 submitted by France's Bolloré Computational fluid dynamics study
Bear Run Mine Oct 8 on hot spot location in longwall
Peabody announces long-term supply gob Aug 36
Bond, Christopher
agreement and new mine in Four amendments before U.S. Senate Utilization of belt air to ventilate
Indiana Apr 8 will control energy costs, protect working sections in underground
Beck Arndt Engineering* Aug 17 coal mines Apr 77
coal jobs May 16
Realistic simulation accelerates safety Callie gold mine
evaluation of mine designs* Aug 17 BoraIntdeuss trial Minerals* Jun 36 Boddington gold mine moves closer to
Behre Dolbear Group Botswana production* May 18
United States ranks fourth in countries Diamond market might shine again Camargo, H.E.
to invest; but scores low in Noise source identification on a
sooner than later May 10
permitting Mar 9 Bowman, Allan B. horizontal vibrating screen Jul 47
Belt air* Mining greats to be honored at 27th Cameco
Utilization of belt air to ventilate annual American Mining Hall of Cameco opens office in Perth to
working sections in underground Fame Awards Banquet* Nov 32 advance plans at Kintyre deposit
coal mines* Apr 77 Boxer, Barbara May 9
Bendigo Mining Clean water bill could hurt economic Cameco to defer some uranium
Bendigo Mining growing with projects Jun 8 projects Jan 35
BHP BillBpiautrrornci hcak seA ugof 1H9e nty gold mine from BoycPee,a bGo.dHy. cuts Powder River Basin coal Camecaporrr’oescs etseI dnsaJku il d eu1sr7p aintieu mK apzrAotjeocmtP rom
production, Rio Tinto scaies back
BHP Billiton cuts jobs, closes mine in in Australia Feb 18 Production resumes at Port Hope plant
Australia Mar 15 Jul 17
Braden, William
BHP ends its bid for Rio Tinto Jan 12
National Mining Hall of Fame to honor
five during 22nd ceremony* Aug 24
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Canada Caspiche Mine Eldorado to buy Sino Gold for $2
ABB wins order to supply new copper Exeter’s Caspiche Mine in Chile is billion Oct 15
mine with $28 million in drive proving to be one of the largest Impact of China on drilling grade
systems May 13 finds inn recent history Oct 20 barite* Jul 25
Hostile takeover bid halted by Ontario Caterpillar Investor demand and China jewelry
court Mar 16 Caterpillar celebrates its official launch market could spark a platinum
New mining law in Ecuador draws of the F series trucks* Dec 34 recovery Aug 14
praise from Canadian miners Mar Caterpillar introduces new ground- Rare earths mine to come back on line
12 engaging tools Apr 33 to fuel green cars Oct 8
Value of diamond deals declined 73 Caterpillar sees signs of change in the Rio Tinto receives credit offer from
percent in 2008 Aug 13 next 18 months Apr 11 China’s Exim bank Apr 13
Canadian Mining Caterpillar to cut executive pay Feb 23 Rio Tinto scraps deal with Chinalco;
Barrick moves closer to production at Mining greats to be honored at 27th partners with BHP Jul 8
Pascua-Lama gold project Apr 26 annual American Mining Hall of Tensions mount with arrest of four Rio
Boart Longyear coring bits pass field Fame Awards Banquet* Nov 32 Tinto employees Sep 14
test Apr 27 Cecala, A.B. China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corp.
Cameco to defer some uranium Laboratory investigation of enclosed Chinese to invest $400 million in copper/
projects Jan 35 cab filtration system performance cobalt project in Zambia Jul 15
Canadian companies make their pitch factors Jan 48 Chinalco
at PDAC Apr 22 Cement Chinalco plans to invest nearly $20
Fraser Institute predicts a tough year Industrial Minerals* Jun 37 billion into Rio Tinto Mar 11
ahead for mining industry Apr 24 Chapman, M.C. Rio Tinto receives credit offer from
Global economic woes hit Canadian Analysis of seismic signatures from China’s Exim bank Apr 13
mining hard* Jan 28 gas- and dust-based explosions at Rio Tinto scraps deal with Chinalco;
HudBay agrees to buy Lundin Mining the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine partners with BHP Jul 8
Jan 37 Jun 91 Chu, Steven
Ivanhoe announces new discovery at Chauhan, M. FutureGen back on track with funding
Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia Industrial Minerals Jun 70 from DOE Jul 14
Jan 34 Chavez, Hugo Obama administration throws its
Metals Economics Group releases Chavez threatens to seize gold support behind FutureGen Jul 4
exploration survey for PDAC Apr 20 concessions in Venezuela Mar 12 Obama names mining- and energy-
Minefinders pours its first gold dore Rusoro Launches hostile bid for Gold related Cabinet members Jan 4
from Dolores Mine Jan 34 Reserve Jan 24 U.S. Department of Energy will spend
Mining Association of Canada signs Venezuela seizes Gold Reserves’ Brisas $2.4 billion on carbon capture and
memorandum with Assembly of del Cuyuni project Dec 19 storage* Jul 7
First Nations Apr 25 Chemical-related injuries and illnesses in Clean Air Act
Stagnant industry cannot keep thousands U.S. mining* Jul 41 EPA plans to reconsider carbon
away from PDAC* Apr 15 Chevron Mining emissions policy Nov 8
Teck invites pension funds to purchase Chevron Mining donates land for High efficiency cartridge dust collectors
stake in coal unit Apr 26 Navajo Code Talkers museum slash emissions, save water and
Vale Inco to construct a commercial Sep 13 energy for major mine Dec 30
Jhaynd r3o7m et plant at Voisey’s Bay ChilBea rrick Gold’s Pascua-Lama gold silver CleaCnl eacno alc oal facility could be headed for
War gEaegrlmea ntoi usma mpJlaen 3fl5y ash for project finally a go Jun 4 Wyoming Jun 30
Canadian oil sands Barrick moves closer to production at Cleanc oCmoeasl Ptoo wae rs ucIcneitsisaftuivle epnrdo jeFcetb 10
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Carbon capture Barrick’s Zaldivar Mine gets a dome Jan 13
U.S. Department of Energy will spend cover over its stockpile* Aug 20 Economic stimulus bill includes
$2.4 billion on carbon capture and billions for clean coal Mar 9
Caterpillar celebrates its official launch
storage* Jul 7 GE, University of Wyoming reach
of the F series trucks* Dec 34
Western governors voice support for Exeter’s Caspiche Mine in Chile is clean coal agreement Jan 14
cOabrabmoan cAapprt u7r e storage in letter to fpirnodvsi nign rteoc ebnet ohnies toofr yt hOec tl a2r0g est CleaEnP AW atto erre vAicetw 79 mountaintop mining
Carbon emissions Production down, costs are up at permits Oct 6
EPA plans to reconsider carbon Antofagasta Sep 11 Mountaintop mining restrictions
emissions policy Nov 8 China reversed by appeals court Mar 14
Measuring carbon emissions from China detains Rio Tinto executive on West Virginia governor meets with
base metal mine sites* Apr 29 spying charges Aug 11 EPA to discuss mountaintop
Carbon sequestration China remains No. 1 gold producer mining Jun 8
Accelerated weathering of limestone Mar 16 Clean Water Restoration Act
for CO2 mitigation: opportunities China’s copper imports surge in Clean water bill could hurt economic
for the stone and cement February Apr 13 projects Jun 8
industries* Feb 27 China’s Hunan Valin strikes a deal with CLEAR Act
Benefits of carbon capture Fortescue Apr 13 CLEAR Act could be devastating to
technologies are highlighted in China’s restrictions of rare earths uranium mining Oct 11
new report Sep 7 exports aids Mountain Pass Oct 4 Cleveland-Cliff's
DOE partnership begins carbon ~ China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining acquires Magnetic liners increase productivity,
dioxide injection tests in Michigan Australia’s Felix Resources for reduce energy consumption in
Apr 12 $3.5 billion Sep 14 iron ore grinding mills Dec 28
University of Utah and Headwaters China, Papua New Guinea to Climate change
team up on carbon sequestration cooperate on joint project Dec 18 Alcoa weighs in on climate change
project Apr 12 Chinese to invest $400 million in legislation Mar 13
Casey, Robert copper/cobalt project in Zambia Electricity and circulation fluidized bed
Four amendments before U.S. Senate Jul 15 power technology* Jiin 20
will control energy costs, protect Despite lagging profits, Grupo Mexico SME should be involved in the future
coal jobs May 16 remains positive about copper of energy Jun 6
Sep 11 U.S. Chamber of Commerce proposes
trial on global warming Oct 6
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U.S. Department of Energy will spend West Virginia University receives $1 Update on refuge alternatives:
$2.4 billion on carbon capture and million donation from Robert research, recommendations and
storage* Jul 7 Murray Nov 12 underground deployment* Dec 51
U.S. House passes climate change World coal consumption predicted to Western Business Roundtable warns
legislation bill Aug 6 surge by nearly 50 percent Jul 7 of looming energy troubles Dec 8
West would pay dearly for governor's Coal Ash Reclamation, Environment and Congress and coal producers seek
climate plan Apr 4 Safety Act of 2009 solution to backlog of coal mining
Climax Mine Environmental Protection Agency will permits* Jul 7
National Mining Hall of Fame celebrates begin regulating coal combustion Congressional Western Caucus
the Class of 2009 Dec 39 waste Apr 7 West would pay dearly for governor's
Plans to reopen Climax Mine remain Coal mining climate plan Apr 4
on hold Sep 10 Bucyrus introduces HydraCrowd Conoco-Phillips
co2 technology Mar 36 Peabody Energy, Conoco-Phillips
Accelerated weathering of limestone Bucyrus PMC family of controls offers choose Central City, KY for coal-
for CO2 mitigation: opportunities longwall integration Jun 31 to-gas facility Jan 16
for the stone and cement Clean coal facility could be headed for Consol Energy
industries* Feb 27 Wyoming Jun 30 High speed communications in harsh
Coal Electricity and circulation fluidized bed environments Feb 36
Alpha Natural to buy Foundation Coal power technology* Jun 20 Construction aggregates
for $1.4 billion Jun 10 EPA vetos previously issued surface Industrial Minerals* Jun 39
Arch Coal acquires Jacobs Ranch mine mining permit Nov 13 Continuous improvement and teamwork
from Rio Tinto Apr 8 Frictional ignitions in underground are the keys to success at Phoenix
Bank of America to cut lending to coal bituminous coal operations 1983
Mine* Apr 34
companies Jan 16 to 2005* Aug 28 Controlling dust exposures in longwall
Clean coal research gets a boost from Coal permits mining utilizing a simple barrier* Dec 58
Peabody Energy and Arch Coal Hold on mining permits could lead to
Jan 13 massive job losses, NMA warns Conveyor
Increasing Kaltim Prima Coal overland
Coal Review* May 50 May 8 conveyor speed to 8.5 m/sec (28
Coal use for electricity predicted to Coal-to-liquid fuels
ft/sec)* Mar 23
Congrienscrse aasned Mcaoyal 1p6r oducers seek Peabocdhyo osEen erCgeyn,tr aClo nCoictoy,- PKhYil lfiorp sc oal- Cook, R.E.
solution to backlog of coal mining to-gas facility Jan 16 Mining for operational excellence Nov 26
permits Nov 8 Cobalt Copper
EPA decision to review mining permits 250 expected to be hired at Freeport-
Chinese to invest $400 million in copper/
is “playing with people’s lives” cobalt project in Zambia Jul 15 McMoRan’s Miami Copper mine
Nov 8 Tenke-Fungurume copper mine Dec 16
Four amendments before U.S. Senate production is progressing well 9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocks
wciolail cjoonbtsr olM aeyn e1r6g y costs, protect Coeur dJ’uAll e1n5e AOscatr c6o ’s land swap with BLM
Increasing Kaltim Prima Coal overland ABB wins order to supply new copper
conveyor speed to 8.5 m/sec (28 Coeurs ildv’eAr lemnien e plNaonvs t1o2 expand Nevada mine with $28 million in drive
ft/sec)* Mar 23 systems May 13
U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for
Industry experts expect Wyoming's Kensington gold mine Jul 12 China’s copper imports surge in
coal production to remain stable Colorado February Apr 13
in 2009 Jan 26 Chinalco plans to invest nearly $20
Obama names mining- and energy- Colorado Supreme Court sets aside billion into Rio Tinto Mar 11
related Cabinet members Jan 4 Summit County cyanide ban Feb 20 Chinese to invest $400 million in
Metals recovered from mine water
Otter Creek coal tracts could net $1.4 copper/cobalt project in Zambia
billion for Montana schools May 15 Opcrto vi2d2 e new revenue stream* Jul 15
Peabody announces long-term supply National Mining Hall of Fame celebrates Despite lagging profits, Grupo Mexico
agreement and new mine in the Class of 2009 Dec 39 remains positive about copper
Indiana Apr 8 Sep 11
Peabody cuts Powder River Basin coal Plans to reopen Climax Mine remain Exeter’s Caspiche Mine in Chile is
pinr oAduuscttriaolnia, FReiob T1i8n to scales back Uranionu m homlidl l Sienp Co1l0 orado clears local fpirnodvsi nign rteoc ebnet ohnies toofr yt hOec tl a2r0g est
hurdles Dec 20
Peabody Energy completes agreement Colorado Mining Association Freeport-McMoRan producing metal at
for joint venture in Mongolia Jun 14 Tenke Fungurume Dec 12
Peabody Energy, Conoco-Phillips Colorado Supreme Court sets aside Ivanhoe announces new discovery at
choose Central City, KY for coal- Summit County cyanide ban Feb 20 Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia
to-gas facility Jan 16 Stewardship, sustainability theme of Jan 34
Portal 31 coal mine gets a second life SME Annual Meeting* May 61 Kennecott discovers massive
Nov 12 Colorado Supreme Court molybdenum deposit Nov 10
Stability analysis of barriers protecting Colorado Supreme Court sets aside Mongolian parliament will allow
underground mine entries in coal Summit County cyanide ban Feb 20 government freedom to
slurry impoundments* Mar 37 Combining for strength: an integrated renegotiate terms of Oyu Tolgoi
Teck invites pension funds to purchase approach to water and mine waste* project Aug 9
stake in coal unit Apr 26 Aug 22 Oyu Toigoi investment agreement
U.S. coal production reached another Common clay could be completed soon Jun 14
record last year May 4 Industrial Minerals* Jun 38 Pebble Project moves forward after
Ukraine-based Metinvest buys United Computational fluid dynamics study on election victory* Jan 38
Coal Jun 10 hot spot location in longwall gob* Aug Production down, costs are up at
Update on refuge alternatives: 36 Antofagasta Sep 11
research, recommendations and Cone crusher Tenke-Fungurume copper mine
underground deployment* Dec 51 FLSmidth introduces world’s largest production is progressing well
Utilization of belt air to ventilate cone crusher Nov 25 Jul 15
working sections in underground Congo Cortez Hills
coal mines* Apr 77 Freeport-McMoRan producing metal at Judge reftises to halt Nevada gold
West Virginia governor meets with Tenke Fungurume Dec 12 mine Mar 14
EPA to discuss mountaintop Congress Couer Alaska Inc.
mining Jun 8 Office of Surface Mining announces Supreme Court listens to Kensington
the availability of more than $298 gold mine case Feb 10
million Feb 10
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Courtney, A. Dimension stone Drilling
When ignorance meets greed: Industrial Minerals* Jun 42 Continuous improvement and
welcome to the new mining law Do light-emitting diode cap lamps enable teamwork are the keys to success
Feb 8 improvements in miner safety?* Oct 43 at Phoenix Mine* Apr 34
Cover design DOE Terex drill carousel innovation spurred
Proceedings of Elko 2009: mine closure Clean Coal Power Initiative project by customer need* Nov 21
and cover design* Jul 37 comes to a successful end Feb 10 Duluth Metals Ltd.
CPM Group Computer models help green up New Minnesota mining projects
Silver study predicts increased power Dec 18 remain on track despite economy*
production and demand in 2009 Department of Energy training Jul 29
Jun 17 programs receive Senate approval Durbin, Richard
Crangle, R.D. May 8 Congress and coal producers seek
Industrial Minerals Jun 41 DOE partnership begins carbon solution to backlog of coal mining
Crowson, P. dioxide injection tests in Michigan permits* Jul 7
Trends in minerals exploration activity Apr 12 Sen. Durbin looks for FutureGen
Nov 19 Electricity and circulation fluidized bed commitment from Obama
Crushing power technology* Jun 20 administration Jan 10
Improving storage and handling of Energy Fuels announces additional Dust collection
ores in mining and processing DOE lease acquisitions Sep 15 High efficiency cartridge dust
operations* Oct 25 FutureGen back on track with funding collectors slash emissions, save
Crystallex Int. Corp. from DOE Jul 14 water and energy for major mine
Chavez threatens to seize gold Obama administration throws its Dec 30
concessions in Venezuela Mar 12 support behind FutureGen Jul 4 Dust control
CVRD U.S. Department of Energy will spend Controlling dust exposures in longwall
CVRD president turns to government $2.4 billion on carbon capture and mining utilizing a simple barrier*
to ease labor laws Jan 21 storage* Jul 7 Dec 58
Cyanide ban Where to store nuclear waste now that
Colorado Supreme Court sets aside Obama kills Yucca Mountain Oct 4 E
Summit County cyanide ban Feb 20 DollIenyd,u stT.rPi.a l Minerals Jun 53 E-books
Dolores Mine Stewardship, sustainability theme of
D Minefinders pours its first gold dore SME Annual Meeting* May 61
Davis, A. from Dolores Mine Jan 34 Economics
Post-closure flooding of the Dragline Bank of America to cut lending to coal
Homestake Mine at Lead, South Advanced safety brakes are critical to companies Jan 16
Dakota Mar 43 dragline and shovel performance Financial report finds 2008 was good
De Beers Jul 35 for the top 40 mining companies
AngloGold to team up with De Beers Drake, P.L. Aug 8
in offshore venture Nov 14 Chemical-related injuries and illnesses Mining industry contributes millions of
Diamond market might shine again in U.S. mining Jul 41 dollars to economy Mar 9
sooner than later May 10 Drift of Things Economy
Debswana 2008 planned exploration spending Barrick reports $5.4 billion loss Dec 10
Diamond market might shine again increases 26 percent May 4 Caterpillar sees signs of change in the
sooner than later May 10 A few exploration projects are still next 18 months Apr 11
Democratic Republic of Congo going forward Jan 4 Caterpillar to cut executive pay Feb 23
Tenke-Fungurume copper mine Barrick Gold’s Pascua-Lama gold Diamond market might shine again
sooner than later May 10
production is progressing well silver-project finally a go Jun 4
Jul 15 China’s restrictions of rare earths GM bankruptcy could hurt Stillwater
Dempsey, Stan exports aids Mountain Pass Oct 4 Mining Jan 19
National Mining Hall of Fame celebrates Despite economic woes, value of MininJga n in1d2u stry added jobs in 2008
the Class of 2009 Dec 32 minerals produced increased
More jobs lost because of slumping
Denison Mines Corp. May 4
economy Feb 23
$118 million uranium mine planned in Even mining execs believe the slump Slump not over but there are signs of
Zambia Oct 12 has bottomed out Nov 4
better things for mining Nov 4
Uranium spot prices could be on the Mining law reform stands a chance
rise in 2009 Jun 17 this time around Aug 4 SME riesc eins sgiooon d Nsohva p6e , despite
Denver* May 61 Obama administration throws its Third quarter earnings strong for
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Department of Interior related Cabinet members Jan 4 than 2,200 from Northwest Mining
American coal mines honored by the Public likes science, scientists think Meeting* Feb 33
Department of the Interior Dec 14 public is ill-informed Aug 4 Ecuador
Department of the Interior Salazar set to take on a nearly New mining law in Ecuador draws praise
Salazairm posests itbol et akjeo bo na t aI nnteearriolry Feb 4 Slumpim pnoosts iobvleer jboubt atth eIrnet erairoer sFiegbn s 4 of Educatiofnr om Canadian miners Mar 12
DexMientga lcso prpeecro vmeirnede from mine water SME bietmtpelr emtehinntgss fLoorc aml inSiencgt ionN ovG ra4n t Energy school proposes uranium
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record last year May 4
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climate plan Apr 4
Industrial Minerals* Jun 41 Where to store nuclear waste now that membership* Jun 88
Diavik West Virginia University receives $1
Obama kills Yucca Mountain Oct 4
Value of diamond deals declined 73 million donation from Robert
percent in 2008 Aug 13 Murray Nov 12
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Eldorado Gold Corp. Congress and coal producers seek Facebook
Eldorado Gold completes sale of San solution to backlog of coal mining Mining the Internet: Web 2.0
Bento gold mine Jan 24 permits* Jul 7 technologies and community
Eldorado to buy Sino Gold for $2 Environmental Protection Agency will stakeholder engagement* Oci 30
billion Oct 15 begin regulating coal combustion Stewardship, sustainability theme of
Electricity and circulation fluidized bed waste Apr 7 SME Annual Meeting* May 61
power technology* Jun 20 EPA decision to review mining permits Farr APC
Elienbecker, S. is “playing with people’s lives” High efficiency cartridge dust collectors
Continuous improvement and Nov 8 slash emissions, save water and
teamwork are the keys to success EPA plans to reconsider carbon energy for major mine Dec 30
at Phoenix Mine Apr 34 emissions policy Nov 8 Farrell, M.J.
Emeralds EPA to review 79 mountaintop mining Measuring carbon emissions from
North Carolina famous for North permits Oct 6 base metal mine sites Apr 29
America’s largest emerald’s* Jun 83 EPA vetos previously issued surface Feldspar and nepheline syenite
Emerson Process Management* Nov 22 mining permit Nov 13 Industrial Minerals* Jun 43
Wireless technology offers mining Hold on mining permits could lead to Felix Resources
operations improvements* Nov 22 massive job losses, NMA warns China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining acquires
Emissions May 8 Australia’s Felix Resources for
High efficiency cartridge dust NSSGpAr otcorceoalt efso r gargegernehgoautsees gFaesb 14 $3.5 billion Sep 14
collectors slash emissions, save FerAus
Obama administration sides with Bush
water and energy for major mine FerrAus to assume control of the Silver
Dec 30 on polar bear ruling Jun 12 Swan North project Aug 12
Red Dog Mine could expand soon Nov
Employee Free Choice Act 10 Field evaluation of a passive diesel
Secret ballot protection bill introduced Supreme Court listens to Kensington particulate filter at a limestone mine*
to Congress Apr 7 gold mine case Feb 10 Apr 83
Employment U.S. Chamber of Commerce proposes Fire clay
BHP Billiton cuts jobs, closes mine in trial on global warming Oct 6 Industrial Minerals* Jun 44
Australia Mar 15 West Virginia governor meets with First Nations
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act EPA to discuss mountaintop Mining Association of Canada signs
of 2009 introduced to Congress mining Jun 8 memorandum with Assembly of
Mar 9 Equipment First Nations Apr 25
Mining industry added jobs in 2008 Caterpillar celebrates its official launch Flooding
Jan 12 of the F series trucks* Dec 34 Post-closure flooding of the
Endangered species Homestake Mine at Lead, South
Reliability centered maintenance improves
Desert tortoises could halt more than Dakota* Mar 43
equipment health* Dec 41
1,000 mining claims Oct 13 Eriez FLSmidth
Endangered Species Act Magnetic liners increase productivity, FLSmidth introduces world’s largest
Obama administration sides with Bush reduce energy consumption in cone crusher Nov 25
on polar bear ruling Jun 12 iron ore grinding mills Dec 28 FLSmidth wins alumina project in India
Energy Evaluation of glare for incandescent Sep 15
Obama names mining- and energy- and LED miner cap lamps in rnesopic Fluorspar
related Cabinet members Jan 4 conditions* Jun 99 Industrial Minerals* Jun 45
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Energy Fuels announces additional Exeterp’rso vCiansgp itco hebe Moinnee oifn tChhei llea rigse st be spent in 2009 Apr 10
DOE lease acquisitions Sep 15 Foundation Coal
Uranium mill in Colorado clears local finds in recent history Oct 20
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surge by nearly 50 percent Jui 7 Exploration Review* May 35 Dec 16
Enhanced fire escape training for Metals Economics Group releases Freeport-McMoRan finds new way to
mine workers using virtual reality e2x0 ploration survey for PDAC Apr put waste oil to use* Jan 45
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9th Circuit Court of Appeals blocks F Freudenthal, Dave
Asarco’s land swap with BLM Western governors voice support for
Oct 6 F series carbon capture storage in letter to
Caterpillar celebrates its official launch Obama Apr 7
of the F series trucks* Dec 34
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Frictional ignitions in underground Barrick Gold’s Pascua-Lama gold silver Graphite
bituminous coal operations 1983 to project finally a go Jun 4 Industrial Minerals* Jun 48
2005* Aug 28 Barrick reports $5.4 billion loss Dec 10 Grasberg Mine
Fuller's earth China remains No. 1 gold producer Three die in ambush attacks near
Industrial Minerals* Jun 46 Mar 16 Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg
FutureGen Congress approves Internationa! Mine in Indonesia Aug 10
Economic stimulus bill includes Monetary Fund gold sale Aug 6 Grau, R.H.
billions for clean coal Mar 9 Eldorado Gold completes sale of San Using mine planning and other
FutureGen back on track with funding Bento gold mine Jan 24 techniques to improve ventilation
from DOE Jul 14 Exeter’s Caspiche Mine in Chile is in large-onening mines Feb 46
Obama administration throws its proving to be one of the largest Gregg, William
support behind FutureGen Jul 4 finds in recent history Oct 20 Accident clairns the life of SME
Sen. Durbin looks for FutureGen FerrAus to assume control of the Silver member Jan 27
commitment from Obama Swan North project Aug 12 Ground calcium carbonate
administration Jan 10 Freeport-McMoRan producing metal at industrial Minerals* Jun 49
U.S. Department of Energy will spend Tenke Fungurume Dec 12 Ground control
$2.4 billion on carbon capture and GoldCorp, Semafo report record gold 28th International Conference on
storage* Jul 7 production Feb 16 Ground Control in Mining a
Hostile takeover bid halted by Ontario
G court Mar 16 success Sep 15
Grupo Mexico
Ivanhoe announces new discovery at
Gallagher, S. Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia Despite lagging profits, Grupo Mexico
Do light-emitting diode cap lamps Jan 34 remains positive about copper Sep 11
enable improvements in miner Judge refuses to halt Nevada gold Gurr, T.M.
safety? Oct 43 mine Mar 14 Industrial Minerals Jun 63
Evaluation of glare for incandescent Kinbauri Gold and ATW Gold to merge
and LED miner cap lamps in Aug 12 H
mesopic conditions Jun 99 Major gold companies are able to Hall, T.L.
Gemstones replace reserves despite high Industrial Minerals Jun 34
Industrial Minerals* Jun 47 costs and other obstacles Jul 13 Harmony Gold
General Motors Metals Economics Group releases Illegal miners killed in cave-in Jul 12
GM bankruptcy could hurt Stillwater review of trends in base metals Harnischfeger, Henry
Mining Jan 19 __ and gold acquisitions Jun 16 National Mining Hall of Fame to honor
Montana governor calls on Obama Minefinders pours its first gold dore five during 22nd ceremony* Aug 24
administration to honor GM from Dolores Mine Jan 34 Harquail, David
contract Aug 7 New Gold completes merger with Tough times not enough to deter more
Geological Society of America Western Goldfields Jul 16 .
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which foreign country will we allow purchase controlling stake in stand Gash
to run our mines Sep 5 Boddington gold mine Mar 16 : ‘ oe
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summer program* Jul 40 evaluation of three acoustical
Geovic Mining could be completed soon Jun 14 endvanmnarte® Oct 8
Canadian companies make their pitch Pebble Project moves forward after Hawley, G.C.
at PDAC Apr 22 election victory* Jan 38 : ‘
Rusoro Launches hostile bid for Gold Industrial Minerals Jun 77
Germanium Reserve Jan 24 Hedrick, J.B. : ,
War Eagle to sample fly ash for Slump not over but there are signs of Rare earths, the egg ates yttrium
germanium Jan 35
better things for mining Nov 4 and ge - a look at 2008
Giglio, R. South Africa’s gold industry continues activity Jul 33
Electricity and circulation fluidized bed its fall Dec 23 Henderson mine =
power technology Jun 20 Stagnant industry cannot keep Plans to reopen Climax Mine remain
Gleason, W.M. thousands away from PDAC* Apr on hold Sep 10
Caterpillar celebrates its official launch 15 Henty gold mine
of the F series trucks Dec 34 Third quarter earnings strong for Bendigo Mining growing with |
Global economic woes hit Canadian Newmont Mining Dec 10 purchase of Henty gold mine from
mining hard Jan 28 U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for Barrick Aug 19
Metals recovered from mine water Kensington gold mine Jul 12 Herpfer,M.
provide new revenue stream Oct 22 Gold Fields Inc. Industrial Minerals Jun 46
National Mining Hall of Fame celebrates Eldorado to buy Sino Gold for $2 Hiddenite District
the Class of 2009 Dec 39 billion Oct 15 North Carolina famous for North
Pebble Pro; ject ' moves forward after Gold mining America’s largest ernerald’s* Jun 83
election victory Jan 38; Cco lorado Supreme Court sets asi7 de Hladysz, Z.
eee Summit County cyanide ban Feb 20 Post-closure flooding of the
Tough ~ Ancan ot enough to deter more Gold Reserve Inc. : te = at Lead, South
than 2,200 from Northwest Mining Venezuela seizes Gold Reserves’ Brisas akota Mar
Meeting Feb 33 del Cuyuni project Dec 19 Homestake Mine
Global warmin Rusoro Launches hostile bid for Gold Post-closure flooding of the
Obama edinemeten sides with Bush Reserve Jan 24 ee age at Lead, South
on polar bear ruling Jun 12 GoldCorp Inc. HudBay Mineral
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Gob seals - an effective alternative to cleanup Aug 6 asin rosy P
structural seals* Nov 36 Grand Canyon we : f
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AngloGold to team up with De Beers Canyon imposed Sep 7 ply storage in letter in
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technology Mar 36 Jul 29
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hydromet plant at Voisey’s Bay Rio Tinto scraps deal with Chinalco; Increasing Kaltim Prima Coal overland
Jan 37 Rio Tpiantrot nesrelsl s wimtihn eB HtPo VJaulle 8M ar 12 conveyor speed to 8.5 m/sec (28
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Canadian companies make their pitch Ivanhoe announces new discovery at Katsiouleris, B.
at PDAC Apr 22 Oyu Toigoi project in Mongolia Industrial Minerals Jun 36
lannacchione, A.T. Jan 34 KazAtomProm
Analysis of seismic signatures from Mongolian parliament will allow Cameco’s Inaki uranium project
gas- and dust-based explosions at government freedom to proceeds despite KazAtomProm
the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine renegotiate terms of Oyu Tolgoi arrests Jul 17
Jun 91 project Aug 9 Kennecott
idaho Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement Kennecott discovers massive
Idaho phosphate mine wins expansion could be completed soon Jun 14 molybdenum deposit Nov 10
approval Sep 8 Six years later, Rio Tinto signs Oyu Kensington gold mine
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Tolgoi agreement Nov 16 Supreme Court listens to Kensington
MSHA awards $500,000 in Brookwood- gold mine case Feb 10
Sago mine safety grants to six J U.S. Supreme Court clears the way for
institutions Oct 14 Kensington gold mine Jul 12
Impact of China on drilling grade barite* J.R. Simplot Co. Kentucky
Jul 25 Idaho phosphate mine wins expansion Bank of America to cut lending to coal
Improving storage and handling of ores in approval Sep 8 companies Jan 16
mining and processing operations* Oct 25 Some signs of improvement in the Peabody Energy, Conoco-Phillips
Increasing Kaltim Prima Coal overland mining industry Sep 4 choose Central City, KY for coal-
Jacobs Ranch Mine to-gas facility Jan 16
conveyor speed to 8.5 m/sec (28 ft/
sec)* Mar 23 Arch Coal acquires Jacobs Ranch mine Portal 31 coal mine gets a second life
from Rio Tinto Apr 8 Nov 12
India Jacobs Ranch mine sale completed Khambekar, J.
FLSmidth wins alumina project in India Nov 13 Improving storage and handling of
Indiana Sep 15 Jansen, W. ores in mining and processing
Practical challenges for the mine: operations Oct 25
Peabody announces long-term supply precious metals accounting and Kinbauri Gold
agreement and new mine in reconciliation Oct 17 Kinbauri Gold and ATW Gold to merge
IndonesiIan diana Apr 8 JasiInnsdkuis.t riSa.lM . Minerals Jun 65 Aug 12
Newmont told to sell shares in Jaskula, B.W. KintCyarmee co opens office in Perth to advance
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Industrial diamond Stratification controls of pit mine lakes Proceedings of Elko 2009: mine closure
Industrial Minerals* Jun 51 Feb 40 and cover design* Jul 37
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250 expected to be hired at Freeport- Update on refuge alternatives:
Industrial Minerals* Jun 52
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and scandium - a look at 2008 to ease labor laws Jan 21 Industrial Minerals Jun 69
activity* Jul 33 Department of Energy training programs Kovalchik, P.
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technologies and community Johanns, Mike exports aids Mountain Pass Oct 4
stakeholder engagement* Oct 30 Four amendments before U.S. Senate Despite economic woes, value of
lodine will control energy costs, protect minerals produced increased
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lron ore Johnson, C. has bottomed out Nov 4
BHP endis its bid for Rio Tinto Jan 12 Post-closure flooding of the Minerals Information Team may get
BHP seeks environmental approval for Homestake Mine at Lead, South budget increase Jul 4
iron expansion Jul 8 Dakota Mar 43 Mining law reform stands a chance
China detains Rio Tinto executive on Jundee gold mine this time around Aug 4
spying charges Aug 11 Boddington gold mine moves closer to Obama administration throws its
Chinalco plans to invest nearly $20
production* May 18 support behind FutureGen Jul 4
billion into Rio Tinto Mar 11
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reiated Cabinet members Jan 4
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Public likes science, scientists think New mining law in Ecuador draws
public is ill-informed Aug 4 praise from Canadian miners Mar
Salazar set to take on a nearly 12 MacFadyen, J.
impossible job at Interior Feb 4 Production down, costs are up at Industrial Minerals Jun 37
Slump not over but there are signs of Antofagasta Sep 11 Madagascar
better things for mining Nov 4 Rio Tinto sells mine to Vale Mar 12 Sherritt International and Ambatovy
SME elects its directors and officers at LED cap close in on $4.5 billion nickel deal
annual meeting Jan 4 Evaluation of glare for incandescent Jul 16
SME implements Local Section Grant and LED miner cap lamps in Magnesium compounds
program Jun 4 mesopic conditions* Jun 99 Industrial Minerals* Jun 57
Some signs of improvement in the Legal affairs Magnets
mining industry Sep 4 Judge refuses to halt Nevada gold Magnetic liners increase productivity,
Stagnant industry cannot keep mine Mar 14 reduce energy consumption in
thousands away from PDAC Apr 15 Legislation iron ore grinding mills Dec 28
Stewardship, sustainability theme of Pebble Project moves forward after Main, Joseph
SME Annual Meeting May 61 election victory* Jan 38 Senate confirms new head of Mine
U.S. coal production reached another Leica Geosystems Safety and Health Administration
record last year May 4 Leica Geosystems expands with Dec 8
UCA of SME's Fox Conference attracts acquisition of Rinex Technology Maintenance
record crowd Mar 4 Feb 37 Mining haul truck cab noise: an
Underground construction has Lime evaluation of three acoustical
withstood the downturn Sep 4 Industrial Minerals* Jun 56 environments* Oct 36
West would pay dearly for governor's Limestone* Reliability centered maintenance
climate plan Apr 4 improves equipment health* Dec 41
Accelerated weathering of limestone
Where to store nuclear waste now that for CO2 mitigation: opportunities Mallet, L.G.
Obama kills Yucca Mountain Oct 4 for the stone and cement Enhanced fire escape training for
Kramer, D.A. industries* Feb 27 mine workers using virtual reality
Industrial Minerals Jun 57 Field evaluation of a passive diesel simulation Nov 41
Krog, R. particulate filter at a limestone Manchin, Joe
Using mine planning and other mine* Apr 83 EPA vetos previously issued surface
techniques to improve ventilation Lithium mining permit Nov 13
in large-opening mines Feb 46 Margolis, K.A.
Industrial Minerals* Jun 56
Krog, R.B. Plans for lithium mine in Bolivia Enhanced fire escape training for
Frictional ignitions in underground submitted by France's Bolloré mine workers using virtual reality
bituminous coal operations 1983 Oct 8 simulation Nov 41
to 2005 Aug 28 LM series Markey, Ed
Krukowski, S.T. Caterpillar introduces new ground- U.S. House passes climate change
Industrial Minerals Jun 53 engaging tools Apr 33 legislation bill Aug 6
Kuyucak, N. Local Section Grant program Martha Mine
Combining for strength: an integrated SME implements Local Section Grant Boddington gold mine moves closer to
approach to water and mine program Jun 4 production* May 18
waste Aug 22 Massey Energy Co.
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Reclamation Act Mountaintop mining restrictions
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to ease labor laws Jan 21 Lolon, S.
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techniques to improve ventilation Jan 37 metal mine sites* Apr 29
in large-opening mines* Feb 46
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Lusk, B.T. exploration survey for PDAC Apr 20
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structural seals Nov 36 Alpha Natural to buy Foundation Coal
Chavez threatens to seize gold Lutz, T. for $1.4 billion Jun 10
concessions in Venezuela Mar 12 Evaluation of glare for incandescent Arch Coal acquires Jacobs Ranch mine
Lassetter, W.L. and LED miner cap lamps in from Rio Tinto Apr 8
Industrial Minerals Jun 68 mesopic conditions Jun 99 BHP ends its bid for Rio Tinto Jan 12
Latin America Luxbacher, G.W. China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining acquires
Chavez threatens to seize gold On the road to zero - mine safety Feb 6 Australia’s Felix Resources for
concessions in Venezuela Mar 12 Swimming against the current - $3.5 billion Sep 14
Despite lagging profits, Grupo Mexico Chinalco plans to invest nearly $20
showing optimism in the face of
remains positive about copper uncertainty Jan 6 billion into Rio Tinto Mar 11
Sep 11 Eldorado Gold completes sale of San
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Hostile takeover bid halted by Ontario Proceedings of Elko 2009: mine closure Mining haul truck cab noise: an
court Mar 16 and cover design* Jul 37 evaluation of three acoustical
Kinbauri Gold and ATW Gold to merge Mine design environments* Oct 36
Aug 12 Realistic simulation accelerates safety Mining law
Xstrata, Anglo American discuss evaluation of mine designs* Aug 17 New mining law in Ecuador draws
possible merger Jul 11 Mine development praise from Canadian miners Mar
Merritt, E.M. $59 million approved for work at 12
Chemical-related injuries and illnesses Pebble Project in 2009 May 9 Mining Law of 1872
in U.S. mining Jul 41 Cameco opens office in Perth to advance CLEAR Act could be devastating to
Mesquite gold mine plans at Kintyre deposit May 9 uranium mining Oct 11
New Gold completes merger with Mine waste Mining law reform stands a chance
Western Goldfields Jul 16 Combining for strength: an integrated this time around Aug 4
Metal prices approach to water and mine New mining law reform bill introduced
Silver study predicts increased waste* Aug 22 to U.S. Senate May 8
production and demand in 2009 Minefinders Promise of change to the 1872 mining
Jun 17 Canadian companies make their pitch law resurfaces Jan 7
Uranium spot prices could be on the at PDAC Apr 22 Salazar set to take on a nearly
rise in 2009 Jun 17 MINER Act impossible job at Interior Feb 4
Metals Economics Group MSHA awards $500,000 in Brookwood- Mining permits
Exploration budgets peak in 2008, Sago mine safety grants to six Congress and coal produ :ers seek
according to MEG Jan 41 institutions Oct 14 solution to backlog of coal mining
Major gold companies are able to Update on refuge alternatives: permits* Jul 7
replace reserves despite high research, recommendations Mining Recruitment Group
costs and other obstacles Jul 13 and underground deployment* Even mining execs believe the slump
Metals Economics Group releases Dec 51 has bottomed out Nov 4
review of trends in base metals Mineral Commodity Summaries Mining Review* May 23
and gold acquisitions Jun 16 USGS report details economic Mining the Internet: Web 2.0 technologies
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activity* Nov 19 Mar 10 engagement* Oct 30
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record last year May 4 Dear President Obama Jan 8 into the future* Jul 20
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Metals recovered from mine water Proposed budget could boost funding Industrial Minerals Jun 76
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research* Oct 28 FLSmidth introduces high performance remains positive about copper
Metinvest cone crusher* Jan 82 Sep 11
Ukraine-based Metinvest buys United Improving storage and handling of Kennecott discovers massive
Coal Jun 10 ores in mining and processing molybdenum deposit Nov 10
Metso Minerals operations* Oct 25 Plans to reopen Climax Mine remain
Metso to supply grinding equipment Magnetic liners increase productivity, on hold Sep 10
to Norilsk Nickel Jan 22 reduce energy consumption in Molycorp
Miami Mine iron ore grinding mills Dec 28 China's restrictions of rare earths
250 expected to be hired at Freeport- Mineral Resources Program exports aids Mountain Pass Oct 4
McMoRan’s Miami Copper mine Dec 16 Proposed budget could boost funding Rare earths mine to come back on line
Mica more mineral programs Jul 9 to fuel green cars Oct 8
Industrial Minerals* Jun 59 Mineral royalty Mongolia
Michigan When ignorance meets greed: Ivanhoe announces new discovery at
Accident claims the life of SWE welcome to the new mining law Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia
member Jan 27 Feb 8 Jan 34
DOE partnership begins carbon Minerals Information Team Mongolian parliament will allow
dioxide injection tests in Michigan 2008 planned exploration spending government freedom to
Apr 12 increases 26 percent May 4 renegotiate terms of Oyu Tolgoi
Mii Despite economic woes, value of project Aug 9
Mining with times: SME charts a minerals produced increased Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement
course into the future* Jul 20 May 4 could be completed soon Jun 14
Miles, W.J. Minerals information Team may get Peabody Energy completes agreement
Impact of China on drilling grade budget increase Jul 4 for joint venture in Mongolia Jur
barite Jul 25 Proposed budget could boost funding 14
Mill liner more mineral programs Jul 9 Six years later, Rio Tinto signs Oyu
Magnetic liners increase productivity, Mingo Logan Coal Tolgoi agreement Nov 16
reduce energy consumption in EPA vetos previously issued surface Montana
iron ore grinding mills Dec 28 mining permit Nov 13 GM bankruptcy could hurt Stillwater
Miller, A.1. Mining Association of Canada Mining Jan 19
Chemical-related injuries and illnesses Mining Association of Canada signs Montana governor calls on Obama
in U.S. mining Jul 41 memorandum with Assembly of administration to honor GM
Miller, George First Nations Apr 25 contract Aug 7
Secret ballot protection bill introduced Mining equipment Otter Creek coal tracts could net $1.4
to Congress Apr 7 Caterpillar sees signs of change in the billion for Montana schools May 15
Miller, M. next 18 months Apr 11 Moolick, Richard, T.
Industrial Minerals Jun 45 Mining for operational excellence* Nov 26 National Mining Hall of Fame celebrates
Mine closure Mining greats to be honored at 27th the Class of 2009 Dec 39
Post-closure flooding of the annual American Mining Hall of Fame National Mining Hall of Fame to honor
Homestake Mine at Lead, South Awards Banquet* Nov 32 five during 22nd ceremony* Aug 24
Dakota* Mar 43 Moore Economics
Mining industry contributes millions of
dollars to economy Mar 9
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