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SME SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES
The SME Summer webinar series continues Thursday, June 21, 2pm MDT with:
"Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Mining Industry"
Cliff Brandon, President, Automated Systems Alliance Inc.
Webinars are an effective way to bring you together with others in the industry without travel expense and inconvenience. Register now!
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2012 North American Tunneling Conference
NAT will be held in Indianapolis, IN from June 24th to the 27th. Attendee and Exhibitor pre-registration will close Wednesday June 20th, after this you will need to register onsite. If you need to make a hotel room reservation please call the JW Marriott Indianapolis directly at 1-866-704-6162.
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FREE MEMBERSHIP!
If are you planning to attend the 2012 North American Tunneling (NAT) Conference, June 24 - 27, in Indianapolis, and are not yet a UCA of SME Member - you could qualify for a FREE MEMBERSHIP! NAT registrants who sign up for the full conference at nonmember rates, will receive a FREE UCA of SME Membership as part of your package. Check your mail and e-mail for details on how you can take advantage of this special offer - a $142 value, FREE! See you in Indy!
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FREE BOOK!
If you are planning to attend the 2012 North American Tunneling (NAT) Conference, June 24 - 27, in Indianapolis, and you sign up as a nonmember Exhibitor or Author, you will receive a FREE Book - a $60 value - when you join the UCA of SME! Become a Member of the UCA of SME for just $142 and you will receive a Free copy of the book, "Geotechnical Baseline Reports for Construction," plus we'll waive your $20 entrance fee - a $60 value! Check your mail and e-mail for details on this special offer. See you in Indy!
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SME President's Presentation at the Forum for the Geology of Industrial Minerals
The Forum for the Geology of Industrial Minerals was held in May in Phoenix, AZ. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration President Drew Meyers provided the keynote address on the challenges faced by the industrial minerals community. Click here for a link to the video of the presentation.
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Call for Nominations
It is that time of year in which SME needs your support in selecting the future leadership for our Society. SME is asking for your assistance in nominating and/or recommending members (including yourself) to serve the Society in one of the following roles:
2015 SME President
2014 – 2017 SME Board Member-at-large (two will be selected)
Members for all SME Strategic Committees
Click here to learn more.
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Exclusive SME offer for Water Management in Mining conference
IQPC North America has developed the 2012 Water Management in Mining conference to provide tools and strategies for ongoing water management excellence. As a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, you are eligible for an exclusive All Access Pass for conference & workshop attendance. Members directly involved in the mining sector qualify for attendance for just $1,199 (saving you $800), while service providers & consultants save $600 – All Access passes available for $1,699. An All Access pass spans three days and includes intensive and technical workshops, interactive panel discussions and practical case studies. Don't delay – register immediately to benefit from this limited offer. This offer is only available to SME members and is available by calling 1-800-882-8684 or emailing info@iqpc.com. Please quote Promo Code: WMMSME in all correspondence to guarantee the discount. More information: www.watermanagementinmining.com
When: July 23-25, 2012
Where: Denver, CO, venue TBD
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SME eLearning
Professional Development. At Your Fingertips. At Your Convenience.
SME is currently offering 34 online courses to immediately increase your effectiveness and technical know-how. Browse our course catalog and get started today!
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2013 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference
"Mining: It's About The People"
Exhibit Sales are ready to continue after an unprecedented 581 booths sold during Seattle 12 onsite priority point sales. Click Exhibitor Information for interactive sold/available floorplan, online contract and PDF’s of both. More information about sponsorship, call for papers, and program outline coming soon.
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I am SME
SME Members are among the most educated, tenured, and successful professionals in the Minerals’ Industry. As a Member of SME, you have access to more than 14,000 top professionals across 85 countries who can help your career skyrocket. Meet this weeks’ featured Member:
Dr. Anne M. Wagner, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Environmental Scienties, San Ramon, CA.
"I was invited to give a presentation at an annual conference, and as part of that a free membership for one year was provided. Between colleagues I knew in SME and their commitment to the organization, the quality of the conference and the membership benefits it became obvious that being a member of SME was valuable. The annual conference are of high quality with useful information covering a broad range of technical issues and they are in accessible locations; the networking opportunities at the conferences are useful. SME has helped by keeping me up to date on emerging trends and issues in the environmental arena; it has also provided useful information on the mining industry and trends in the industry. The networking connections made through SME are useful in finding expertise and getting relevant information quickly."
DISCOVER WHAT SME CAN DO FOR YOU. JOIN TODAY! Go To www.smenet.org/join
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Mining Engineering magazine launches a new website
You can now access Mining Engineering magazine online, anytime, anywhere through the magazine’s recently redesigned website, http://miningengineeringmagazine.com. Revamped in January 2012, the new site features daily news updates, a commodities ticker with current prices, features that can only be found online and of course, complete issues of Mining Engineering magazine, the official publication of SME. Get the most recent issue on the first day of the month, or look back through the archives for past issues only at http://miningengineeringmagazine.com.
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Call for Papers EXTENDED!
The Underwater Mining Institute is seeking presentations focused on the following topics:
-Environmental baseline and monitoring technologies and results
-Benefit cost evaluations of seabed versus land-based mining for specific commodities
-Strategies and methodologies for achieving sustainable seabed mining projects
-Others of relevant and timely interest to seabed minerals
The 2012 UMI will be hosted by Tongji University in Shanghai, China, October 15-21, 2012. Full details including deadline dates are available on the UMI Author's Information page.
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SME COMMUNITY - GET CONNECTED!
SME would like to invite all SME members to our new website featuring member-friendly content creation tools such as group discussions, mentoring connections, resource library submissions, and commenting capabilities, the SME Community will serve the membership in new and exciting ways. Allowing members to freely submit, collaborate, and communicate online will empower governance groups, such as the committees, sections and student chapters, to more effectively work together. Groups may also form around common interests or topical areas to create communities of practice in which discussion, content creation and content archiving results in knowledge bases that SME can manage for the good of the membership. Learn more...
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2012 SME Annual Meeting Recorded Sessions - Available now!
The SME Keynote Session, Geology: Mine Water Management in Cold Regions, Minerals & Metallurgical Processing: Plenary Session, Coal & Energy Keynote, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates: Aggregates and Urban Mining, Geology: Rare Earths: Markets and Policy: Working Toward Ensuring Supply, Mining & Exploration: Mine Technology: Cool Toys & Nifty Gizmos, International Symposium on Water in Mineral Processing: Processing with Sea Water and Saline Solutions, Coal & Energy: Surface Mining III, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates: Critical Mineral resources: Challenges and Opportunities, Mineral & Metallurgical Processing: Plant design a Panel discussion on Challenge for 2012 and Beyond, Environmental: Water Treatment all from this year's annual meeting.
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SME Registered Members Now Recognized under Canadian National Instrument 43-101
In April 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators released the long-awaited revisions to NI 43-101 and companion policy for comment. SME Registered Members have been accepted as a Recognized Foreign Association. The revisions and companion policy are final and as a consequence, SME Registered Members can serve as Qualified Persons as of June 30, 2011. Qualified Persons will also have to meet project-specific experience and responsibility requirements for Technical Reports and other disclosure.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2013 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC) program committee has issued a Call for Papers. To submit an abstract click here.
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Careers in the Minerals Industry
This career guidance booklet is presented as a public service to students, parents and teachers by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), Inc. SME is devoted to serving members who are involved in mineral resources exploration, mining, processing and reclamation.
Now available to download or purchase.
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SME Annual Meeting Recorded Sessions
Since 2009 SME has been recording select Annual Meeting Sessions each year and sharing them with visitors on the SME website. These recorded sessions are available free of charge and open to the public for viewing.
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