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| SME MN Conference, and more in this issue! |
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SME Minnesota Conference
Plenary Sessions
The SME Minnesota Conference Program Coordinators are pleased to announce plenary speakers who are experts in their fields with a focus on industry developments, trends and innovations specific to the Midwest.
Opening Plenary Speakers:
Stacey Koon, General Manager – Administration,
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Operations
Lia Walker, Manager – Innovation, Operational Improvement,
Freeport-McMoRan
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Unlock People Power
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 | 8:30 am– 9:30 am
Closing Plenary Speaker:
Dr. Erika Garms, CEO, WorkingSmarts, Inc.
Building Brain-Friendly Workplaces
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | 10:45 am – 11:30 am
Overall Conference Sponsor
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| Safety Share: Update on Coronavirus Response |
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In response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) CDC is operationalizing all of its pandemic preparedness and response plans, working on multiple fronts to meet these goals, including specific measures to prepare communities to respond local transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. For more information, please visit the COVID-19 Outbreak web page.
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| The Great Debate Continues |
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Who works harder? Who has more skill? Whose job is more important to the bottom line? Whose boots get dirtier?The Great Debate is a series of monthly articles to spark that discussion. In the March Issue of Mining Engineering, former SME President Tim Arnold makes the case for miners. And find out how the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum is involved.
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| MN Conf Early Bird Ending |
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Early Bird Registration Ends Soon!
Hurry, discounted prices end March 9, 2020. Register now and save!
Don't miss this regional event where you have the chance to share experiences and identify mutual opportunities for growth in an industry increasingly critical to the regional mining industry.
The SME Minnesota Conference is the only conference with a focus on the developments, technology, trends and innovations directly affecting the Midwest minerals market. Featuring a wide variety of technical sessions and speakers combined with an expansive exhibit hall, the SME Minnesota Conference attracts hundreds of iron ore and mining industry professionals.
Overall Conference Sponsor
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| Mining Finance Conference Coming Soon |
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Save the dates for the 8th annual Current Trends in Mining Finance Conference, Sunday May 10 - Wednesday May 13, 2020. Visit the CTMF Conference site where updates regarding CTMF 2020 will be posted. Space is limited*. Hear, meet and ask questions of subject matter experts speaking at and attending CTMF during breakfasts, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, lunches, receptions and workshops.
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| Team Wonder Mine Celebrates their First Place Victory |
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Five Move Mining finalist teams took the stage at the MineXChange 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Phoenix, AZ to pitch their concepts of how to improve the perception of mining to a panel of judges in front of a live audience. Congratulations to the first place winners of $5,000—Team “Wonder Mine” from SME ESPOL Student Chapter, Ecuador.
Read all about the live event, the runners-up, the emcee, judges, and the many additional SME volunteers that contributed to its success in the April edition of Mining Engineering. To see the recorded live event in its entirety, go to www.facebook.com/SocietyForMining. Special thanks to Overall Sponsor, Komatsu.
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l to r: Ronald Roberto Moreano Martinez, Isabel Margarita Peñaloza Araujo, and Luis Antonio Auquilla Herrera. (Team member Roberto Alfonso Moncayo Andrade not pictured.)
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| Registration is open for NAT 2020 |
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June 7-10, 2020
Nashville, TN
Register before April 27, 2020 and save on full conference registration!
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The North American Tunneling Conference (NAT) is the premier biennial tunneling event for North America, bringing together the brightest, most resourceful and innovative minds in the tunneling and underground construction industry.
Held in Nashville, Tennessee, this four-day conference focuses on the information, advances and projects in North America along with the victories and challenges of working in diverse environments.
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| Truck Raffle Winner |
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Congratulations to Randy Smith: Winner of the SME Foundation Benefit Truck Raffle
During the MineXchange 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo the SME Foundation held a Tailgate Party. Dave Kanagy, SME Executive Director; Mary Korpi, SME Foundation President; and Tyler Dixon, Empire CAT Mining Client Support Sales Manager performed the festivities. Tyler had the honor of drawing the truck raffle winning ticket. Congratulations to Randy Smith who went home as the proud owner of the new 2020 truck!
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| Golf to support SME Foundation |
Join the SME Foundation on Saturday, March 28th for a morning of golf at the Gold Canyon Golf Resort in Gold Canyon, AZ to raise funds in support of the vital education, outreach and personal development programs that benefit SME members, the community and the mining and metallurgy industry.
Sponsorships and golfing opportunities are available! Visit www.smefgolfing4good.com/ for more information and to sign up today!
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| USA Science & Engineering Festival |
Call For Volunteers in the MEC booth at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. April 24-26. For more information, contact Tanya Kriss at kriss@smenet.org or 303-948-4221.
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| MME Journal Call for Papers |
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Call for Papers! MME Special Issue on Managing Gangue Minerals
Gangue minerals constitute a predominant portion of any ore deposit, and their management is getting more and more complicated along with the increasingly higher complexity and lower grades of orebodies. This results in great pressure on comminution, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy to produce high-quality mineral and metal products efficiently and economically. The special issue of the SME Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) journal aims to disseminate state-of-the-art knowledge on how to deal with gangue minerals in pre-concentration, flotation and hydrometallurgy processes.
The deadline for paper submission is May 31, 2020.
MME Special Issue on Miner Health and Safety – Deadline Coming Up Soon!
The mining industry has developed one of the strongest safety cultures of any heavy industry. Virtually all companies promote a safety-first culture, and boards of directors carefully monitor safety performance. Protecting worker health and safety on the jobsite is similarly a priority. While advancing technologies are rapidly improving the mining work environment, there are secondary and tertiary health and safety considerations as well. As the industry, with academia and other partners strives to anticipate and mitigate the unintended consequences of technological change occurring within mines, this Special Issue on Miner Health and Safety of the SME Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) journal is expected to inform stakeholders of the challenges faced and current state of the science. The deadline for paper submission is March 31, 2020, but if you need a deadline extension, send an email to Chee Theng at theng@smenet.org.
Submit your paper to MME at www.editorialmanager.com/mmex/Default.aspx
Download submission guidelines from www.springer.com/engineering/journal/42461
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