At Industrial Minerals 2002, Richard Clark, president of Vancouver-based Atacama Minerals, will host a session entitled Aguas Blancas: Chile’s Newest Iodine Mine. The conference is slated for Oct. 22-23 at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Toronto.
Other sessions of note include Tanco: Canada’s Premier Lithium, Cesium and Tantalum Minerals Producer, led by Tom Hilliard, a mine engineer with Lac du Bonnet, Man. based Tanco; and Sodium Silicates: Properties, Markets and Applications, hosted by Kenneth Kubiak, technical manager, Occidental Chemical Corp., based in Dallas, Tex.
For more information, contact Bob Orchard at (250) 391-8820 or visit www.blendon.com E-mail: info@blendon.com
Forum targets diesel reductions
An international forum for the exchange of information on the reduction of diesel emissions in mines will take place October 28-31, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Markham, Ont.
The conference is expected to attract mine operators, labour representatives, regulators, manufacturers and researchers.
For more information, contact Edward Richards at (905) 853-5500, ext. 324. Web site: www.dieselnet.com/MDEC
Yukon chamber offers courses
The Yukon Chamber of Mines is offering courses in basic and advanced prospecting.
The basic course, scheduled for the fall, will introduce novice prospectors and students to the principles of geology and the identification and classification of minerals and rocks.
The advanced course is slated for next winter.
Lectures will be held at the Chamber of Mines’ offices in Whitehorse. The cost of the basic course is $100 plus materials; the advanced course costs $250.
For more information, visit www.ycmines.ca/education.html
MEMS conference in Colorado
The Mineral Economics and Management Society (MEMS) will host its 12th annual conference, in Boulder, Colo., April 9-11, 2003.
The conference is a professional forum for academic, industrial and government specialists interested in mineral economics and materials management.
It will feature discussions on such topics as processing innovations, resource assessment, financing mechanisms for minerals, and the impact of environmental regulations on industry.
MEMS helps members upgrade their technical skills and contacts to remain competitive in the rapidly changing world of mineral economics.
For more information, visit www.minecon.com.
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