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Mining and the BIG compromise coming

under a new administration in the United States
All expectations suggest that the
coming year will be a marked
improvement over 2020, socially
Safety Share: Experts agree that adults
need 7-9 hours of sleep each night, yet
and economically. Assuming those approximately 35 percent of working adults
in control will eventually figure do not get enough sleep. Fatigued workers
out the logistics of vaccinating the are 70 percent more likely to be involved in
world … twice, the global health accidents.
and business disruption of the past • Brain-imaging studies show that sleep
year will give way to a bounce-back deprivation activates areas associated
and vibrant economy for which new with risky decision-making, while
leadership in Washington will likely areas that control rational thinking are
take full credit. The agenda of the suppressed. Sleep-deprived workers
Biden administration leading to a may be making riskier decisions,
Robert W. Schafer decarbonization of the economy ignoring the potential negative
2020 SME President and transformation of the energy, implications and taking gambles in
transportation, manufacturing and consumer scenarios in which the losses outweigh
sectors will require new technologies, new the benefits.
infrastructure, new thinking and a lot of patience. • Sleep deprivation can hinder the
The specifics of energy plans from the Biden ability to work safely by significantly
administration remain to be seen; however, there reducing reaction time, motor control,
are indications that some sectors of the mining decision-making and situational
industry in the United States could and should awareness. Research shows that 10
thrive under this agenda. Many elements of days of six hours of sleep a night was
its transformative plan to move away from all all it takes to become as impaired in
things carbon will require an immense increase in performance as going without sleep for
inputs of newly mined minerals and construction 24 hours straight.
materials to achieve these ambitious goals. I • Sleep deprivation also causes
believe that the transition will be rough and there increased microsleep episodes. During
will be some stark awakenings by the idealists microsleep, your brain becomes
ready to implement changes, who will then realize blind to the outside world and your
that some significant trade-offs will be required to decisive control of motor actions will
reach their endgame. Care should be taken that momentarily cease.
there are few unintended consequences as well.
The development and maintenance of a To combat sleep deprivation, we need to
decarbonized, electric economy has potential change our mindsets about the importance
to be a renaissance opportunity for the mining of the quantity and quality of sleep we need.
and underground construction industries as we In other words, sleep needs to be a high
source the materials needed for all aspects of priority and essential actions need to be
the transformation and participate in providing taken to treat it as such.
the infrastructure corridors and components
consumed by a modern society. It will be very Koretta Vault — EMCIS Program,
challenging for the government to promote Colorado School of Mines
sustainable electrical energy sources (wind,
solar, hydro, nuclear, geothermal) and their nuclear power facilities to achieve zero-carbon
transmission and energy storage (all of which energy across society.
require our products) without rejecting some of That will be the political rub. How will
the Biden administration promote the mega-
the demands of environmental preservationists.
developments of a clean-energy economy while
And despite the movement toward green energy,
there will still be a need for coal within the energy simultaneously encouraging governmental
regulatory agencies to tighten environmental
mix for the foreseeable future.
Energy sustainability requires the oversight and deny development permits in
development of large expanses of open spaces for areas preservationists consider off-limits to keep
wind and solar farms, the disruption of notable Biden’s constituency happy? All the while the
inland and coastal waterways for hydroelectric new administration collectively knows it needs to
power and constructing safe, state-of-the-art (continued on page 18)

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Politics of Mining
Alaska Gov. plans to appeal Pebble Mine decision

ALASKA GOVERNOR Mike Pebble has not yet filed that “The Alaska District’s decision has
Dunleavy’s administration announced appeal, said Mike Heatwole, a far-reaching and ominous implications
that it would file an administrative spokesman with developer Pebble for our rights as a state to develop
appeal to challenge the U.S. Army Limited Partnership. It has until our resources for the benefit of all
Corps of Engineers decision to deny Jan. 25, a Corps spokesman told the Alaskans, whether it’s mineral deposits
a key permit for Northern Dynasty’s Anchorage Daily News. like Pebble, or oil and gas on the North
proposed Pebble copper and gold Alaska Acting Attorney General Slope, or other resources anywhere in
project in Southwest Alaska. Ed Sniffen said the state will ask the the state,” said Department of Natural
In a statement released on Jan. 8, Corps’ Pacific Ocean Division to Resources Commissioner Corri Feige.
the governor’s administration said, send the decision back to the Alaska “The Alaska Constitution specifically
“The flawed decision by the Alaska District for a “more thorough review directs us to develop our resources
District creates a dangerous precedent consistent with the law.” in the public interest. When a federal
that will undoubtedly harm Alaska’s “The Division ignored Corps’ agency arbitrarily tries to deprive
future and any potential project can long-standing guidance that required us of our rights with the stroke of
fall victim to the same questionable it to tailor mitigation requirements to a bureaucrat’s pen, we simply must
standards. We have to prevent a recognize Alaska’s unique position challenge that action.”
federal agency, in this instance, the of holding more intact wetlands than Dunleavy has not expressed a
Alaska District of the Army Corps of any of the lower 48 states combined. position on the mine but has said he
Engineers, from using the regulatory Instead, the division is requiring supports a fair permitting process.
process to effectively prevent the state mitigation measures that are simply Critics say he and his administration
from fulfilling a constitutional mandate impossible to meet in Alaska,” said have taken numerous steps showing
to develop its natural resources.” Sniffen. that he supports the mine.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska’s U.S. Senators Lisa If built, the mine would be located
rejected a permit for the mine in Murkowski and Dan Sullivan have about 322 km (200 miles) southwest
November 2020 under both the Clean denounced the Pebble project for of Anchorage, near headwaters to the
Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors not meeting required environmental valuable Bristol Bay salmon fishery,
Act. However, the Corps left open a standards, and President-elect Joe generating concern among many
path for Pebble to administratively Biden has said he’ll move to stop it Alaskans that development there will
appeal the decision. from ever being developed. threaten the fishery. n
Judge denies lawsuit to halt Resolution Copper

A FEDERAL JUDGE has denied that would be one of the largest copper EIS by the U.S. Forest Service has
a motion that would halt the land swap mines in the United States. Once the been delayed from its original schedule
of 2,175 ha (5,376 acres) of private land review is out, the Forest Service has 60 of July 2020, as a result of extensive
for 890 ha (2,200 acres) of federal land days to transfer 980 ha (2,422 acres) to public consultation, significant
to Resolution Copper that would give the copper company. In exchange, the interagency coordination and COVID-
Rio Tinto the land it needs to develop Forest Service will get several parcels related changes to the pace of work.
the proposed Resolution Copper. around Arizona. It is not being ‘fast-tracked’ and
Members of the San Carlos Apache The land swap was made possible Resolution Copper has not sought to
tribe in Arizona filed the motion in an by a last-minute provision that the apply for programs that are available
effort to stop the U.S. Forest Service late Arizona U.S. Sen. John McCain to expedite projects in permitting
from issuing an environmental review added to a must-pass defense bill review.”
of the proposed project 112 km (70 in December 2014. The required Supporters of the project have
miles) east of Phoenix. The judge environmental review has two hailed the jobs and the economic
denied the motion until the court takes purposes: to look at the company’s prospects of resuming mining at
up a larger case over who legally owns plan of operations and enable the land the site, which wouldn’t happen
land known as Oak Flat. A hearing was swap. immediately. Resolution Copper said
set for Jan. 27. “The project continues to progress it still has five years of study, followed
The Associated Press reported that through the comprehensive and by 10 years of construction before any
Apache Stronghold wants to keep land independent regulatory review in mining would occur.
it considers sacred in eastern Arizona line with the schedule determined Apache Stronghold sued the Forest
from being turned over to Rio Tinto by the Forest Service, under the Service, arguing the agency doesn’t
and its subsidiary Resolution Copper. National Environmental Policy Act,” have the legal right to transfer the land
Tonto National Forest plans to a spokesperson from Resolution at Oak Flat to the mining company
publish a final environmental impact Copper told Mining Engineering on because it belongs to Apaches under
statement on Jan. 15 for the project Jan. 5. “The publication of the Final an 1852 treaty. n
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Industry Newswatch
Dept. of Labor reports 29 mining-related deaths in 2020;

Marks six straight years of improved safety
FOR THE SIXTH consecutive education campaign and initiated per year and surface mines at least
year, the U.S. mining industry recorded rulemaking. By 2020, powered haulage twice per year in 2020, in a year when
fewer than 30 fatalities. The U.S. deaths dropped to 21 percent. The 15 percent of inspectors self-identified
Department of Labor’s Mine Safety year 2020 also marked the first year as high-risk for the coronavirus
and Health Administration (MSHA) in MSHA’s history with no seatbelt- under Centers for Disease Control
reported that there were 29 mining related deaths, and conveyor-related and Prevention guidelines. Between
fatalities in 2020. Five of the fatalities deaths dropped from four in 2017 to March 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020,
occurred in coal mines, a historic low one in 2020. MSHA issued 195 citations for sanitary
for the domestic coal industry. “In 2020 the U.S. Department conditions that could have contributed
MSHA reported that three deaths of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health to coronavirus.
occurred in Kentucky and Louisiana; Administration focused on improving The mining industry achieved
two each in Arizona, California, safety in several areas, including its highest compliance with MSHA’s
Georgia, Iowa, Texas and West Virginia; falls from height and truck-loading health standards, which protect the
and one each in Colorado, Illinois, operations,” said Assistant Secretary long-term health of miners. The
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, for Mine Safety and Health David G. year 2020 saw all-time-low average
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Zatezalo. “We also focused on chronic concentrations of respirable dust and
Carolina and Washington. problem areas, such as disproportionate respirable quartz in underground coal
After a two-year increase in 2017 accidents among contractors and mines, as well as exposure to dust and
and 2018, when about half of all inexperienced miners. In 2019, quartz for miners at highest risk of
deaths resulted from powered haulage contractor deaths accounted for 41 overexposure to respirable dust.
accidents, such as vehicle-on-vehicle percent of deaths at mines. In 2020, Approximately 230,000 miners
collisions, failure to use a functioning they were 28 percent.” work across 11,500 metal/nonmetal
seat belt and conveyor-belt accidents, As required, MSHA inspected all mines in the United States, while 64,000
MSHA responded with a multifaceted underground mines at least four times work in the nation’s 1,000 coal mines. n
Mine waste in Adirondacks may be untapped source

of rare earth element minerals
WASTE ROCK from long-closed U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and 2015. They then analyzed samples that
mines in the eastern Adirondack collaborators. showed rare earth content from the
Mountains, NY, may prove valuable Rare earth elements are critical deposits, waste and mill tailings.
due to its rare earth element content, for advanced technologies such as The eastern Adirondack Mountains
according to newly published research. cell phones, supermagnets, computers, in upstate New York were heavily
The results are from airborne and medical apparatus, renewable energies mined for iron in the 1800s and 1900s
ground surveys conducted by the and advanced defense systems. and played an important role in
Currently, the United States depends industrialization of the Northeast prior
heavily on imports for rare earth mineral to and during World War II. The mining
Newswatch resources. activities resulted in piles of waste
contents “The possibility of accessing rare
earth elements from mine waste and mill
rock and mill tailings in various areas
throughout the region.
tailings is attractive partly because the “This inspired the USGS, New York
12 minerals have already been excavated state, and local groups to work together
Resolution Copper completes from the ground,” said USGS scientist to analyze waste rock and tailings,” said
$75 million restoration Ryan Taylor, who led analyses of rock USGS director Jim Reilly. “We look
14 samples from the region. “This would
reduce mining costs by making it easier
forward to future collaborations with
them and potentially other states in this
US spending bill includes
to access the minerals. It also allows emerging area of study.”
funding for rare earths programs recycling of discarded materials, which The rare earth elements are mostly
20 could help to remediate these mined contained in millimeter-size crystals
Ivanhoe Minerals founder sees areas,” he said. known as fluorapatite that are found
a bright future for mining USGS scientists were able to detect in deposits of iron ore. When the iron
both mineral deposits and larger mill was mined, the fluorapatite was usually
tailings piles from airplane surveys of old (continued on page 16)
iron mines that occurred in December
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Industry Newswatch
Resolution Copper completes $75 million restoration

and reclamation project of historic mining land in Arizona
RESOLUTION COPPER has work to demonstrate its commitment to our community a cleaner and safer
completed a $75 million restoration cleaning up the historic mining impacts place to live and work. Cleaning up the
and reclamation project of 192 ha (475 well in advance of any new mine historic Magma Copper Mine ahead
acres) of land affected by close to a development activities. of time demonstrates our commitment
century of historic impacts from the Resolution Copper project director to operating safely and responsibly, in
Magma Copper Mine near the town of Andrew Lye said in a statement, “We’re a way that brings lasting benefits to
Superior, AZ. proud to deliver this significant piece the entire community. This work was
Resolution Copper voluntarily of environmental remediation work completed by local contractors and
committed to accelerate the reclamation decades earlier than required, to make ongoing post-closure monitoring and
maintenance activities will continue to
provide local jobs as an important part
of our business.”
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decade, and I look forward to continuing
to work with the company to grow our
SURFACE DATA business.”
Since 2005, reclamation work by
Resolution Copper has included more
than a decade of soil cleanup, placing
a cover with soil and vegetation over
the historic tailings, restoring and
establishing drainage for the conveyance
of stormwater, reshaping and vegetating
SENSORS & development rock piles, removing the
LIDAR POINT CLOUDS INSTRUMENTATION old concentrator complex and smelter
structures. Reclamation and restoration
have included shaping landforms to a
more natural landform and vegetating
with a native seed mix characteristic
of the surrounding Sonoran Desert
landscape.
The completed restoration and
reclamation was recently approved
by the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality. As required,
Resolution will continue post-closure
SEISMIC EVENTS & monitoring for the next three decades.
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the maintenance of shafts 9 and 10
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Industry Newswatch
US spending bill includes funding for rare earths programs;

$800 million for research to counteract China’s sector dominance
THE UNITED STATES rare studies into the processing and that was folded into the larger bill.
earth mining sector received a boost recycling of rare earths and supports The law requires the U.S.
from the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 improvements to mining education Geological Survey to forecast metals
relief package that was signed by programs. demand much like the Energy
President Donald Trump on Dec. 27, The National Mining Association, Department forecasts oil demand, a
2020. The package includes more than as well as Energy Fuels Inc. and other step that miners say will help them
$800 million to fund rare earths and rare earth companies, praised the bill’s better plan projects.
strategic minerals research, spending minerals clauses. “This bill is something that the U.S.
that mining companies say will help Reviving domestic rare earths needs in the near- to medium-term
counteract China’s dominance over production has become a priority for to refresh investment in renewable
the sector. Washington as relations with China energy, especially after COVID-19,”
Reuters reported that the $2.3 have frayed. said Mark Saxon, chief executive of
trillion, 5,593-page bill essentially Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chair Medallion Resources Ltd., which is
codifies Trump’s executive orders on of the Senate’s energy committee considering building a rare earths
rare earths, a group of 17 minerals said the bill “will enable the United plant in Texas.
used to make magnets for electric States to increase the responsible Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah
vehicles, other green technologies and production and processing of critical Republican, added a clause to the bill
weapons. minerals.” requiring an annual report from the
The bill requires better geological The Senate’s energy committee director of national intelligence on
studies of federal lands, funds introduced minerals legislation last year China’s overseas mining investments. n
Caterpillar impresses CES attendees with technology;

Autonomous haul trucks incorporate tech with machinery
CATERPILLAR might not have been able to roll out its
equipment in Las Vegas, NV for MINExpo in 2020 because of
the COVID-19 pandemic, but the company did take advantage
of the opportunity to showcase its technology at the all-virtual
consumer electronic show, CES, 2021 event.
The world’s largest manufacturer of mining equipment
exhibited for the first time at the CES this year to display the
cutting-edge technology that the company has implemented at
mine sites around the world.
Apparently 2020 Has Become 2021 and is The company touted $2 billion in research and
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ery We would like to congratulate each and every roared into CES’ opening-day events with its autonomous
one of you on surviving what was the mining mega-trucks leading its pitch to potential partners.
Denise Johnson, group president of Caterpillar’s Resource
weirdest year on record. Industries division, said the company came to CES to step
outside its reputation as a heavy-equipment manufacturer and
As we close out 2020 with a kick in showcase its underlying tech portfolio while attracting top-tier
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Coal demand expected to grow by 2.6 percent in 2021;

2020 saw the largest drop in consumption since World War II
THE INTERNATIONAL Energy sources of energy. largest primary energy source after oil,
Agency (IEA) predicts that the global “Before the pandemic, we expected Sadamori said.
demand for coal will increase by 2.6 a small rebound in coal demand in 2020, “But with coal demand still expected
percent in 2021 following a record drop but we have since witnessed the largest to remain steady or to grow in key Asian
in demand in 2020. drop in coal consumption since the economies, there is no sign that coal is
Demand for thermal and Second World War,” IEA’s director of going to fade away quickly,” he added,
metallurgical coal should rise to 7,432 energy markets and security, Keisuke with key Asian markets accounting for
Mt (8,192 million st) in 2021, from 7,243 Sadamori, said in a statement. 75 percent of global coal demand.
Mt (7,983 million st) this year, the Paris- Reuters reported that the United Coal is a key driver of carbon
based agency said in its Coal 2020 report. States and Europe could see their first dioxide emissions and governments
Global coal demand fell by 5 percent increases in coal consumption in nearly around the globe have pledged carbon
this year as the impact of the COVID-19 a decade next year. However, demand in neutrality in the next decades, including
pandemic curbed usage, IEA said. 2021 would still trail 2019 levels and the China, which has set its target for
Between 2018 and 2020, global IEA expected coal use to flatten out by before 2060.
coal demand will have fallen by an 2025 at around 7.4 Gt (8.2 billion st). The IEA said it would need to
unprecedented 7 percent, or 500 Mt Renewables would likely surpass review its 2025 coal demand forecast,
(550 million st), the agency said, due to coal as the largest global source of once the Chinese government releases
the pandemic and as countries around electricity by 2025, while natural gas its economic plans for 2021-2025, due in
the world seek to shift to cleaner would take coal’s place as the second March. n
Rare earths: Adirondacks’ long-closed mine an untapped source

(continued from page 10)
left behind as waste because it was considered an unwanted fluorapatite has elevated levels of heavy rare earth elements
impurity. As the need for certain mineral resources changed such as gadolinium, which is used in medical imaging; terbium,
with time, these waste products are now of interest. The which is used in cell phones; and yttrium, which is used in
lasers.
The amount of total rare earth elements varies from deposit
to deposit, but each deposit is enriched in the heavy rare earth
elements, which are far less common than the light rare earth
elements. Total rare earth elements range from zero to nearly
2.2 percent for the waste and tailings piles and zero to nearly 4.8
percent for ore. Although seemingly low, these concentrations
actually indicate significant potential, with the higher grades
even comparable to other heavy rare earth element deposits,
such as the clay deposits in South China, which are one of
the primary sources for China’s rare earth elements and the
primary source of the world’s heavy rare earth elements.
“There may be some challenges to processing the tailings
for rare earth elements,” said USGS scientist and project chief
Anji Shah. “While the fluorapatite contains recoverable rare
earth elements, it also contains thorium, a weakly radioactive
element that has economic uses but requires careful handling.”
That thorium, however, makes mill tailings easier to locate
by airplane surveys since natural, low-level radioactivity can be
seen on the images, Shah explained.
The airplane surveys were also helpful for detecting the iron
ore bodies themselves because the iron is contained in highly
magnetic crystals of magnetite. By measuring subtle variations
in Earth’s magnetic field from the sky, the researchers created
3D models showing the size and shape of the deposits beneath
Earth’s surface.
In addition to mine tailings in the Adirondacks, the USGS
is looking into rare earth element occurrences elsewhere in the
country. Efforts to map rare earth-bearing formations are also
ongoing at the rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, CA. n

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(continued from page 6)
We learned and accomplished much and value of this organization.
satisfy the demands for goods and by taking on new communications Thanks very much to all of you.
services and advance the values and technologies to hold virtual meetings One final comment, I encourage
comforts of First World societies to and conferences. We may have all of you to support SME by
maintain its leadership position in had more communications with registering for our first virtual annual
future elections. SME sections and new members convention, the MINEXCHANGE
That is the BIG compromise that than ever before as a result of 2021 SME Annual Conference &
is coming as the government and these technologies. We now Expo during the first week of March.
the media explain that responsible have a new SME website up and The advantages of never missing an
and properly managed mining and functioning well. We moved forward important presentation, the ability
development are necessities to in communicating the science to connect with your friends and
achieve a utopian world of zero waste and engineering of mine waste industry peers and doing it at times
and clean energy. For the government management with new collaborative of your own convenience largely
and interest groups to communicate publications and conferences coming offsets face-to-face networking
this new message to a populace that in 2021. More scholarship funding that will be missed. If you have
for decades has heard only of “big, was presented by both WAAIME never attended, this year’s virtual
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Industry Newswatch
Taseko Mines gets clearance for Florence Copper Project;

Company will begin processing monazite sands in 2021
TASEKO MINES Ltd. injection-recovery and monitoring Development of the project is
announced that the Florence, AZ wells. Copper will be recovered from being performed in two phases — the
town council has decided it will not the solution in a solvent extraction- first phase is a production test facility,
appeal the Aquifer Protection Permit electrowinning (SX/EW) plant, which which is followed by the second-
(APP) that was recently granted is expected to reduce production phase commercial facility.
by the Arizona Department of costs and the environmental footprint The first production test facility,
Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to of the project. with 24 wells and an SX/EW plant,
the company for its Florence copper “We believe that two years of has been operating since December
project. operating the test facility within the 2018 to generate copper cathode.
“We are very pleased by this strict environmental guidelines set A commercial-scale facility would
decision and believe this change out in our current permits, combined follow, with the permitting process
in approach by council signals with the future economic benefits aimed at transitioning the project
a new beginning,” said Stuart from the commercial production into the second phase — this would
McDonald, president of Taseko. facility, certainly contributed to include an expanded wellfield and
“Our expectation is that open and Council’s decision. Transitioning plant.
productive dialogue will result and Florence Copper to commercial At $5,600 per ton of installed
that our future together is bright.” production, which includes expanding capacity, Florence Copper is one of
The permit allows Taseko to the current wellfield and SX/EW the lowest capital-intensity copper
extract copper in situ, a process done plant, will mean an average of 85 projects in the world. The reserves
using a water-based solution. million pounds of copper per year for are estimated at 345 t (380 st) grading
The project, located between 20 years beginning in late 2022,” said copper containing 2.5 billion lbs of
Phoenix and Tucson, will include 24 McDonald. copper. n
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Industry Newswatch
Ivanhoe Minerals founder sees a bright future for mining;

Green economy will demand critical minerals and drive demand
ROBERT FRIEDLAND, the moving toward cleaner, carbon-free cement, long-haul transport and energy
founder and executive co-chairman economies that depend on green storage.
of Ivanhoe Minerals was the keynote electrification. These new economies The “green new deal” will
speaker for the Association of Mineral will need massive amounts of inevitably require Canadian miners
Exploration’s virtual conference. certain metals. Friedland said many and most importantly, junior miners,
He spoke about the importance of governments and businesses are just Friedland said.
environmental, social and governance beginning to realize the demand that “It’s a deepest honor to talk to
issues, increasing demand for battery will be coming. explorationists, because in our world,
minerals for the green economy, Friedland said he expects that focus the geologists are the gods,” he said.
the importance of junior mining to intensify between 2023 and 2025 and “In our world, that’s where it all comes
companies and how his company “has involve between $50 trillion and $100 from. There’s more wealth created
been taking a hard look at projects in trillion in investment. in the discovery than sitting there
those states in the United States where One of the companies that is tweaking those little dials for 40 years
we think we can get a social license to investing heavily in clean technology is and actually mining.”
mine.” Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), As long as mining companies can
During a pre-recorded talk, a clean tech fund that it is backed by negotiate the permission of Indigenous
Friedland expressed optimism that the likes of billionaires Bill Gates and communities, “the original, Aboriginal
the mining industry will experience Jeff Bezos. That fund announced it has owners of that land,” Friedland sees
a boom in coming months and raised $1 billion for a second time to it as possible to advance mining in
years as the demand for copper and invest in startup companies that will British Columbia.
other critical minerals rises as the help cut global emissions. “You are going to be able to find
world emerges from the COVID-19 BEV’s scope is broad and it is more (exploration) money in the next
pandemic. mostly focused on clean products and few years than you were able to in the
Countries around the world are technologies, such as greener steel and past,” Friedland said. n
Minnesota lawmakers propose ban on copper mining;

Measure would require proof that a similar mine operated safely
EFFORTS TO SLOW copper the University of Minnesota Law School. state statute.
mining’s advance into Minnesota are “In Minnesota we don’t really have Advocates say it’s a common-sense
intensifying, with state lawmakers a change that would make this more way to protect all Minnesota waters,
proposing a prohibitive measure that palatable,” she said. and human health, from copper mining
would require mining companies to show The “Prove it First” legislation, based pollution.
proof that a similar noniron, hardrock on a similar law that was on the books in The Wisconsin law it was modeled
mine has operated safely elsewhere, Wisconsin, was introduced in Minnesota after, which took effect in 1998, was
according to the Star Tribune. on Wednesday. It’s backed by Friends of later repealed in an effort led by former
More is in the works, including the Boundary Waters Wilderness and 16 Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
companion state and federal bills to ban state lawmakers, all Democrats, some of Copper mining supporters in
copper mining on federal lands next whom spoke at a news conference. Minnesota immediately attacked the
to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area “We are not willing in northern measure as a move to kill an industry.
Wilderness. Minnesota to be a test case for these “This effort, by a few misinformed
Those are slated to be introduced billionaires to do their experiments on legislators, will kill an opportunity
shortly in Minnesota and Congress. our water and our public health. We for Minnesota to provide the critical
Such bans would kill the proposed Twin are just not,” said lead author Sen. Jen minerals needed for both a green
Metals copper mine that Chilean mining McEwen, a Duluth DFLer. economy, as well as essential for our
giant Antofagasta wants to build. The broad bill is a moratorium health care industry,” said Frank Ongaro,
Efforts at the federal level may of sorts and covers any kind of hard- executive director of Mining Minnesota.
have more lift now with the advance rock, or noniron ore, mine anywhere “Prove it first? Done! That is what our
of President-elect Joe Biden’s more in Minnesota. To proceed, regulators current system is designed to do.”
environmentally friendly administration would have to demonstrate independent Metals mining is highly polluting and
and the slight Democratic edge in the scientific evidence that a similar mine nearly half of all the documented toxic
U.S. Senate. Not as much has changed that operated for at least 10 years, and chemical releases into the environment
in Minnesota’s Capitol, said Alexandra that has been closed for at least 10 years, last year were from this sector, according
Klass, who teaches environmental law at did not release pollutants as defined in to the latest federal data. n

Industry Newswatch
Fickle fallacies in forecasting fungible commodities
H umans are an amazing species. We apply
technology in ways that no other creature can.
Anyone who has visited one of our many Rube
representing at least one gazillion dollars,
use this information to place their bets
and they rely on the professional analysts
Goldberg-type processing plants can attest to the to do the groundwork.
creativity and ingenuity of the human mind. Now that you understand how price
But there is one thing we can’t do. We can’t forecasting is akin to crap shooting, let
predict future events. On this basis alone, weather me debunk my theory. If one compares
forecasters are the most overpaid people in the the 10-year U.S. treasury interest rates
world. Even professional baseball players only have to the gold price, there is an 89-percent
to get a hit 30 percent of the time to make the big correlation. When interest rates rise, gold
bucks. Not the weather people. They are paid to prices fall and vice versa (see chart).
look good and hope for the best. As part of the recent U.S.
As far as I can tell, predicting long-term governmental actions to support the
commodity prices is on par with weather economy, the 10-year treasury rate has by Douglas Silver
forecasting. There are many analysts pontificating been forced down to historic lows (hit a
on where prices are heading, but few are ever bottom of 0.62 percent in July 2020). Gold
correct. For instance, I remember at one time responded by rising to historic highs ($2,069.40/
reading that the reason gold prices were rising was oz on Aug. 6, 2020). But there is no way that the
because some Arab nations were buying gold due interest rates will be lowered much further. Unlike
to the extra cash they had from rising oil prices. other countries that have negative interest rates,
Simultaneously, another pundit took the position the United States does not see the wisdom of
that the same people were selling gold because oil taking such an action.
was more valuable and they had purchased their At the end of the year, interest rates started
load at the bottom. to reverse their trend and, at the time of this
There are dozens of hardworking people writing, exceed 1.0 percent. Additionally, the U.S.
making their living by predicting these prices. Most government is shooting for a 2 percent inflation
are analysts who work for large investment banks rate, which suggests that it may take monetary
and are required to publish multiple company actions to raise the treasury rates further as the
opinion pieces each week, take mine visits economy recovers.
whenever offered and keep themselves available This does not bode well for gold prices. It
to answer endless investor questions. These same appears to me that gold prices have peaked, so I
people are then expected to predict prices based am predicting that the price will fall. And for the
on supply-and-demand fundamentals. I think the record, I am retired, don’t believe in black ops and
latter activity, on a standalone basis, is more than helicopters, have no crystal ball, diving rods, blogs
enough for a team, let alone one person — and or divine insights into the future. And, yes, I look
it is no wonder they are inaccurate. Those lucky good, but science doesn’t lie.
companies with fixed-price contracts have it so easy Gold price
compared to those living in the world of fungible Note: the opinions expressed herein are those of the versus 10-year
commodities. Furthermore, the half-dozen firms author, not Mining Engineering.n treasuries.
that actually do specialize in doing
this homework also get it wrong.
Why? Because unforeseen disruptive
events have a nasty habit of showing
up at inappropriate times (usually
the day after publication).
It is even more painful to watch
the newsletter writers, most of whom
are not economists nor have they
had any formal training in price
forecasting. Their job is to flog their
wares and they can spin anything,
especially the really good ones. They
make conspiracy people look like
scientists.
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Mining in the West
Turbocharged work, agile methods break

records, set new standards for Freeport-McMoRan
by Thomas Stauffer
A radial stacker
delivers ore to
the Southwest
The stack of copper ore rapidly raising the
Southwest Mine-For-Leach (MFL) leach pad
at Freeport-McMoRan’s Morenci operations
some of the traditional constraints placed on
teams, they start achieving goals you previously
wouldn’t even have considered attempting,” Sircy
MFL Leach Pad in Eastern Arizona exemplifies a movement said.
at Freeport- building across the company’s global operations:
McMoRan’s Teams are taking agile methods and learnings Aggressive or just plain impossible?
Morenci to the next level, setting and hitting ambitious In operation for more than five years, the
operations. targets in safety and production. Southwest MFL stockpile in Morenci was
The company calls this new paradigm designed to stack 68 kt/d (75,000 stpd) of copper
Freeport Edge, which celebrates innovation, sulfide ore.
challenging old ways of doing things and intense “We had some pretty aggressive production
teamwork. Teams focus on pursuing value by targets and were unable to reliably achieve
combining agile practices with dramatically them for years and years,” said Aaron Draper,
increased collaboration and employee Morenci’s manager–crush and convey. “We had
empowerment. Teams infused with these the best and brightest minds in the company,
learnings have already set records the company very committed leaders and skilled employees
previously thought impossible. working toward this and had made progress, but
More than a few company leaders have we had never gone a quarter with a daily average
characterized the new way of working as that had met that target.”
nothing less than turbocharged. That’s not an Meeting that target was the prime motivator
understatement for Bill Sircy, Morenci’s general in the formation of Morenci’s “Team MFL”
manager–processing. in April 2020. True to agile form, within a
“It’s important that we week, Steve Thames, team product owner and
manage the forecast and superintendent–crush and convey, had put
Thomas Stauffer is senior com-
commitments, but if you've together a diverse team.
munications specialist, Freeport-
got a group of people who can A questionnaire seeking ideas from
McMoRan in Tucson, AZ, email
think without boundaries, and operators, technicians, mechanics, electricians
[email protected].
you let them work without and anyone else willing to weigh in on how to
Mining in the West
get Southwest MFL to 68 kt/d (75,000 stpd) mechanic, metallurgist, diagnostic electrician,
was circulating week one. Employees quickly reliability engineer and technician. The team was
contributed more than 150 ideas, and Thames just freed from their full-time roles to work on Team
as quickly realized the potential to deliver fast MFL and test its pool of potential improvements.
tons. “The metallurgist I have is from leaching,
“We immediately started within the first and he was instrumental in getting the cameras
week getting the data on the ideas we wanted to and all that stuff done, and cameras were totally
pursue, and by the second week, we were already outside his comfort zone,” Thames said. “The
making plans for improvements,” Thames said. electrical engineer doing (conveyor) belt studies
Draper said the effort to empower didn’t know a thing about belts before this.”
frontline employees not only kick-started the A certain long-acting adrenalin comes from
improvement process but set the team up to pushing your comfort zone and the boundless
succeed. atmosphere that optimizes creativity and
“Having seen how other agile teams experimentation, he noted.
functioned in the past, what struck me about “You have people working unconstrained, so
Steve’s team was the way that they generated you have people doing things they’ve never done
buy-in not just with the questionnaires but as before, and you’re empowering them to focus all
they went about their initiatives,” Draper said. “I their effort on finding and testing whatever they
think their efforts were really well supported by can that will create value right now,” Thames said.
the division, because the team was seen as help
from the beginning.” Quick wins
Early team projects tested the effectiveness
A no-comfort zone of installing cameras above a chute at the fine ore
Team MFL consists of Thames and employees bin, a chute that ate up an average of 300 hours
across departments, including a diagnostic of unscheduled downtime a year due to plugging.
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Mining in the West
certain flow or distance,” Thames said.

“We had recipes, but what we didn’t
have was something this comprehensive,
something that really walks operators
through a process step by step based on
the conditions they’re dealing with. Just
looking at the data, that decision tree
already has given us a really consistent
run-through at that plant.”
The technology of ambition

The quick cycles of agile methods
are ideally suited to using technological
advances in the precision and speed of
instrumentation to monitor thousands of
conditions and set points.
The modeling incorporates data
Morenci, Free- “What’s great is that we have spent very, very and institutional knowledge that can simulate
port-McMoRan’s little money on these things. In this case, it was thousands of years of operation to generate a
largest U.S. the boiler shop making these brackets for the precise recommendation that will have the most
operation, recent- cameras and then getting them protected and in positive impact while generating the least amount
ly set stacking the right place. Now, when the operator in the of disruption.
records through control room sees a slab about to cause a plug, he Thames and his team no doubt benefit from
new levels of knows to cut the ore feed until it clears,” Thames the considerable expertise and resources Morenci
collaboration said. has as Freeport-McMoRan’s largest U.S. openpit
and employee A different chute-plugging problem operation. That said, the key driver of success
engagement. was solved at the Southwest MFL with the was the harvesting of all the ideas generated by
installation of activated water sprayers to keep an empowered workforce fully engaged to solve
material from collecting on the edges. problems, pursue value and unlock previously
Improvements like these came in the dozens. untapped potential.
After getting ideas and studying the data, they Southwest MFL had its first-ever quarter
began to find more and more variables that averaging at least 68 kt/d (75,000 stpd) the
affected production. quarter after Team MFL was formed. Save a
“It was a bunch of small problems on a daily rough October at Morenci, they very well could
basis that would combine to keep them from ever have averaged 72.5 kt/d (80,000 stpd) for the
hitting their stacking targets,” said Josh Andres, fourth quarter, Andres said. In 2020, the team
chief innovation engineer. established new records for daily, monthly,
The fruition of that attention to detail saw quarterly and annual stacking rates.
the creation of a comprehensive maintenance They are already well on their way with an
process at the fine ore crusher that has decreased 82,000 kt/d (90,000 stpd) plan for Southwest
downtime. MFL, a rate Andres said he has little doubt they
“We went in and identified areas where we can achieve by the end of 2021.
could put some systems in for better inspections, “Just the idea that you have this group
an inspection of inspections, if you will, and set starting in the middle of the pandemic that
up more robust inspections where we could align achieves results you’d never been able to hit,
them with down days,” Thames said. “We ensured getting 75, then 76.5, then 78,” Andres said. “It
alignment by the supervisors so things would be really speaks to the Freeport Edge behaviors of
done the right way, and that added a lot of value, aiming high at ambitious targets and empowering
because we’ve seen a big improvement in run your employees to hit them.”
time.” The snowballing nature of successes and the
Another quick win was a decision tree to cumulative energy they create is an invaluable
guide crusher operators. A senior supervisor took sustainable resource, Sircy said.
the manuals, recipes and existing documentation “You get a team like this going, and you hit
for crusher operation and built the decision tree that next increment of value and it energizes and
that guides operators to ensure they are making propels you. Even if you have a fast failure, that’s
the proper adjustments during a given shift. a fast learning that leads to a better decision on
“It will tell you based on the conditions that the next iteration, so you continue to add more
you need to speed up the crusher or maintain a value every day,” Sircy said. n
Mining Education
Where have all the mining engineering students gone?

New study seeks insights to improve enrollment
by Jodi Banta, Isabel Barton and Lynnette Hutson
A view of the
I t’s no secret that student enrollments in
mining engineering programs have been
declining globally. In the United States and
•
percent saying “very important.”
84 percent agree that “mining is
necessary.”
University of
Arizona campus
Australia, numbers are down by nearly 50 • 49 percent rate the mining industry as in Tucson, AZ,
percent (Roy et al., 2019; Roy, 2019) and as “as responsible as” other industries, with home of the
much as 80 percent (Minerals Council of more students rating it responsible as Lowell Institute
Australia, 2019) from their respective peaks in opposed to irresponsible. for Mineral
2013 and 2012, and it is much the same story • 34 percent rate the mining industry as Resources and
for Canadian schools (Mining Industry Human “as modern as” other industries, with Mining and Geo-
Resources Council, 2018). We’ve all heard plenty more students rating it modern as logical Engineer-
of speculation as to why — young people think opposed to outdated. ing department.
mining is dirty and archaic, it destroys the planet
or maybe they just don’t know it still exists? Students were asked for their feedback on a
Then there’s just straight-up competition from variety of questions regarding mining and we did
other fields. find that roughly half agree with the statement
In an effort to improve our programs, the “Mining harms the environment.” Ninety-two
University of Arizona’s (UArizona) Lowell percent agree with the
Institute for Mineral Resources and Mining statement “Mining provides
and Geological Engineering department started jobs.” Based on responses Jodi Banta, Isabel Barton and
asking students about their awareness and to all the questions, our Lynnette Hutson, members SME,
perception of mining and mineral resources and assessment of student are program manager, Lowell
we learned some very interesting things. perceptions of the industry Institute for Mineral Resources,
According to a recent survey of UArizona is neutral. The perception assistant professor of Mining and
students (UArizona mining perception study of engineering students is Geological Engineering, and Ph.D.
surveys, 2019): significantly more positive student in the Mining and Geo-
than that of students enrolled logical Engineering Department,
• 72 percent agree that mineral resources in other fields. respectively, at the University
are “important” or “very important” In the same survey we of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. Email
to their daily lives, with more than 40 found that while 74 percent [email protected].

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Figure 1
Most incoming freshmen engineering students are not knowledgeable about mining.
On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is “I know nothing” and 5 is “I know all about it”, please rate your interest in the following fields.
N = 363
of UArizona students are aware that Arizona little to no knowledge of mining at all. In other
has active mines, and 66 percent are aware words, awareness and perception, at least of
that UArizona offers a mining engineering the industry at large, and among UArizona
degree, very few students have any knowledge students, are not the main problems here.
of mining — with 67 percent reporting having UArizona students are highly aware of mining
and in general do not have a negative
perception of the industry — in fact,
Figure 2 they’re convinced that it is important,
but they really don’t know anything
Incoming freshmen engineering students want to study fields they are
about it. We’ll come back to knowledge.
interested in and will give them options.
These preliminary findings inspired
When choosing a major, the most important thing to me is (select up to three): us to undertake further research to
N = 363 better understand how students are
I am interested in choosing their engineering field of
learning about the study. In particular, this research seeks
subject. to gain a better understanding of why
particular engineering disciplines —
It will lead to a career
that offers me many including mining engineering — have
options. chronically and consistently lower
enrollment than other engineering
It will lead to a high- disciplines. In the fall of 2020, we
paying job.
implemented a new survey of the
freshman-level UArizona Introduction
It will lead to a job that to Engineering Design course. One
benefits society.
of the objectives of the course is to
introduce students to the 15 different
I think I will be good engineering fields of study available
at it.
to them at UArizona. For this reason,
we chose to run this survey at the
beginning, and again at the end of the
semester to measure the effect of the
class on outcomes related to students’

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Figure 3
Incoming freshmen engineering students rate mining among the least interesting engineering majors.
On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is “completely uninteresting” and 5 is “very interesting”, please rate your interest in the following fields.
N = 363
choice of engineering major. reporting some knowledge. Other fields that

The survey at the beginning of the semester scored highest on knowledge were Electrical
was administered online to the nearly 500 & Computer, Chemical and Aerospace. Mining
students enrolled in the course and resulted in Engineering came in tied for last place, with
a sample of 363 responses (UArizona freshmen a mean score of 2.0 and nearly 75 percent of
engineering student surveys, 2020),
representing more than 75 percent
of the class. The students’ self- Figure 4
reported demographics largely
matched those of the current Incoming freshmen engineering students are looking for job stability and high
UArizona College of Engineering salaries.
and other engineering schools Which of the following attributes is important to you in your future job? Select up to three.
nationwide: notably 65 percent N = 363
male, and 73 percent white. Job stability
Eighty-four percent of
responders were 18 years old
or younger. That’s the age at
High salaries
which students are choosing their
engineering major. And by their
own admission, when they enter
Opportunities for
Introduction to Engineering design/invention
Design, they know very little
about the 15 different engineering
fields from which they’re meant to Opportunities to solve
problems
choose.
As shown in Fig. 1, we asked
students to rate their knowledge of Working with/inventing
each engineering field on a scale the latest technology
from 1 to 5, with 5 being high.
Mechanical engineering scored
the highest with a mean score of
3.0, with one third of students

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students saying they know nearly nothing about it. indicate that knowledge of all subjects went
We then asked the students to rate their interest up an average of nearly 40 percent and mining
in the same 15 fields (Fig. 3). Aerospace scored engineering was the biggest mover with average
the highest at 3.5. Other fields that students found knowledge increasing by 70 percent, which
interesting included Mechanical, Electrical & moved it up to fifth place in the knowledge
Computer, Biomedical and Chemical engineering. rankings. From 74 percent of students saying
Mining Engineering again tied for last place, with a they knew nothing or very little about mining
mean score of 2.0, and a full 40 percent of students engineering at the beginning of the semester,
rating it as “completely uninteresting.” only 17 percent said so at the end. Interest also
Not surprisingly, there is a very strong increased, from only 10 percent of students
correlation between students’ knowledge of a rating Mining Engineering as interesting or very
field and their level of interest in it. Students are interesting at the beginning of the semester, to
unlikely to be interested in a subject they know nearly 30 percent by the end. We like to think
little about. our research and corresponding changes to how
So, what do engineering students say they the major is presented are paying off. However,
consider when choosing a major? In our survey, there’s still much more work to do, as while the
they could choose up to three answers (Fig. 2). number of students intending to major in Mining
The top choices were “I am interested in Engineering also increased, the increase was not
learning more about the subject” (58 percent) and as substantial.
“It will lead to a career with a lot of options” (36 Over the coming years, the UArizona will
percent), followed closely by “It will lead to a high- be taking a deeper dive into all of this. We
paying job” (35 percent). will research what students find interesting
Interest in disciplines that “benefits society” about some fields (and not others), how to
is also high with around 30 percent of students identify what students do find interesting about
picking this option. mining engineering and how to communicate
“I think I will be good at it” came in at a distant that effectively to a wider audience, and how
fifth place (23 percent). Other answer choices all to bring to life the variety of career options
received well under 10 percent. available in mining engineering. We’ll also be
When asked about what is important to them seeking a better understanding of students we
in a future career, shown in Fig. 4 (students could are currently successfully attracting to mining
choose up to three answers), not surprising at this engineering, and those we wish we were but are
moment in time, the top choice was “job stability” not.
(51 percent), followed by “high salaries” (46 To learn more about these studies or results,
percent). please contact Jodi Banta [email protected]. n
“Opportunities to invent” and “Opportunities
to solve big problems” followed, each selected by References
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major, the average rating was 3.0. So at 18 years conducted face-to-face using tablet computers November-
old, with little knowledge of the subjects they December 2019. Sample size = 344, confidence level of 95
may study, or of related careers, it is no surprise percent, and margin of error of +/- 5.25 percent.
students lean toward general interest in a subject UArizona freshmen engineering student surveys were
conducted online (a) September 14-October 26, 2020. Sample
they think they know something about (as opposed size = 363, confidence level of 95 percent, and margin of
to nothing) and something they hope will lead to a error of +/-2.7 percent. (b) November 30-December 6, 2020.
wide range of career options. Sample size = 367, confidence level of 95 percent and margin
Early results from the end-of-semester survey of error of +/-2.7 percent.

Working Through the Pandemic
Knock-on effects of COVID-19 on the mining

industry — a Nevada story
by Javad Sattarvand
B usiness cycles are not new for the

mining industry. Mining is an inelastic
supply-and-demand economic sector that
is usually familiar with the volatility of the
markets. Mining has a strong culture of
safety and health awareness and disaster
preparedness. The year 2020, however, was
an unprecedented downswing in all economic
activities, including mining operations
due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Market
capitalization lost more than one-third of
its value in a few weeks and shadows of a
great depression appeared on the horizon
during the course of the global pandemic.
Major mining companies in Nevada (some
of which also have operations outside of governments (outside of Nevada operations).
Nevada), equipment/software suppliers and Almost all companies stopped unnecessary
contractors have been interviewed to share their travel and converted in-person communications
experiences and lessons learned during the past to virtual meetings. Sales expositions and
10 months. business summits became virtual as well. For
Now, after almost one year of commercial equipment vendors and software providers, it
interruptions, it seems that Nevada’s mining used to be common practice to travel to mines
sector has learned to live with the pandemic. for sales and technical services. This practice
Consequences of COVID-19, including was significantly shifted to online sales meetings
mandated shutdowns and lower demand for and training. However, equipment vendors
commodities (except gold), have not resulted kept a limited level of traveling for the cases in
in any human resource crises or personnel which their clients requested on-site services.
layoffs, major production interruptions or Digital transformation in professional services
significant missed business goals, as reported by and managerial jobs went smoothly for all
the companies interviewed. In fact, Nevada’s companies. The consensus was that there was no
mining sector, which has an emphasis on gold reduction in productivity for remote workers.
production, has firmly benefited from the cash Many employees appreciated the flexibility
flows that resulted from the gold-price bounces. and convenience of working remotely, although
All companies started to look at the growth site managers had a tough job of adopting new
of the pandemic in February 2020 and began changes.
reacting to the virus’s spread around early On the site operations, companies started to
March. Having a resilient infrastructure for employ basic procedures like social distancing,
market volatility, and the fact that mining shutting down common areas, facial mask-
operations have a higher level of safety-and- wearing, hand/surface sanitizing, temperature
health-awareness culture, facilitated the way control at entries and filling questionnaires
mining companies approached the crisis. for all traveled people from early March.
For instance, one of the corporations The changes were, however, challenging for
interviewed had owned an operation in Africa some enterprises. For example, providing
and learned lessons from an experience in personal hygiene supplies
dealing with the Ebola epidemic and basically for a company with 7,000 Javad Sattarvand, Ph.D., mem-
used that process and outcome as a template for employees at the beginning ber SME, is associate profes-
risk management of the new COVID-19 virus. of the pandemic was difficult. sor, Kinross Gold term position,
The evolution of the practices that mining Meanwhile, the inconsistencies Mackay School of Earth Sciences
companies took to handle the outbreak is of the mandated guidelines and Engineering at the Univer-
notable. Initially, most organizations struggled by the Centers for Disease sity of Nevada Reno in Reno, NV.
with dramatic changes in demand for their Control and Prevention and Email [email protected].
commodities and mandated shutdowns by the federal and state authorities,

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as well as reported that they followed the basic rules

the lack of instead of employing complicated technological
data on the devices such as intelligent thermal cameras,
efficacy of smart face masks, sophisticated face shields,
the utilized smart boots, smart bands or disinfection tunnels.
approaches, One operation employed a tag-based
reduced tracking technology. This technology works in
the social both active and passive modes. In the passive
acceptance mode it just records the proximity of people and
of the their exposure to each other; however, the active
changes mode generates an alarm to the people who
and their do not comply with adequate social distancing.
effectiveness. The practicality of social With this technology, they were able to rewind
distancing during personnel bus rides was the contact history of any positive cases and
reported to be difficult and the number of quarantine them before spreading the virus.
vehicles increased by three-fold to comply with Some companies also used the free mobile
new regulations. apps that the state government had provided
Even more difficult has been the practice for social-distancing tracking. In the end, all
of transporting people into and out of companies agreed that some of the changes
underground mines where everyone needs to will remain even after the pandemic due to
travel through a single shaft or work together significant benefits against other illnesses like
in a confined space. Some of the companies the flu.
split their personnel into two separate teams It was remarkable to see the ways in
who were never meeting each other in order which mining companies collaborated with
to reduce the contacts and potential exposures. local communities and have supported each
They also enacted 14 days of on-site isolation other during the crisis. Nevada’s mining
for the people who were getting back to the site, companies have allocated millions of dollars
which added a sizable company expense burden. to support local communities’ education, help
Most companies that had an uninterrupted small businesses and provide food supply to
on-site operation believed that the testing for vulnerable groups as a social responsibility and
COVID-19 and its reliability was the biggest act of solidarity.
challenge, especially at the beginning of the The COVID-19 pandemic has been an
pandemic using the antigen test blood test. All unprecedented threat to the mining industry,
tests reported a high level of false negatives but at the same time, it created opportunities for
and some false positives and the time to get the mining-related companies to generate value by
results was one of the bottlenecks of the process. revising their business plans. Regular sanitizing,
There were complaints about the increased sick leaves, productivity concerns,
intervention and role of government in the complicated personnel transportation and social
relationship between the mining and testing challenges spurred unavoidable added costs for
companies. Most of the testing challenges were companies. On the positive side, though, many
resolved after getting rapid test machines to the professional service-type jobs practiced running
mine sites. remotely (eliminating commutes) and created
Social acceptance of the changes was a flexible working environment for employees.
another challenge, especially with confusion Similarly, companies heavily reduced business
coming from the government. Similar challenges travel, which has resulted in more family time
were reported about the rate of volunteers for employees.
getting the vaccination in order to reach herd With an event like COVID-19, the
immunity. Implementation was much harder social responsibility and shift required of
in some operations outside of the United companies has been unprecedented. Effective
States where it’s customary for people to have communication and a strong health- and
close contact and hug or kiss each other more safety-oriented culture that’s inherent in the
frequently. mining industry have helped Nevada’s mining
In summary, most companies were satisfied operations on their way to overcome the
with their handling of the outbreak as the pandemic without a major interruption in their
rate of positive cases among people tested production and the loss of jobs. Meanwhile, the
was considerably lower than the communities majority of the gold-based operations in Nevada
outside the mining operations. closed the 2020 financial books with higher-
A majority of the companies interviewed than-predicted cash flows. n
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Selective extraction of zinc from zinc ferrite

Vivek Kashyap* and Patrick Taylor
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
*Corresponding author email: [email protected]
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Keywords: Reduction roasting, Dilute acid leaching, Zinc ferrite, Zinc refinery residue, Zinc extraction
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Special Extended Abstract
Zinc ferrite is the major phase component present in zinc temperature range of 1,100 to 1,500 °C and uses coke as re-
refinery residue (ZRR) and electric arc furnace dust (EAFD). ductant. This study explores a carbon-free and relatively low-
Up to 71 percent zinc ferrite has been reported to be present temperature process for the selective extraction of zinc from
in ZRR, and in most studies zinc ferrite has been deemed the pure zinc ferrite.
major phase in EAFD. In 2010, the global annual production
of EAFD was 3.7 Mt, with 15.20 kg of EAFD generated per Background
ton of recycled steel [1]. The generations of ZRR and EAFD The study aims to reduce pure zinc ferrite into zinc oxide
have been growing over time, requiring a greener approach (ZnO) and magnetite (Fe3O4). The difference in the leaching
for the reutilization and extraction of valuable elements. ZRR properties of ZnO and Fe3O4 induces the selective extrac-
can be a potential source of zinc, as its zinc content is as high tion of Zn. The roasted product obtained was then leached
as 30 percent [2,3]. The presence of zinc ferrite makes the in dilute sulfuric acid (H2SO4) to selectively extract zinc into
extraction of zinc difficult because zinc ferrite is refractory the solution, leaving a residue with high iron content. This
to leaching, and direct leaching is inefficient. The Waelz pro- paper discusses the thermodynamic feasibility of different
cess is currently employed to extract zinc from EAFD and possible solid-gas reactions between zinc ferrite and hydro-
other metallurgical wastes. The Waelz process operates in the gen (H2) gas. It also discusses the roles of various parameters
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in the reduction of zinc ferrite and extraction of zinc. the desired temperature. The amount of H2 was maintained
constant at three times the stoichiometric requirement for
Method the reaction.
Ninety-nine percent pure zinc ferrite was used for the
purpose of this study. The reduction roasting was performed Results and discussion
in a tube furnace. The flowrates of H2 gas and nitrogen (N2) The following are the possible chemical reactions be-
gas were regulated using a rotameter. Thermogravimetric tween zinc ferrite and H2 gas:
analysis and differential thermal analysis were also carried
3 ZnFe2O4 + H2 (g) = 3 ZnO + 2 Fe3O4 + H2O (g) (1)
out as part of thermodynamic analysis. The major part of
experiments includes reduction roasting and leaching. Re-
ZnFe2O4 + H2 (g) = ZnO + 2 FeO + H2O (g) (2)
duction roasting experiments were carried out in a tube fur-
nace setup. The weighed sample, in a silica boat, was placed
ZnFe2O4 + 2 H2 (g) = Zn (g) + 2 FeO + 2 H2O (g) (3)
in the cold zone while heating the furnace. The sample boat
was placed in a sample holder attached with a K-type ther-
ZnFe2O4 + 4 H2 (g) = Zn (g) + 2 Fe + 4 H2O (g) (4)
mocouple. The flow rate of N2 gas was maintained at about
250 mL/min while heating the furnace. The sample boat was
ZnFe2O4 + H2 (g) = Zn (g) + Fe2O3 + H2O (g) (5)
pushed inside the hot zone and the desired flow rates of re-
ducing gases were maintained once the furnace was up to The last three reactions are restricted by the evapora-
tion energy of zinc and thus can only dominate at tempera-
tures above 850 °C. According to thermodynamic data, the
Table 1 — Levels of parameters used in the study. desired reduction of zinc ferrite (reaction 1) is feasible at
Parameters Levels relatively low temperature, whereas, reaction 2 might also be
feasible at around 600 °C.
Temperature (°C) 300, 450, 550, 700
Figure 1 shows the X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of
Roasting
Time (min) 30, 60, 90 zinc ferrite roasted at different temperatures. Zinc ferrite
Amount of H2 3 × stoichiometric requirement was almost unreacted at 300 °C (Fig. 1a). Although the reac-
tion is thermodynamically feasible, the reaction was not evi-
Percent H2 in reducing gas 10, 20, 30 dent in 90 min of reaction. Figure 1b shows the XRD pattern
Time (min) 30, 60, 120 of zinc ferrite reduced at 450 °C. A small peak of zinc oxide
was obtained, indicating the reduction of zinc ferrite to a
Temperature (°C) 25
very small extent. The desired conversion of zinc ferrite was
Leaching
S/L (wt/vol) 1:100 achieved by reduction roasting at 550 °C. The major phases
Stirring speed (rpm) 300-500
in zinc ferrite reduced at 550 °C were magnetite and zinc
oxide. A small peak of wustite appeared, which indicates the
Acid concentration (g/L) 20 further reduction of Fe3O4 to a small extent. The partial re-
duction of zinc ferrite was important in order to ease the
subsequent leaching of Zn.
The mixture of zinc oxide
and iron oxide obtained after
reduction roasting was sub-
jected to dilute acid leaching,
resulting in the highly selec-
tive extraction of Zn. The
parameters of roasting and
leaching used for this study
are listed in Table 1.
Figure 2 shows the ex-
traction of Zn with the roast-
ing temperature. The extrac-
tion of Zn is proportional to
the extent of conversion of
zinc ferrite in the roasting
step. The reduction roasting
at 700 °C might have volatil-
ized a part of Zn in the feed
sample, resulting in reduced
Zn extraction (Fig. 2).
Conclusion
Fig. 1 XRD patterns of roasted zinc ferrite at different roasting temperatures This study aims to ex-
with 90 min roasting time: (a) 300 °C (b) 450 °C (c) 550 °C (d) 700 °C plore a novel approach for
(1 = magnetite, 2 = wustite, 3 = zinc ferrite and 4 = zinc oxide).
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the selective extraction of zinc from zinc ferrite. Partial
reduction of pure zinc ferrite was studied for the selective
extraction of zinc. Leaching of pure zinc ferrite with 20 g/L
H2SO4 for 150 min resulted in only 18.82 percent of Zn ex-
traction, whereas up to 95.84 percent of Zn extraction was
achieved by reduction of zinc ferrite followed by leaching
with 20 g/L H2SO4 for 120 min.
Zinc extraction was found to be dependent on the de-
gree of reduction of zinc ferrite, as ZnO formed after the re-
duction dissolves readily in dilute acid. Roasting and leach-
ing times were found to be the parameters that can be used
to regulate the selectivity and percentage extraction of Zn.
A 90-min roasting time allows the reduction of some of the
magnetite into wustite, thus increasing the amount of Fe in
the leachate. The optimum temperature for the preferential
decomposition of zinc ferrite to ZnO and Fe3O4 was found
to be 550 °C, which is very low relative to those of exist-
ing processes. The optimum roasting and leaching times for
Zn extraction were found to be 90 and 120 min, respective- Fig. 2 Extraction of Zn at different roasting temperatures.
ly, whereas for the selective extraction of Zn, the optimum
roasting and leaching time should be 30 min. Also, an in-
crease in the concentration of H2 in the reducing gas resulted recovery from electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) Part I : Characterization and leaching
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Mineralogical characterization and preliminary beneficiation

of the Zoro lithium project, Manitoba, Canada
Tassos Grammatikopoulos1,*, Massoud Aghamirian1, Mark Fedikow2 and Lindsay Bottomer3
1
SGS Canada Inc., Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
2
Mount Morgan Resources Ltd., Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada
3
Far Resources Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Full-text paper:
Keywords: Zoro pegmatite, Spodumene pegmatites, Li, QEMSCAN characterization, Heavy liquid separation
A master composite (Master Comp) sample was prepared phates (0.1 percent). Liberation of spodumene (88 percent)
from three pegmatite zones from the Zoro Dyke D1 for min- and gangue minerals, including quartz (89 percent), feldspars
eralogical analysis and heavy liquid separation (HLS). The (94 percent) and micas (83 percent), is very good at this P80 .
mineralogical examination was conducted on a subsample The average lithium (Li) concentration is 3.7 percent in spod-
that was crushed to approximately P80 = 600 μm. The sample umene, 2,196 ppm in micas, 1,001 ppm in tourmaline and 115
consists of spodumene (10.5 percent), quartz (29.3 percent), ppm in K-feldspars. Spodumene accounts for 96 percent of
plagioclase (29.0 percent), K-feldspars (21.3 percent), micas the total Li in the sample. The mineralogical data indicate the
(5.1 percent), tourmaline (2.9 percent) and Fe-Mn-phos- potential to recover spodumene by flotation with minimal Li

losses due to other Li carriers. The HLS was conducted on a
subsample that was crushed to smaller than 6.4 mm, with the
smaller than 600 µm fraction removed from this test. The HLS
results indicate it is possible to produce a high-grade lithium
concentrate, with close to 6 percent Li2O, after the rejection of
iron silicates with magnetic separation.
Introduction
The Zoro lithium project is located in east-central Mani-
toba, 20 km east of the historic mining town of Snow Lake.
Samples from three different zones (north, central and south)
were properly blended to generate a master comp that was
used for mineralogical examination and HLS testwork. The
subsample for mineralogical examination was stage-crushed
to approximately P80 = 600 μm and screened into four size
fractions, including +600 μm, −600/+300 μm, −300/+106 μm
and −106 μm. A subsample was stage-crushed to smaller Fig. 2 Grade/recovery and mass pull as a function of HLS density.
than 6.4 mm for the HLS testwork. Following crushing, the
sample was first screened to remove the −600 µm fraction,
which is considered the cut-off particle size for effective matite at 0.34 and 0.39 percent, respectively, but significantly
dense media separation. The −6.4 mm/+600 µm particle size higher in the south zone at 0.54 percent, indicating potential
fraction was then submitted for separate HLS tests, each of zoning or variability within the dyke complex. The lithium
which included eight heavy-liquid specific-gravity cut-points concentration of the Master Comp is 0.44 percent.
(3.10, 3.00, 2.95, 2.90, 2.80, 2.70 and 2.65). QEMSCAN analysis shows that the sample consists of
This paper presents a summary of (1) a mineralogical spodumene (10.5 percent), quartz (29.3 percent), plagio-
evaluation of a finely ground sample to determine the type clase (29.0 percent), K-feldspars (21.3 percent), micas (5.1
of Li minerals and their chemistry, and their liberation to percent), and traces of Li-bearing phosphates (0.1 percent),
predict the flotation response, and (2) preliminary beneficia- tourmaline and other minerals. Quartz is the coarsest min-
tion of a coarsely ground sample using HLS to upgrade the eral with D50 of 247 μm, followed by spodumene at 205 μm
spodumene for the production of a concentrate suitable for and feldspars at 184 μm, with micas the finest at 81 μm. Ex-
lithium extraction. perimental work [2,3] showed that the flotation response
of spodumene varies, depending on the Al-O bonds and
Results changes in its surface crystal chemistry. The {110} plane of
Lithium grades are similar in the north and central peg- spodumene is more favorable for chemisorbing NaOL than
the {001} plane. QEMSCAN can determine the aspect ratio
of the spodumene, which can then be used as a guide to as-
sess the {110} planes.
Liberation of spodumene is very good at 88 percent
(Fig. 1), while the nonliberated spodumene occurs as com-
plex particles (7 percent) and middlings with quartz (4 per-
cent). Liberation of spodumene increases by 14 percent
from the +600 μm to the −106 μm size fraction. Liberation
of the various gangue minerals ranges from 82 to 94 percent,
indicating they could be rejected with flotation to produce a
high-grade Li concentrate. Mineralogically limited projected
Li grades range from 3.2 to 3.7 percent for spodumene re-
covery from approximately 99 to 85 percent.
The average Li concentration is 3.7 percent in spodu-
mene, 2,196 ppm in micas, 1,001 ppm in tourmaline and
115 ppm in K-feldspars. Spodumene accounts for about 96
percent of the total Li and favors a spodumene concentrate,
with minimum losses due to Li hosted by other minerals.
The results of the HLS tests show the spodumene con-
centrate generated in this testwork had a relatively low grade
of 5.42 percent Li2O, which is less than the target 6 percent
Fig. 1 Spodumene liberation and association profile by size Li2O. However, when Fe silicates were rejected by magnetic
fraction and calculated for the head. separation, a concentrate grade of 6.04 percent Li2O (in the
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combined sink product with specific-gravity cut-point of percent), favoring recovery by flotation. In preliminary
3.00) with a recovery of 38.1 percent (Fig. 2) was achieved. testwork, HLS combined with magnetic separation tests
This indicates that the ore contains a fairly large amount of yielded a high-grade (close to 6 percent Li2O) lithium con-
spodumene grains (at least about 38 percent), which can be centrate. The mineralogical characteristics of the pegmatite
recovered by dense media separation. favor the economic potential of the project. ■
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Assessing the feasibility of a commercially available wireless

Internet of Things system to improve conveyor safety
R. Jacksha* and K.V. Raj
CDC NIOSH, Spokane Mining Research Division, Spokane WA 99207, USA
Full-text paper:
Keywords: Internet of Things, Conveyor safety, Data acquisition, Wireless communication
Conveyor systems persist in being a source of injuries and with a fully developed Windows-based human-machine in-
fatalities in the mining industry. To reduce these incidents, bet- terface (HMI) preinstalled, coupled with the availability of a
ter methods are needed to enhance the monitoring of prob- wide variety of sensor nodes and a control node, allowed the
able hazards and improve situational awareness during the solution to be easily optimized to enhance conveyor safety
normal operation and maintenance of conveyor systems. To for mining operations.
address these issues, researchers from the U.S. National Insti- A purpose-built conveyor test bed was developed to as-
tute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) continue sess the selected IoT system’s potential to improve conveyor
to investigate emerging technologies that show the potential to safety. The core of the test bed was a pair of small troughing
improve miner safety around conveyors. This paper presents conveyors (Fig. 1).
a feasibility assessment by NIOSH researchers of a fully in- As implemented, should sensor data (status) indicate an
tegrated, commercially available wireless Internet of Things
(IoT) system to improve situational awareness around con-
veyor systems.
Summary
NIOSH researchers continue to investigate emerging
technologies that may be beneficial in improving conveyor
safety, specifically through enhanced situational awareness.
With IoT making inroads into the mining sector and contin-
ually evolving to meet industry needs, low-cost commercially
available IoT systems that are fully integrated (turnkey) so-
lutions were explored.
Operating in the 915 MHz industrial, scientific and medi-
cal (ISM) band, the wireless IoT system selected for assess-
ment had many features that made it suitable for a straight-
forward deployment. The option of a noncloud-based server Fig. 1 Test bed conveyors.

abnormal (fault) condition that resulted in a hazardous situ- facturer, it was determined that if two sensors indicated fault
ation, such as a guard not in place, personnel would be noti- conditions simultaneously and one sensor then returned to
fied via the system HMI or status indicators on the conveyor a nonfault condition, the system would no longer indicate a
controllers. The HMI could also be accessed remotely with fault condition existed. This would occur even though the
handheld wireless devices, such as a smartphone or tablet other sensor remained in a fault condition. Although the sys-
PC, through Wi-Fi access points (WAPs). A block diagram of tem’s manufacturer stated the race conditions could be re-
the system as implemented is shown in Fig. 2. One controller solved by reconfiguring monitoring and control algorithms
and conveyor sensor set is omitted for clarity. in the HMI, as of this writing the correct algorithm has not
As expected, an in-depth level of technical expertise been determined.
was not essential to initially set up and configure the sys-
tem. Once deployed, the system predominantly functioned Conclusion
as designed. Fault conditions were noted on the HMI and This study suggests that low-cost wireless IoT technolo-
conveyor status indicators, sensor data were logged to the gies may not always be suitable for safety-critical applica-
system server, and historical trends were easily viewed using tions. However, with some improvements, and if used in
the HMI. The HMI could also be successfully accessed using conjunction with existing policies, procedures and safety
wireless devices via a WAP. However, during the system as- controls, a wireless IoT system shows potential to improve
sessment two issues of concern did arise that required perse- mine worker safety around conveyors through enhanced sit-
verance as well as wireless troubleshooting skills to resolve. uational awareness. This study also suggests the current state
In most circumstances, latency between the occurrence of IoT technologies is not “plug and play.” Some technical
of a fault condition and a resultant system notification was knowledge of computer networking and radio-frequency en-
typically less than five seconds. However, at one point during vironments is needed to deploy and maintain even the sim-
the assessment, latencies degraded from seconds to minutes. plest “turnkey” wireless IoT systems. ■
It was discovered that a transceiver (radio) operating on a
channel in the center of the 915 MHz ISM band had been Disclaimer
placed in close proximity to the IoT system’s gateway, re- The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of
sulting in wireless channel congestion. The increased latency the authors and do not necessarily represent the official po-
due to channel congestion was not totally unexpected and is sition of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
a potential issue with any wireless IoT system operating in Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
an ISM band. tion (CDC). Mention of any company name or product does
Another area of concern was race conditions between not constitute endorsement by NIOSH.
sensors. It was observed that occasionally the fault indicator
on a motor controller would not be illuminated when a fault References
condition existed. Working closely with the system’s manu- A list of all references is available in the full-text paper.
Fig. 2 IoT system implementation block diagram.

Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of dissolution of hematite in

mixtures of oxalic and sulfuric acid
Paula Vehmaanperä*, Riina Salmimies and Antti Häkkinen
LUT University, LUT School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta, Finland
Full-text paper:
Keywords: Dissolution, Hematite, Oxalic acid, Sulfuric acid, Kinetic modeling
Better understanding of the mechanisms and kinetics of adsorption spectrometer. Both thermodynamic and kinetic
dissolution can benefit several industrial processes. For ex- experiments were done by varying the volumetric ratio be-
ample, iron can be leached from clays, which can be further tween oxalic and sulfuric acid (Ox/H2SO4) under controlled
used as a raw material in the ceramic industry. Another im- temperatures in a 1-dm3 reactor.
portant application is the regeneration of ceramic filter media,
which are used in the dewatering of iron ores. Dissolution of Results and discussion
iron oxides in mixtures of acids is fairly uncommon and a The solubility curves in the thermodynamic experiments
less well-understood phenomenon, but it can result in a more are shown in Fig. 1. The results showed that increasing the
efficient process. This work also shows that the determination temperature from 15 to 50 °C decreased the experimen-
of dissolution mechanisms and kinetics is not straightforward tal time by approximately six times, from 900 to 150 h. A
in different acid systems. small change in temperature that results in a large change
in the kinetics indicates that the dissolution is controlled by
Background a chemical reaction, which can accelerate the generation of
Oxalic acid is a superior leaching agent for iron oxides Fe2+ ions into solution. A second important finding is that a
compared to commonly used sulfuric acid [1]. However, greater amount of oxalic acid in the system improved the
the use of oxalic acid in full-scale processes can have un- equilibrium solubility as well as resulted in accelerated ki-
wanted side effects such as dusting, and it is more costly netics. Oxalic acid is a more expensive chemical than sulfuric
than sulfuric acid. The dissolution mechanisms, kinetics and acid, but even a small amount of it in the system had a posi-
thermodynamics of hematite have been studied extensively, tive effect in terms of the process economy. The behavior of
but full consensus has not been reached across the scientific pH during the dissolution was also investigated. The results
community. Based on present knowledge, the dissolution of indicate that the changes in pH can be a result of dissolution
hematite in oxalic acid undergoes three steps: ligand adsorp- reactions and might represent the reaction steps when the
tion, nonreductive dissolution and reductive dissolution. Re- dissolution changes from one mechanism to another.
ductive dissolution results in iron ions (Fe2+) in the solution, Cornell and Schwertmann [2] outlined several models
which accelerate the dissolution. The dissolution of hematite that could be used to describe the dissolution kinetics. In
in sulfuric acid does not include reduction, so dissolution in this work, the only model able to describe the dissolution
pure sulfuric acid is significantly slower.
Our previous research [1] investigated the dissolution of
magnetite in mixtures of oxalic and sulfuric acid, but some
findings in the kinetic modeling were contradictory to the
original research. Hence, the objective here was to discover
whether the dissolution mechanisms in different acid sys-
tems could be defined, and whether it is feasible to improve
the dissolution of hematite by adding oxalic acid into a sul-
furic acid system.
Materials and methods

Solid synthetic hematite powder with purity greater than
97 percent came from Alfa Aesar. Oxalic acid solutions (0.33
mol/dm3) and sulfuric acid solutions (0.26 mol/dm3) were
prepared using analytical grade chemicals from Merck. The
pH was measured from the reactor, and the concentration Fig. 1 Total dissolved iron in the thermodynamic experiments at
of total dissolved iron was analyzed with a flame atomic different temperatures and acid ratios (Ox/H2SO4).

kinetics of hematite in different acid environments over the smoothly increasing or decreasing trend, as Kabai showed in
whole reaction time is the Kabai model: his experiments. The most drastic change was observed in pure
oxalic acid, which could be linked to a difference in the disso-
(1)
lution mechanism. Our earlier study [1] also noted changes
where α is the fraction of dissolved solid, k is the reaction in the solid phase when dissolving magnetite in similar acid
rate constant (s−1), and t is time (s) [3]. The parameters of the systems, observed through scanning-electron-microscope im-
Kabai model are presented in Table 1. ages and X-ray diffraction analysis. These contradictory find-
Kabai has speculated that the dissolution mechanisms and ings with Kabai indicate that a cannot be the solid specific
the rate-limiting step could be determined based on the solid constant, but it could be a constant connected to dissolving
specific constant a. In this study, the solid specific constant a media which describes changes in the dissolution mechanisms
of the Kabai model varied significantly for different acid sys- between different acid systems. This study clearly shows that
tems, which is not in line with Kabai’s conclusions but could the determination of dissolution mechanisms requires care-
be explained by possible changes in the solid phase during the ful analysis of the chemical reactions taking place during the
dissolution. Slight changes were observed by the BET specific dissolution process, and dissolution is not straightforward in
surface area measurements, but the variation did not show a different acid systems.
Conclusions
Table 1 — Kabai model parameters. I and II represent
• Oxalic acid promotes the dissolution of hematite in
the 1st and 2nd parts of the linear fits, respectively.
sulfuric acid.
Ox/H2SO4 K (s−1) a R2 • Higher temperature does not automatically result in
0/100, I 4.00 × 10−7 0.964 1.00 higher solubility.
• The Kabai model fits well with the data in all studied
0/100, II 1.35 × 10−7 0.406 0.98 acid systems.
30/70, I 1.62 × 10−6 0.976 1.00 • Changes in the constant a could describe the chang-
es in the dissolution mechanisms. ■
30/70, II 9.55 × 10 −7
0.528 0.98
50/50, I 2.30 × 10 −6
1.273 0.99 References
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Development of a robust ultra-wideband module for underground

positioning and collision avoidance
Amir Ehsan Kianfar*, Fabian Uth, Ralph Baltes and Elisabeth Clausen
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) of RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Full-text paper:
Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020) 37:1821–1825, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00279-6
Keywords: Ultra-wideband, Collision avoidance, Positioning, Underground positioning system
Underground positioning and communication are es- and auxiliary operations. Among these technologies, UWB of-
sential technologies for the future of underground mining op- fers many advantages, including higher accuracy, robustness,
erations. In contrast to other positioning and communication resistance against noise and multipath effects, and low power
technologies such as wireless local area network (WLAN) or consumption [1,2]. Underground automation and localization
radio frequency identification (RFID), ultra-wideband (UWB) systems benefit from these advantages and use the technology
radio technology provides significant benefits like accurate to improve efficiency and safety. There are many studies being
and robust positioning of mobile machine equipment, which carried out on this technology to increase the results’ accuracy,
is indispensable for future autonomous systems in under- energy sufficiency and more. Two robust UWB modules that
ground mining processes, such as production, transportation were developed for underground positioning and collision

avoidance with regard to human safety in underground min-
ing operations are introduced. The measurement results of tests
carried out in an underground mine are discussed as well to
confirm the functionality of the system.
Introduction
There are various applications in underground mining
that use UWB technology, such as the positioning of min-
ing machinery and personnel or collision avoidance. This ap-
proach leads to a movement toward autonomous operation
of the machinery and Mining 4.0. In this paper, UWB tech-
nology is first explained. Then, UWB modules developed at
the Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT) of
RWTH Aachen University are introduced. To test the devel-
oped system, some measurements were performed in under-
ground mining with a technology readiness level (TRL) of 6
Fig. 1 The vehicle is driving toward the person.
in the field of localization systems and collision avoidance in
a nonexplosive area.
UWB signal and positioning techniques

UWB is a radio signal that covers a wide frequency band,
ranging from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, as defined by the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission [3]. In Europe, the range is
from 3.8 to 4.2 GHz and 6 to 8.5 GHz [4]. UWB signals con-
sist of short-duration pulses of a few picoseconds to nano-
seconds. Its low-duty cycle of about 0.5 percent allows the
signal to carry information requiring very little energy [1].
There are some techniques to determine the position of the
object (the tag) using UWB, such as time difference of ar-
rival (TDoA) and (tri/multi)lateration algorithm. Estimat-
ing a distance with the trilateration algorithm requires the
distances between the tag and three anchors. There are many
methods to calculate the distances, including received signal
strength (RSS), time of flight (ToF) and two-way ranging
(TWR). In the RSS method, the calculation of the distance Fig. 2 Evaluation of the collision avoidance test.
between two UWB modules is based on the proportional-
ity of the attenuation of the signal strength to the distance,
while ToF and TWR are based on estimating the time the
signal travels from the transmitter to the receiver. Evaluation of developed system
To evaluate the functionality, accuracy and efficiency
Development of UWB modules of the developed system, systematic tests were carried out
To develop adequate hardware for localization and in an underground mine. The larger UWB module with the
collision avoidance, a UWB transceiver is required. The outdoor antenna was installed on the top of a vehicle. To
transceivers used in this measurement are produced by De- simulate collision avoidance between mining machinery and
caWave Ltd. The designed UWB board was connected via personnel, a person holding the small personnel tag stands
DW1000 transceivers to an omnidirectional outdoor anten- in the middle of a junction, and the vehicle drives toward
na that transmitted the signals in all directions. This mod- him. Figure 1 shows the person and the vehicle. Based on
ule can be installed in the mine as the UWB anchor or on the previously defined safe distance between the personnel
the top of a mining machine as a tag. Another smaller UWB and the mining equipment, the personnel tag and the UWB
module using the DWM1000 module was also designed and module installed on the vehicle send warning signals to the
implemented so that personnel can carry it. The DWM1000 miner and the machine operator. Figure 2 shows the evalu-
module is very small and contains a tiny integrated UWB ated results, in which a warning is shown when the 5-m safety
antenna. The modules have adequate communication ports distance is infringed upon. To validate the results, the posi-
to communicate with diverse sensors or other components. tion of the tag was estimated with a total station as well. This
The personnel tag consists of a small display to display in- confirmed an accuracy of around 10 to 30 cm.
formation about the actual position, approaching mobile
equipment and environmental information. There are many Discussion and conclusion
concerns during the design process of a circuit that functions In this study, the eligibility of UWB as a positioning sys-
in ultra high frequency (UHF) or in super high frequency tem and collision avoidance system in underground mining
(SHF) [5] to prevent unwanted inductions, reduce noise, environments was successfully demonstrated with a TRL of
have the exact impedance of the signal traces, and so on. 6. As stated above, the measurements were conducted to test

the algorithm for functionality and performance. The results qualified prototype by AMT and is tested under operational
imply a great potential for the underground positioning sys- mining conditions with proof of successful deployment. ■
tem and also the collision avoidance that can be realized by
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Coal pillar extraction under weak roof

Arun Kumar Singh1, Ashok Kumar1,*, Dheeraj Kumar2, Rajendra Singh3, Sahendra Ram1, Rakesh Kumar1
and Amit Kumar Singh1
1
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
2
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
3
School of Mines and Metallurgy, Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal, India
Full-text paper:
Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020) 37:1451–1459, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00277-8
Keywords: Mechanized depillaring, Single-pass pillar extraction, Weak roof, Roof fall, Snook
This paper describes the successful mechanized extraction the dip rise of the gallery. A straight line of extraction was
of coal pillars in 11 panels using the fish-tail method from adopted during the mechanized-depillaring operation in the
2010 to 2017 at Pinoura Mine in India. This method proved panel, which commenced from the dipmost/inbye end and
its potential of coal recovery with efficient strata control un- advanced to the rise/outbye side of the panel. Breaker-line
der weak roof due to faster rate of extraction in a single lift. support was installed at the goaf edges [2], and the current
Observations of strata and snook behavior during the field research thrust is to develop various geotechnical design
studies in different panels of the mine are included. norms involved in mechanized depillaring.
A detailed study of the existing rock conditions indi-
Background cated the fish-tail method to be the most suitable for pil-
Pinoura Mine is located in the western part of the Johila lar extraction due to the presence of weak roof strata and
area of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. in India. Weak roof rock smaller-size pillars, measuring 25 m by 25 m from center to
(RMR 40-45) that is present at the mine (Fig. 1) creates uncer- center. Further, in the fish-tail method, maximum recovery
tainties during development and depillaring. The caveability is possible from a smaller pillar by left and right slicing from
index [1] of roof at the mine was nearly 2350, classified as easy the existing original gallery.
to moderate. The depth of cover at Pinoura was found to vary
between 59 and 149 m due to seam gradient of about 6 de- Method
grees, and the bord-and-pillar mining method was selected for Stress meters (fixed at 1.2 to 1.5 m inside the coal pillars),
the development of coal seam with thickness of 2.8 m. single-height tell tales (SHTT) (fixed at 3 m in the gallery
Continuous-miner-based mechanized depillaring was in- roof), auto-warning tell tales (AWTTs) (fixed at 3 m in the
troduced to extract the developed coal pillars using the fish- gallery roof) and instrumented roof bolts (fixed along the
tail method (Fig. 2). It involved increasing the width of the rows of breaker lines) were installed at judicious locations
galleries to 6.5 m for maneuverability of the machines. After during widening and heightening of the panel. It helped in
widening of the galleries, the width-to-height ratio varied understanding the behavior of roof and pillar during the
from 5.5 to 7.0. Pillar extraction proceeded according to the mechanized-depillaring operation.
sequence shown in Fig. 2. Four slices were driven into the pil- In addition to measurement, efforts were made to moni-
lar along the galleries, and two push-outs were driven along tor the caving behavior. A measured assessment of caving
was difficult because the void area was unapproachable. As
a result, this assessment is based on visual inspection from a
safe observation point. Monitoring continued until the instru-
ments were accessible in the mechanized-depillaring panel.
Results and discussion

The observed height of the first cave was 3 to 4 m above
the roof support. Larger-sized snooks are generally left at
geologically disturbed places in the panel to avoid prema-
ture collapse of the roof and dangerous conditions. Such
snooks keep supporting the roof for a larger span of goaf.
Caving was resisted and delayed due to these larger-sized
snooks left in the goaf at geologically disturbed places, re-
sulting in roof fall of more extensive area. Higher values of
roof deformations are noticed when caving is delayed.
It should be noted that the maximum measured rock
bolt load was well below its capacity (25 t), and there was no
encroachment in the working area from caving of the roof
strata. This indicates that breaker-line supports are efficient
to prevent goaf encroachment.
Of particular note was the maximum pillar stress mea-
surement of 2.89 MPa in a panel during the two push-outs.
The wet roof condition of the site created technical dif-
ficulties for the AWTTs, and therefore observations of the
SHTTs were used for the safety of the working. The roof Fig. 1 Stratigraphic sequence at Pinoura Mine.
deformation (55 percent) was varying between 10 and 20
mm before fall, and 95 percent of the measurements were
less than 40 mm. The average face advance rate was 8 m/d rate (more rapid
but ranged from 5 to 15 m/d, which is relatively high for a excavation) and
depillaring operation in Indian coalfields. Conventional de- excavation pattern
pillaring (drill and blast) resulted in roof falls and frequent seemed to reduce
disruption in workings, resulting in, on average, less than 1 the instability of
m/d advance. freshly exposed
Pillar/snook strength and stress are the two required pa- roof strata. Identi-
rameters for estimation of the snook safety factor using the fication and close
Sheorey formula [3]. In the case of Pinoura, the safety factor observation of
of snook equates to 0.5, which is suitable, as it is required to geologic structures
be stable during push-outs. In some situations, the snook size (slips) during de-
was reduced at the time of retreat, depending upon the sur- pillaring proved
rounding strata conditions. In general, a higher number of to be useful for as-
unplanned roof falls occurred under the weak roof, but sig- sessing the stabil-
nificant damage/loss was, in fact, less when compared to falls ity of the working.
below strong roof strata [4], which occurred less frequently. Considering the Fig. 2 Technique of gallery widening
A weak roof generates more fragments of rock than stron- safety of miners, in L-shape and pillar extraction sequence
ger roof during a break, so machines sustain less damage machineries and at Pinoura Mine.
with a weak roof than a strong roof. mining operation,
Two sites experienced complete burial [5] on Aug. 3, a safe limit of roof sagging for apprehensive conditions was
2012, and March 15, 2015. Redundancy in variety and num- found to be 15.5 mm. Experiences of operations under weak
ber of the applied geotechnical instruments proved to be and laminated roof strata of this mine may be helpful for
useful in pillar extraction under weak roof. future application under similar conditions. ■
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Final teams announced for
Move Mining Season 5
by Tanya Kriss, MEC Outreach Coordinator
T his year, with 24 submissions from seven countries, the

interest in Move Mining is the most robust since the
competition went to a video submission format after the
industry and how it’s viewed around the world. Every
team that participated only helps to increase awareness
around modern mining and adds to our vision of moving
first year. Each team submitted a three-minute video and our industry in communities forward,” commented Katie
a one-page abstract outlining their idea of how to improve Kosloski, past chair, MEC Committee.
the public’s perception of the mining industry. Through MEC and SME congratulate the following teams as
they progress to the live, virtual event to convince a panel
Team Miles of Smiles, with team members Jules and Ryan of judges that their idea is the strongest to move the needle
Miles, competed in Seasons 1 and 3. of the public’s view of mining, and to win the $5,000 cash
prize:
Team American Mine (Colombia): Ana María Salé

Duarte, Andrea Katherine Martínez, Heyleen Mildreth
Palencia Velasco and Sandrith Adnnelly Torrado Sánchez.
Team Children’s Mining Pavillion (Mexico): Elizabeth
Araux.
Team ComMINEnity (Ecuador): Ana Cruz, Vanessa
Díaz and Cynthia Saltos.
Team Mining Education (Peru): Ariana Fatima Arteaga
Pastor, Carlos Alberto Saldaña Becerra, Ericka Andrea
Chulle Dios, Ruth Abigail Cueva Esquivel and Junior
Marquinho Delgado Siete.
Team Mining Museum: Mining for Your Life
(Colombia): Daniel Valencia Cruz, Julián Chacón López,
Luis Alejandro Rivas Mosquera, Juan Pablo Carmona Perez
processes of public voting and scoring by a panel of judges, and Paubla Andrea Gallego López.
five finalist teams have been chosen to go on to the live,
virtual event during MINEXCHANGE 2021 SME Annual The final round of the Move Mining competition,
Conference & Expo on March 4, 2021. sponsored by Komatsu, is March 4, 2021 at 8:30 – 10:00 am
Using technology to reach out to young people, the (MST). All MINEXCHANGE attendees are encouraged
diverse ideas presented in the submissions made for a to watch these five teams present their concepts to the
tough competition. The Move Mining staff and the MEC judges live, hear them answer the judges’ questions and see
Committee appreciate the many hours all 85 participants the excitement of the announcement of the winning team.
put into their This keynote conference event is a must-see and at no
submissions. additional cost with a conference registration. The event will
SME News “Each submission
represents a common
be rebroadcast for the general public at a later time, which
is yet to be determined. For more information about Move
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Juan Carlos Aburto Inostroza, Santiago, Chile Benjamin Arthur Contreras Dimas, Santiago,
Fine Grind James Andrews, Blue Ridge Summit, PA Chile
Ponce Erraez Angelo Manuel, Quito, Ecuador Nicolas Cortes Kallens, Santiago, Chile
50 Brian Ball, Pembine, WI Thu Di, San Jose, CA
SME and AIME Awards Cinthia Gladbet Barboza Bravo, Cajamarca, Peru Denis Namrod Goicochea Chuqiruna, Sr,
Cajamara, Peru
Gerardo Fabian Barrientos Retamal, Santiago,
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John Bash, Potsdam, NY
Ms Carla Noemi Gonzalez Werner, Santiago,
Chile
Young Leaders Juan Gabriel Bernal Rodroguez, Sr, Cajamara, Peru Luis Alberto Herrera Huaman, Sr, Cajamarca,
Committee Wesley Bluvstein, Tucson, AZ Peru
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60 Miguel Angel Cabanillas Huaman, Cajamarca, Peru Marlon Anttony Lopez Castro, Cajamarca, Peru
Safety Share Ms Antonia Belen Cabrera Bravo, Santiago, Chile
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S ME is pleased to announce that we will hold an online

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Funding mining’s mission-critical programs
Thank you to the many supporters
of the SME Foundation
by Lorie Laessig, SME Foundation Coordinator memorial donations and legacy gifts. Without this support,
T he SME Foundation is grateful for the support we

received in 2020 from Corporate and Individual
Donors. During 2020, $786,121 was donated from corporate
the foundation would be unable to provide the programs
and services critical for the future of mining. Therefore,
we want to thank the following donors for their generous
donors, individual donors, SME Divisions, SME Sections, contributions.
Corporate Roundtable Partnership

Champions — $100,000 - $199,000
Newmont Corporation
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Rio Tinto
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Bechtel Mining & Metals Inc. JENNMAR
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Cementation USA Inc Komatsu
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J. H. Fletcher and Co.
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Influencers — $15,000 - $24,999
Mining & Metallurgical Society of America
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Boart Longyear Mining & Exploration Division
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$50,000-$99,999 Neil & Cami Prenn Haskell Dickinson II Frank Mooney
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SME News FINE GRIND
An MPD tradition continues:
Musings from the overstuffed chair ...
by Scott Shuey, Chair, MPD Executive Committee
A s has become a mainstay of MPD Executive Committee members (left to right) Aaron Noble, Jim Metsa, Scott
the Mineral & Metallurgical Shuey, Dave Meadows, Garland Davis, Erik Spiller (2018 Chair) and Tarun Bhambhani,
Processing Division (MPD), rocking it at the 2020 MPD Scotch Nightcap. Not in picture: Ronel Kappes, Jaeheon
this edition of the Fine Grind Lee and Chee Theng.
lends itself to the outgoing MPD
Chair answering the open-ended
question, “After seven years on
the committee and a year as the
Overstuffed Chair: Thoughts?”
With editorial calendars being what
they are, this task takes on even
more significance with pen being
placed to electronic paper in the
last week of December 2020.
Being born and raised in Butte,
MT, the sights, sounds and smells
of mining are part of my childhood,
including the sirens and daily
blasts in the Berkley Pit as well
as faint memories of the swings
and roller coaster at the Columbia
Gardens. With that Butte core
came the sense of community made
even stronger by selecting the
Metallurgical Engineering family at
Montana Tech as a career starting
point. When my career took me
to Chicago in the late 1990s, conversations with those interactions increasingly limited to video conference calls
unfamiliar with natural resources always proved interesting. and higher volumes of emails, rather than meeting up for a
I won’t mention the number of times I would get a cocker- drink or two to discuss the latest and greatest happenings.
spaniel-tilt-of-the-head with the question “We still mine?” This year we will be without the in-person SME Annual
when discussing what I did for a living, but that also showed Conference & Expo in Denver, but with high hopes of
me the value in returning to the deep end of the mining returning to Salt Lake in 2022, where we will be able to
community pool and sense of belonging in the minerals once again shake hands and grab that drink.
engineering world. It is this mining family (perhaps It has been my honor to be on the MPD Executive
dysfunctional at times) that is at the core of SME and the Committee and Chair for the 2020-21 year, following in
MPD. Miners, vendors, engineering houses and academia: the footsteps of many notable individuals in our industry,
you can be working for a major mining company this year building on the accomplishments and momentum obtained
and for an engineering consultancy the next, but the people by those who have come before. If you show up to a plant
and ultimate goals of satisfying careers and leaving the and the mills are running well, flotation is pulling hard with
industry better than we found it remains the same. the right sheen, and the autoclave is humming at steady-
Over eight years on the MPD Executive Committee, I state, the goal is to not screw anything up. Now if we can
have had the opportunity to work directly with 16 members only trust the Mining Department to not start sending ore
of our division who volunteer their time and energy to from a different pit without telling us… n
help manage the ship that is the MPD. This is in addition to
those who volunteer (or are drafted) to other committees Fine Grind serves as a forum for the presentation and
in support of our division’s goals or are solicited for discussion of facts, ideas and opinions pertaining to the
sponsorships or asked to give a presentation and provide interests and technology of the Mineral & Metallurgical Pro-
their technical knowledge. After 25 years in SME and 18 cessing Division. Accordingly, all material published herein
years active in the MPD, the multitude of relationships is signed and reflects the individual views of the authors. It
stemming from my involvement are beyond value and is not an official position of SME or the division. Comments
solidify that sense of community. Enjoying that community by readers will be referred to the division for response. The
has been made somewhat difficult since March 2020 with division chair in 2020 is Scott Shuey.

SME Fellows SME News
SME and AIME announce
SME Fellows and AIME Honorary
Members
T he SME Fellow (previously Distinguished Member) class of membership was established by SME to honor those
members who achieve distinction deemed worthy of special recognition. It acknowledges members who have attained
eminence in industry or the academic world or who have made significant and sustained contributions to SME.
award committees, revised M&E Division bylaws, and

Daniel T. Eyde spearheaded writing the M&E Division handbook. In
Daniel T. Eyde is the chief 2016, she received the M&E Division Distinguished
technology officer of St. Cloud Mining. Service Award. Joyner has a B.S. in physics with a German
He has a B.S. and B.A., and started as minor from the University of California, Davis, and two
a geological engineer at the University M.S. degrees in mining engineering and environmental
of Arizona, where he became an SME engineering from Montana Tech.
student member. He served in the U.S.
Marine Corps, reaching the rank of
sergeant. He is a registered professional Richard J. Lambert
geologist in Arizona and has written Richard J. Lambert is technical
Daniel T. Eyde extensively on industrial minerals. In director, U.S. Mining Advisory for
1981, he cofounded GSA Resources SLR Consulting and is responsible
Inc., acquiring it in 1999. GSA merged with Zeox Corp. in for operations of the company’s U.S.
2007 and was acquired by St. Cloud Mining Co. in 2010. mining consulting practice. He is a
Eyde became chief technology officer, then president senior mining executive with more than
through 2017. From 2011 to 2016, St. Cloud worked on the 40 years’ experience in all aspects of
cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan. mine development, from permitting to
Eyde received the SME Industrial Minerals & closure. He was employed by Fortune
Aggregates Division’s Outstanding Young Scientist Award Richard J. 500 mining companies for the first 17
in 1989 and the Mining & Exploration Division’s Ben F. Lambert years of his career, including Phelps
Dickerson III Award in 2020. Dodge, Kennecott, NERCO and Exxon
He is an American Institute of Professional Geologists- Minerals. As a consultant, he has been involved with more
Certified Professional Geologist (AIPG-CPG) and an SME than 120 mining properties around the world. He has led
founding registered member. Serving in SME, Eyde worked teams of mining experts in reserve audits for major mining
his way up from section chairman to the board of directors companies and served as the independent engineer on
and vice president of finance. He serves on the governing many mining project financings.
council of the International Natural Zeolite Association. Lambert holds a B.S. in mining engineering from the
He holds two patents. Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno
and an M.B.A. from Boise State University. Lambert has
contributed to SME over many years, serving on numerous
Catherine A. Joyner committees and boards.
Catherine “Cat” A. Joyner, M.S.,
P.E., is a principal mining engineering
consultant at Minetech USA, with 23 John R. Ackerman
years of mining experience in industry, John R. Ackerman, P.E., P.G., is a
government and consulting. Joyner proven leader in multiple disciplines
and two business partners formed focused on water and wastewater
Minetech in 2015. Joyner specializes treatment for mining, mine land
in underground mine planning, and in reclamation, AMD treatment, and
2016 was an inaugural inductee into the industrial development.
Catherine A. Maptek Hall of Fame for contributions He is principal at Twin Oaks
Joyner in developing and advancing Vulcan Consulting LLC and president of
software since 2000. Twin Oaks Water Systems Inc. Prior
In more than 20 years as a member of SME, Joyner has John R. to his current practice, he worked with
served as Mining & Exploration (M&E) Division chair, Ackerman various consulting engineering firms as
GPAC chair, member of the Nominating Committee and well as Hazleton Pumps.
charter member of both GPAC and the Mining Engineering Ackerman is a professional engineer and geologist in
Editorial Board. Joyner has also assisted programming Pennsylvania as well as a board-certified environmental
efforts, implemented restructuring of the M&E Division engineer by the American Academy of Environmental
SME
aimeNews
honorary members
Engineers & Scientists (AAEES). Awards and recognitions the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2018)
have followed him throughout his career, including Young and PSPE (2019); Diplomate of AAEES (1989); Fellow of
Engineer of the Year from SME in 1983 and Pennsylvania NSPE (2005) and ASCE (2019). He won the Best Value
Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) in 1986; Engineer in Green Engineering award in the ASCE’s Innovation
of the Year from the Luzerne (1993-94) and Keystone NE Contest in 2017. He received his B.S. in the earth sciences
(2018-19) chapters of PSPE, Lehigh Valley Chapter of (Geology) in 1975 from The Pennsylvania State University.
AIME Honorary Members

Barbara J. Arnold Mines and Hecla Mining Co., and was chief operating
The AIME is pleased to award Barbara J. Arnold the officer at Geovic Mining Corp.
distinction of Honorary Member in recognition of her Arnold graduated in 1982 from the University of Idaho
dedication and perseverance in developing a stronger and with a degree in mining engineering and completed an
more vibrant SME Foundation, continuing through her executive M.B.A. certificate program
exemplary service as SME President. at Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate
Arnold holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mineral School of Management. He is a
processing from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn professional engineer in Nevada and
State). She specialized in coal froth flotation, fine particle Arizona. He served as SME President
processing and coal petrology. Her in 2016 and has been inducted into
research and development experience the University of Idaho College Of
has included projects for government Engineering’s Academy of Engineers.
and industry funding agencies, as well as Arnold has more than 35 years of
for private companies. She has worked experience in hard-rock mining, openpit
on the development of a coal-cleaning Timothy D. and underground, engineering and
simulator, coal handling, coal blending, Arnold production, consulting and operations.
coal-cleaning characterizations and He has held positions in mining ranging from laborer to
flowsheet evaluations. Her project- contract miner, and from shift boss to chief operating
management experience has included officer. He has spent most his career either developing or
Barbara J. Arnold the development and management operating mines.
of project budgets, project schedules, oversight of project
personnel and reporting functions.
Arnold has published more than 50 technical papers J. Steven Gardner
and reports and given technical presentations at industry The AIME is pleased to award J. Steven Gardner the
conferences and meetings in the United States and abroad. distinction of Honorary Member in recognition of his
She received the SME Coal & Energy Division’s Young outstanding professional contributions as an entrepreneur,
Engineer Award and its Distinguished Service Award and engineer and mining executive, as well as his steadfast
was chosen an SME Distinguished Member in 2006. She leadership in SME.
also received the 2007 Robert Stefanko Distinguished Gardner served as president/chief executive officer
Achievement Award in mineral engineering from of ECSI LLC, a consulting practice focused on natural
Penn State. She is a registered professional engineer in resources, mining, reclamation, energy,
Pennsylvania. She was SME President in 2018. environmental, health and safety issues,
Arnold is currently president of PrepTech in Apollo, for 36 years. In January 2019, ECSI
PA. PrepTech offers engineering services for coal merged with SynTerra Corp., where he
preparation plants. The company also represents Multotec now serves as vice president, special
Process Equipment and PrepQuip, both in Johannesburg, projects, mining and energy.
South Africa, and CLI—the CLIMAXx magnetic separator. He has an M.S. in mining
engineering, graduate certification
in environmental systems and a B.S.
Timothy D. Arnold J. Steven
in agricultural engineering from the
The AIME is pleased to award Timothy D. Arnold the University of Kentucky (U.K.). In
Gardner
distinction of Honorary Member for his demonstrated 2011, he was inducted into the U.K.
service to SME and his exceptional professional Engineering Hall of Distinction. As a professional engineer,
achievements in the mining industry. he has worked on projects throughout the United States and
Arnold is vice president of operations at Pershing Gold internationally. Early in his career, he served on a volunteer
Corp. He previously held vice president/general manager mine-rescue team. Gardner was SME President in 2015
positions at Nevada Copper, General Moly, Coeur d’Alene and recognized as a Distinguished Member and registered

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member. Currently, he serves as vice president of finance for Institute for Mineral Resources at the University of
the SME Foundation. He has worked as an engineer, owner Arizona. She was the first woman to lead an engineering
and manager in both mining operations and consulting. department in the history of the University of Arizona,
Gardner served on the U.K. Mining Engineering heading the Department of Mining and Geological
Foundation, Kentucky Geological Survey, Biosystems Engineering for 14 years. She has
& Agricultural Engineering advisory boards and was conducted research on artificial
a member of the Kentucky Board of Licensure for intelligence (AI) applied to earth
Professional Engineers and Surveyors. sciences for more than 30 years.
Poulton is a co-founder and officer
of three technology companies working
Mary M. Poulton in the areas of AI-driven water-
The AIME is pleased to award Mary M. Poulton the management software, safety data
distinction of Honorary Member in recognition of her analytics and virtual-reality software
foresight in recognizing the critical need for additional
faculty and research funding in mining engineering and Mary M. Poulton for training. She is a Distinguished
Member of SME, a past member of the
driving SME’s programs toward potential solutions, and SME board of directors, a recipient of the 2017 National
her commitment in recruiting and educating the next Engineering Award and the 2019 Daniel Jackling Award.
generation of mining engineers. She has received the AIME Minerals Industry
Poulton is Distinguished Professor Emerita in mining Education Award, the Ivan B. Rahn Educator Award and
and geological engineering and co-director of the Lowell the American Mining Hall of Fame Medal of Merit.
SME Division Awards

Coal & Energy Division Awards
Coal & Energy Division Distinguished the advisory committee for the International Conference
on Ground Control in Mining. He is a member of the Old
Service Award to Gregory Erwin Timers Club, the King Coal Club and several professional
Hinshaw societies. Hinshaw is the author of several published papers
and the inventor or co-inventor of more than 15 patents,
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to
Gregory Erwin Hinshaw for his excellent service and most of which are focused on rock drilling and ground
contributions to machine technology and engineering for support mechanization, methods and automation.
the coal mining industry.
Hinshaw was born and raised in Huntington, WV. He J.W. Woomer Young Engineer Award to
graduated from Duke University in 1980 with a degree
in mechanical engineering and materials science. His Brett A. Ashley
father was an electrical engineer and cofounder of Service The J.W. Woomer Young Engineer Award is presented
Machine Co., which among other things to Brett A. Ashley for professionalism in engineering to
provided explosion-proof electrical support safe and efficient operation of
gear to underground equipment underground coal mines.
manufacturers. This led Hinshaw to an Ashley graduated from The
engineering position at J.H. Fletcher Pennsylvania State University in 2009
and Co. after graduation. He became a with a B.S. in mining engineering and
registered professional engineer in 1985 is a licensed professional engineer in
and head of Fletcher’s first research and Pennsylvania and Ohio. His passion in
development department a few years the mining industry has always been in
later. In 1992, he was asked to serve coal mining. While in college, he had
Gregory Erwin two summer internships at Federal No.
as engineering manager with Fletcher
Hinshaw Brett A. Ashley 2 Mine and for the past 11 years he has
after a brief stint as chief engineer at
Adel Fasteners, an aerospace industry supplier where his been a mining engineer at Rosebud
perspectives were broadened. He earned his M.B.A. in Mining Co. in Kittanning, PA. His primary focus areas are
1995 from Marshall University. He became chief operating mine ventilation, geotechnical analyses, multiple-seam
officer for J.H. Fletcher & Co. in 2004, was president in 2010 mining and project management.
and has served as chief executive officer since 2012. Ashley has been active in SME since 2006. He was
Hinshaw serves on the National Mining Association the Penn State SME Student Chapter president (2008-
board of directors, is an SME Foundation trustee and is on 2009), has given several presentations at SME events, co-

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chaired a Coal & Energy (C&E) Division session at the University in North Carolina and a
MINEXCHANGE 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo, Ph.D. in mining engineering from
served on the C&E Division Scholarship Committee (2012- Virginia Tech. He is a registered
2017), co-authored a featured article in Mining Engineering professional engineer in several
magazine on “Ventilation Modeling of a Low-Seam Coal states. His past industrial experience
Mine to Optimize Ventilation” (August 2014) and received includes working for 10 years in mining
the 2019 John T. Boyd Memorial Young Engineer Award operations. Reed worked 18 years at
from the SME-Pittsburgh section. NIOSH’s Pittsburgh Mining Research
Division’s dust control, ventilation and
William toxic substances branch, conducting
Stefanko Best Paper Award to Vasu Randolph Reed mine health and safety research on
Gangrade, Todd Grounds, william dust control for both underground and
surface mining operations. His research includes developing
randolph Reed, Garron Ross, Michael R. respirable dust controls for surface mine blasthole drills,
and for underground coal roof bolters, shuttle cars and
Shahan and Kunwar Shandilya Singh longwall operations. He currently works in the NIOSH
The Stefanko Best Paper Award is presented to Vasu
Office of Mine Safety and Health
Gangrade, Todd Grounds, William Randolph Reed, Garron
Research.
Ross, Michael R. Shahan and Kunwar Shandilya Singh for
After completing his B.S. in
their paper titled “Field Testing of Roof Bolter Canopy Air
mechanical engineering at West Virginia
Curtain Operating Downwind of the Continuous Miner,”
University Institute of Technology,
presented at the MINEXCHANGE 2020 SME Annual
Ross spent his early career at J.H.
Conference & Expo and published in SME’s Mining,
Fletcher & Co. working in research
Metallurgy & Exploration journal, Vol. 38 (2021), Issue 1,
and development. His projects were
pp. 581–592.
primarily related to dust control and
Gangrade is a mining engineer at the National Institute
included multiple studies with NIOSH
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Pittsburgh, Garron Ross on the development of air-curtain
PA. He is the principal investigator of
canopies used on roof bolters and haulage equipment. Ross
a project to improve ventilation and
has been with J.H. Fletcher & Co. for six years and is now
reduce contaminant exposure in large-
involved in both mining and nonmining projects.
opening underground limestone mines.
LCDR Shahan is an officer in the U.S. Public Health
Before joining NIOSH, he worked as
Service who is currently stationed in NIOSH’s National
a ventilation engineer at the Lively
Personal Protective Technology
Grove Mine in southern Illinois. He
Laboratory. He is a general engineer
holds an M.S. in mining engineering
involved in the respirator approval
from the University of Utah and a B.S.
program, providing approved personal
in mining engineering from the Indian
Vasu Gangrade protective equipment to U.S. workers.
School of Mines. He is active in SME
Shahan joined NIOSH in 2015 as a
and serves as the executive secretary
mechanical engineer in the Pittsburgh
for the Young Leaders Committee. He also serves on the
Mining Research Division.
board of directors for the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute
Shahan was involved in several
of America. He has published 18 scientific papers in the
projects in the dust, ventilation and
area of mine ventilation and ground control. His ongoing Michael R. toxic substances branch, researching
research work impacts multiple commodities, including Shahan dust-control strategies in underground
coal, stone and shale gas.
coal mines. He is a registered professional engineer and
Grounds graduated with a B.S. in
holds a B.S.and an M.S. in mechanical engineering from
mining engineering in 1984 from the
West Virginia University.
University of Missouri-Rolla. During
Singh graduated with an M.S. in
his 36-year career in mining, he has held
mining engineering from Southern
various positions in both operations
Illinois University, Carbondale in 2008
and safety at several underground coal
and a B.S. from Indian Institute of
mining operations throughout central
Technology, Dhanbad, India, in 2000. In
and southern Illinois. Grounds began
his 20-year career, he has held various
working at Prairie State Generating
positions in technical sales in Delhi and
Co., Lively Grove Mine as the safety
Todd Grounds in mine engineering in Southern Illinois.
manager in April 2013.
Singh began working at Prairie State
Reed received a B.S. in mining engineering from the Kunwar Generating Co., Lively Grove Mine as
University of Missouri-Rolla, an M.B.A. from Wingate Shandilya Singh the engineering manager in May 2012.

Rock Mechanics Award to Keith A. of Mines and then the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) for 15 years.
Heasley Heasley graduated with a B.S. and an M.S. in mining
The Rock Mechanics Award is presented to Keith A. engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1981
Heasley for enhancing scientific design and 1987, respectively. While working for the U.S. Bureau of
capabilities for coal mine layouts Mines, he completed his Ph.D. in mining engineering at the
through the development of LAM Colorado School of Mines in 1998.
numerical models. Since his undergraduate days, he has been an active
Heasley is Professor Emeritus at member of SME, serving as chair of the Coal & Energy
the Department of Mining Engineering (C&E) Division, national board member, chair of the
at West Virginia University (WVU), Central Appalachian Section and board member of the
from which he retired in 2018 after 17 Pittsburgh Section. Also, he received the C&E Division
years of service. Prior to WVU, he was Distinguished Service Award, the Syd S. Peng Ground
Keith A. Heasley employed by the former U.S. Bureau Control in Mining Award and the Erskine Ramsey Medal.
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SME, serving on the Environmental Division’s executive
Benefactor Award to Patrick L. committee, which he chaired in 2016.
Gorman
The Benefactor Award is presented to Patrick L.
Gorman, with great thanks for his generosity and support
Environmental Division Distinguished
of the Environmental Division Service Award to Resa Furey
scholarship and SME members. The Distinguished Service Award is presented to
Gorman is a licensed professional Resa Furey for being instrumental in the success of the
civil engineer with 25 years of 2020 Mine Tailings: Perspectives for a
experience in the design and permitting Changing World Symposium.
of projects for mining operations across Furey is director of marketing for
the southwest United States and South Stantec’s global mining division. She
America. After honorably serving in the has more than 15 years’ experience
Army overseas, he returned to Arizona providing direction, guidance and
and earned an B.S. in geological solutions that create sustainable
Patrick L. engineering from the University of returns for companies in the resource
Gorman Arizona in 1995. Following school, he sector. As part of her role, she has led
worked his way up through the various strategic initiatives from conception to
aspects of the engineering consulting profession, from Resa Furey completion, including an initiative to
logging cores and observing construction to his current benchmark the global state of alternative tailing disposal
position of principal civil engineer with AECOM in Tucson, practices and the water savings that result from these
AZ, where he leads a team in the design, permitting and methods. The project culminated in field trips to mines on
construction of copper leach projects at active sites and three continents to observe the state of the practice. She has
reclamation designs of historic mining properties. Three published widely on water in mining, water reuse, tailings,
reclamation projects that he led have been recognized by diversity and inclusion. Furey is multilingual and was named
awards from the U.S. Bureau of Land Reclamation and the to the 100 Inspirational Women in Mining list in 2018. She
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona. is a true believer that diversity — especially diversity of
Gorman has been active at the national level of thought — leads to better outcomes.
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Research and Educational Excellence Health, and Risk Center at the Lowell Institute for Mineral
Resources, University of Arizona. He is a certified mining
Award to Eric A. Lutz safety professional (CMSP), including lead developer and
The Research and Educational Excellence Award is instructor of the SME CMSP review course. With more
presented to Eric A. Lutz for his work to enable, establish than 25 years of experience mitigating occupational risk
and lead numerous mining health and safety programs and as an industrial hygienist, safety expert, trainer and miner
committees within government, industry and professional search-and-rescue consultant, he has conducted extensive
societies. Lutz is director of the International Safety, miner exposures and controls research and consulting
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toward mitigating the impacts of occupational risk and safety culture (and results) became a subject of pride for all
protecting miners. Lutz has specific expertise in risk people and companies involved.
management, mine safety, diesel particulate matter, silica,
heat strain, noise and infectious diseases.
Additionally, he has extensive practical knowledge Individual Excellence Award to
of global preventive medicine/public DavE D. Lauriski
health, serving as the lead medical The Individual Excellence Award is presented to Dave
intelligence officer for the Arizona D. Lauriski for his leadership at the Mine Safety and Health
National Guard and Department of Administration (MSHA), initiating alliance agreements
Emergency Management COVID-19 with industry and labor while also achieving a significant
response, and as a public health officer reduction in injuries and fatalities.
in the U.S. Air Force, Arizona Air Lauriski, a third-generation miner, has been active
National Guard. Lutz concurrently in the mining industry for more than 50 years. He is the
serves as an adjunct professor at the former president and chief executive
Uniformed Services University for the officer of Safety Solutions International
Eric A. Lutz
Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, is an and a founding member of Predictive
instructor for the Defense Institute for Medical Operations Safety SRP Inc.
on State Department missions and is the former director of Lauriski served as MSHA’s
the Spokane Mining Research Division, National Institute Assistant Secretary of Labor from
for Occupational Safety and Health. 2001 to 2004. He was responsible for
leading and managing the MSHA
Operational Excellence Award to and for administration of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
Anagold — SSR Mining Dave D. Lauriski He set in motion the first-ever alliance
The Operational Excellence Award is presented to agreements with industry and labor
Anagold — SSR Mining. Anagold Madencilik delivered organizations that were designed to further enhance safety
world-class performance in health and safety by driving and health in the mining industry.
field-based and systems-operational excellence and Lauriski received the SME Presidential Citation for
achieving more than 22 million work-hours and 1,000 days achievements toward a safer mining industry and the
lost-time injury free at the Copler Mine. Daniel C. Jackling Achievement Award. He is a former
Maintaining SSR Mining’s commitment of placing the board member of the National Mining Hall of Fame and
well-being of their people above all else proved a motivating Museum, member of the Rocky Coal Mining Institute,
challenge for the entire SSR and Anagold team during former chairman of the Utah Board of Oil, Gas, and
the transformative sulfide expansion project execution Mining, board member of the Utah Mining Association
and ramp-up. The world-class safety results were achieved and chairman of the Coal Mine Safety Committee for the
by combining international best practices with a highly former American Mining Congress.
effective and culturally
aware field-based safety
program. SSR and Anagold
created an environment
where safety genuinely
came first through leading
in the field by example and
complementing training
with field-based personnel
whose sole responsibility
was to follow up the training
with active intervention and
coaching. This approach
built on traditional methods
of delivering safety training
and, importantly, crossed
cultural and language
barriers. By catching unsafe
acts before they became a
lagging statistic and positively
changing behavior one
interaction at a time, the Anagold — SSR Mining team.
Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Awards
A. Frank Alsobrook Distinguished Industrial Minerals & Aggregates
Service Award to Jerry Gauntt Division Young Scientist Award to
The A. Frank Alsobrook Distinguished Service Award is Tathagata Ghosh
presented to Jerry Gauntt for his significant and exemplary The Industrial Minerals & Aggregates Division Young
contributions to SME and the Industrial Minerals & Scientist Award is presented to Tathagata Ghosh for his
Aggregates Division and in recognition outstanding contribution to the field of mineral-processing
of his accomplishments and outstanding problems in the Arctic, his contribution to the area of dry
reputation for professionalism. processing, fine circuit optimization
Gauntt is currently the business and rare earth extraction from
development manager at Brooks & Alaskan coals, and his successful
Nelson, a leading mining industry teaching records.
executive recruiter and human Ghosh is an associate professor of
resources consultant. For most of mining engineering at the University
his career he worked for mining of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF). He has
companies, including Rio Tinto a B.S. in mining engineering from the
Jerry Gauntt (Luzenac), ASARCO, Imerys and Bengal Engineering College (now
Rocky Mountain Energy. IIEST), Shibpur, India; an M.S. in
He held multiple business development roles for mechanical engineering from AGH
consulting organizations, including Marston & Marston, Tathagata Ghosh University of Science and Technology,
Golder and Kline Group. He has focused on sales of Krakow, Poland; and a Ph.D. in mining
industrial minerals (talc, calcium carbonate and kaolin) as engineering from the University of
well as base and precious metals. Kentucky. Over the past 16 years, Ghosh has been involved
Gauntt has extensive experience helping investors in several federal-, state- and industry-sponsored projects
with due-diligence reviews. He holds a B.A. in political worth more than $10 million. He received the Invent Alaska
science and an M.S. in mineral economics from Penn Award in 2016 and is an SME Young Leader. He was co-
State. He originally joined SME in 1978 during graduate editor of the Proceedings of the 37th APCOM Conference
school. He has twice served as chair of the Industrial and serves on the editorial board of the International
Minerals & Aggregates Division and is currently a Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization. He is chair of
member of the Structure and Governance Committee. 2021 C&E Division Program Committee. Currently, Ghosh
Gauntt will be joining the SME board of directors at the is serving as chair of the mining department and director of
MINEXCHANGE 2021 SME Annual Conference & Expo. the Mineral Industry Research Lab at UAF.
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Tech, Courtney has taught numerous courses for students
Antoine M. Gaudin Award to Courtney A. and short courses for professionals. His research has been
Young funded by many entities, ranging from state and federal
The Antoine M. Gaudin Award is presented to governments to small and large companies, leading to more
Courtney A. Young for contributions in advancing mineral than 250 publications and presentations. Asked if he has a
processing technology through research favorite research topic, he responds, “The one I am doing
in partnership with industry and for now; I give it and the students involved my full attention!”
passionate dedication to students and
their careers.
Young is a graduate of three
Milton E. Wadsworth Award to Frank
premiere mining institutions. He Crundwell
loves to apply mineral and extractive The Milton E. Wadsworth Award is presented to Frank
engineering technologies to process Crundwell for innovative, rigorous contributions that have
the periodic table, including critical enhanced fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of
Courtney A. metals, solve mining sustainability oxidative and nonoxidative leaching of nonferrous minerals,
Young problems and conduct real-world including sulfides, oxides and silicates.
research, particularly when all of that Crundwell graduated with degrees in chemical
involves students. While a faculty member for more than 28 engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand,
years in metallurgical & materials engineering at Montana Johannesburg (B.S. Eng., 1983, M.S. Eng., 1986, Ph.D., 1988).
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Between 1985 and 1990 he worked on developing and implementing mineral-processing

at Mintek, a state-run metallurgical technologies on a global scale in support of Newmont’s
laboratory. He joined the faculty of mine sites and projects.
the University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in February 1990,
where he established a mineral Arthur F. Taggart Award to
electrochemistry laboratory, researching Michael M. Botz and John O. Marsden
topics in hydrometallurgy, particularly The Arthur F. Taggart Award is presented to Michael
manganese metal electrolysis, copper M. Botz and John O. Marsden for their paper titled
Frank Crundwell corrosion, gold leaching and gold “Heap Leach Production Modeling: a Spreadsheet-Based
adsorption, and engaged in a major Technique,” published in the SME
effort to understand bacterial leaching. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
In 1999 he joined Billiton, at first in Johannesburg and journal, Vol. 36 (2019), Issue 6, pp.
then transferred to London, where he worked with BHP 1041–1052.
Billiton Capital. In 2002, he returned to Johannesburg and Botz works as a consulting process
established CM Solutions as an engineering consultancy. engineer from his office in Montana and
Under his leadership, the company expanded as it has more than 25 years of experience
developed products and opened a metallurgical laboratory. with mining projects in North America,
He has since returned to London, where he runs Crundwell Latin America, Europe, Africa,
Metallurgy. He has an active interest in the mechanism of Australia and Asia. With expertise in
dissolution, a topic on which he continues to publish widely. Michael M. Botz
upfront process development, process
modeling and laboratory/pilot testwork, Botz has supported
MPD Outstanding Young Engineer Award more than 200 projects, many of which involved gold, silver
and copper recovery in heap leach and milling circuits. He
to Zachery A. Zanetell has co-authored two books and more than 30 technical
The MPD Outstanding Young Engineer Award is publications. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering
presented to Zachery A. Zanetell for his tireless pursuit from Montana State University and an M.S. in chemical
of excellence in and the advancement of metallurgical engineering from Purdue University.
process development, technology and operations that is the Marsden is the consultant president of John O. Marsden
cornerstone of the modern mining industry, and for being LLC in Phoenix, AZ. He received a B.S.
the quintessential engineer everyone Eng. (honors) in mineral technology
calls upon when a critical job is at hand. from the Royal School of Mines at
Zanetell is currently the metallurgy the University of London. He has
manager at Newmont’s global held various operations and technical
laboratory in Englewood, CO. He holds management positions with Phelps
a B.S. in chemistry from the University Dodge Corp. at locations in the United
of Northern Colorado and an M.S. in States, Chile, South Africa, Mexico and
metallurgical engineering from the Botswana. Prior to that, he worked
Colorado School of Mines. His 13-year John O. Marsden for Consolidated Gold Fields in South
career has been spent in a variety of Africa and the United States.
Zachery A.
technical and operational roles. His Marsden was SME President in 2014. He has chaired
Zanetell
contributions include aiding in the the Mineral & Metallurgical Processing Division and
testwork needed to prove new technologies such as piloting served on many division committees. He currently serves
the Newmont-patented alternative gas flotation technology on the SME Foundation (SMEF) board of trustees and as
for high-carbonate ores. In addition to conducting bench- a member of the SMEF Corporate Giving Committee. He
scale and pilot-plant testwork in order to determine is also an associate editor on the editorial board of SME’s
flotation circuit modifications, Zanetell continues to focus Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration journal.
Mining & Exploration Division Awards

Harry “Red” Conger was appointed executive vice
Ben F. Dickerson III Award to president and chief operating officer (COO) of Teck
Red Conger Resources in September 2020. He is responsible for all of
The Ben F. Dickerson III Award is presented to Teck’s mining and metallurgical operations, projects and
Red Conger for significant, positive contributions to the joint ventures across the copper, zinc, steelmaking coal and
mining industry through operational excellence, social energy business units. Prior to joining Teck, Conger most
responsibility and industry service. recently held the role of president and COO–Americas at
Freeport McMoRan. During his 40- Kennecott in Salt Lake City, UT,
plus years in production management, working on heavy civil projects at the
he distinguished himself in safety, Bingham Canyon Mine. She joined the
operating excellence, financial Kennecott team in October 2018 after
performance and delivering large- having previously worked for Barrick
scale projects. He is a graduate of the Gold Corp. and Newmont Mining Corp.
Colorado School of Mines (B.S. in in Elko, NV. Prior to joining the mining
mining engineering), Duke University’s industry, Wilson graduated from the
Fuqua School of Business (post- Colorado School of Mines in May 2012
Red Conger graduate executive management with a B.S. in mining engineering.
studies) and University of New Grace E. Wilson Throughout her time in college
Hampshire’s Whitmore School of Business and Economics and as a young professional in the mining industry, Wilson
and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. has been an active member of SME. With a passion
for professional development and mentoring young
professionals, she is committed to furthering her career as a
Mining & Exploration Division project manager in mining and actively participating in SME.
Distinguished Service Award to
Douglas C. Bayer Miner of the Year Award to John D.
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to
Douglas C. Bayer for his tireless dedication and service to
Welsh
The Miner of the Year Award is presented to John D.
the local sections and the Mining & Exploration Division. Welsh for innovative and practical engineering that has
Bayer received his B.S. in mining engineering from advanced multiple mines for decades and for his support of
Montana Tech in 1992. In 1997, he began working for Hecla veterans through the Veterans Brigade.
Mining Co. at the Lucky Friday Mine Welsh received a B.S. in civil engineering from the
in Idaho, where he has held multiple University of Missouri-Rolla in 1970 following military
engineering and management positions. service in Vietnam. His introduction to mining began in
In 2015, he transferred to the Hecla 1971 at the Climax Mine in Colorado
corporate office, where he currently where he became the senior project
holds the position of chief mining manager for the construction and
engineer. operation of their tailings systems.
A 29-year member of SME, Bayer is In 1977, Welsh returned to college
active in the local SME section, where at Colorado State University, where
Douglas C. Bayer he has been chair or co-chair for seven he helped develop a short course in
years. In 2000, he was selected for the tailings management while earning an
SME Future Leaders program and co-chaired the Young M.S. in civil (geotechnical) engineering
Leaders selection committee. He served on numerous in 1978. Since returning to the mining
Mining & Exploration Division committees, is a Montana John D. Welsh
industry, Welsh has held senior
Tech Mining Department advisory board member and engineering and management positions with Robertson
has 20 years of mine-rescue experience. He served on the Pincock; Steffen Robertson and Kirsten; Harding Lawson
Wallace School District and Sierra Silver Mine-tour board Associates; and Telesto Nevada Inc. Since 2012, he has
of directors. been president and senior principal at Welsh Hagen
Associates in Reno, NV, and is the founder of Zephyr
Outstanding Young Professional Minerals Inc. and Veterans Brigade, a recruitment and on-
the-job training company to introduce military veterans to
Award to Grace E. Wilson the mining industry as a career path.
The Outstanding Young Professional Award is Welsh has designed or constructed more than 40
presented to Grace E. Wilson for outstanding involvement tailings impoundments and heap leach pads throughout the
in SME and a drive to learn and understand the full scope western United States and has successfully operated and
of the mining life cycle. performed closure on numerous active and legacy mining
Wilson is currently a project manager at Rio Tinto properties.
WAAIME Division Award

Eugenia Lomelín in recognition of exemplary service
The WAAIME Founders Award to to the Mexico DF and Torreon sections, fundraising
Eugenia Lomelín and building their endowment funds for the benefit
The WAAIME Founders Award is presented to of students while strengthening relationships between

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North American and South American founded the Torreon section. She was president of the
members, and for being the only Women Committee of the Mexican Institute of Chemical
International Honorary Member. She Engineers (IMIQ) in 1972.
is commended for her faithful and Lomelín is a member of the Mexican Association of
continuous dedication to furthering the Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Geologists of Mexico
goals and purposes of WAAIME since (AIMMGM). She has participated in several WAAIME
joining in 1971. meetings in the United States and Peru and took
Lomelín was born in Mexico City, communities development training courses in Spain. She is
graduated as a paralegal secretary in an active fundraiser to support earth-sciences students and
Eugenia Lomelín 1952 and worked for the U.S. Embassy promotes English courses to students interested in pursuing
in Mexico from 1956 to 1965. Her graduate studies in the United States. Over the last 40 years
husband joined Peñoles in 1971, and that same year she she has been the international representative of the Mexico
joined the Peñoles Ladies Committee that works for City and Torreon sections in WAAIME and participates
the families of mining communities where the company in the SME Committee. “Education is the most important
operates. In 1971, she joined WAAIME and was president element to develop Mexico, so I will continue helping
of the Mexico City sections 1982-1983 and 1986-1987 and students until the end of my days,” she said. n
Young Leaders Committee

Exciting events planned for MINEXCHANGE 2021 SME Annual
Conference
Young Leaders plan networking events
T he SME Young Leaders Committee (YLC) is excited
to share the events that have been adapted to the
virtual conference setting for the MINEXCHANGE
2021 SME Annual Conference & Expo, March 1-5.
One of the most beloved Young Leaders events is
the in-person field trip, which will be postponed until
2022 or until we are able to safely meet in-person. Due
to the generous support of our sponsor, Rio Tinto we
are looking forward to a presentation and tour of one
of RioTinto’s sites with a real-time guide available for
questions and answers.
On Monday, March 1, the YLC plan to connect and
network during a unique social event. A virtual happy
hour will be featuring a professional cocktail class for
those who register to attend the event. Please be sure
to register promptly as there are a limited amount of
registrations available and to allow for the cocktail kits
to be delivered to each attendee.
The Young Leader’s technical session for the 2021
conference is titled “The Business Case for Diversity
and Inclusion.” This technical session will include a
variety of speakers who will share how their experiences
and diverse beginnings have contributed to innovative
solutions through their career.
Please join the YLC Speed Mentoring session that
will feature mentors from various technical disciplines.
The YLC will also host a table which will be an
opportunity to interact with several of our industry’s will be open during the conference.
bright young stars, share ideas and start building a For those interested in the Young Leaders program or
lifelong network. It is also a good time to inquire about in attending these events, contact Amar Patel at apatel@
the application process to join the Young Leaders, which barr.com or Raven Refuerzo at [email protected]. n
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Preventative maintenance for
a sustainable workforce
by Amy Richins and Jennifer Wilkins
H ave you ever heard “get up and walk it off” or “just

push through it, you’ll be fine”? As engineers and
miners, we know that pushing any machine to failure is
time to check on
your equipment’s
ability to function
NOT the best option financially, nor for production. We without the add
know this about machines, so why don’t we think about it ons.
for our bodies? Aren’t they our most important machines? Before and
Like it or not, our bio-machines need regular preventative after equipment
maintenance to be sustainable, healthy and strong. use, allow the 30
This month’s safety share on preventative maintenance joints in each foot
for our bodies goes back to the pre-shift check we’re to experience
all familiar with. We do these checks every day on our multiple
equipment and workplaces, but usually not on ourselves. movement
Here’s a technique from Jen Wilkins, a professional trainer patterns to grease
and aerial artist. the gears and
The first thing on this pre-shift check list is your allow for better movement and hopefully, decreased pain. A
connection to the ground. If your rig is connected to the tennis ball or something similar is all you need.
ground with tires that aren’t aligned right, what would Take a seat and get down to your stock tires, (and by
happen to the alignment of the vehicle, the wear on the tires, that I mean bare feet). Place the ball under the sole of your
and your ability to control the machine? foot, and in as many different ways as you can think, roll the
Good alignment and control of the vehicle start with the ball as fast as you can control it--without losing connection
tires. For your body, it starts with your feet. Work boots are with the ball. Time yourself for 60 seconds and switch sides.
your tires and set the standard for the alignment up stream. Once this is complete, place the ball under the sole of each
Check out your boots. What does the worn tread tell you of your feet and allow your foot to mold around the ball for
about the way your body moves? Are there inconsistencies approximately 30 seconds each placement. Move the ball
of wearing on your right boot versus your left? slightly until you have molded the entire foot front to back
A common misconception is that a boot must hold your and side to side. You may be surprised at what your feet can
foot and ankle in order to have full support during strain. do if you help them learn how.
In fact, this can actually do the opposite. It’s pre-check time: This should not hurt. Mild discomfort is needed
Are you able to hold your ankles and your arches without to adapt but pain should not be present here. Before
the assistance of external support? If the answer is no, it’s participating in anything new to you, be sure to check with
your regular practitioner to keep you informed and safe
during activity. n
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discussion of facts, ideas and opinions pertaining to the
interests and technology of the Health & Safety Division. Ac-
cordingly, all material published herein is signed and reflects
the individual view of the authors. It is not an official position
of SME or the division. Comments by readers will be referred
to that division for response. The division chair in 2020 is
Michael Routledge.
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ontinued from page 45) Lesly Jacqueline Ocas De La Cruz, Alex Javier Ramos Villanueva, Cajamarca, Peru
Cajamarca, Peru Cajamarca, Peru Walter Rolando Teran Cabanillas,
Carlos Alonso Lopez Mendoza, Esmelin Inelsido Ocon Castrejon, Cody Rapke, Fruita, CO Cajamarca, Peru
Cajamarca, Peru Cajamarca, Peru Karthik Rathnam, Winnemucca, Valeria Francisca Torres Caro,
Heyler Gustvo Manosalva Horna, Tatiane Pereira Possanho, Santiago, NV Santiago, Chile
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Terry N. Tew
An appreciation by his family
T erry N. Tew, 68, died Nov. 30, 2020 from complications

related to COVID-19. He was surrounded by his
family and his last request was granted- so if you knew
of the Central
Nevada Historical
Society and of the
Terry please have a glass of Jack Daniels for him. ISMSP.
Born Aug. 26, 1952 in Port Huron, MI, he was the oldest He enjoyed
son of the late James Knox Tew and Corinne Elizabeth visiting Civil
Perry Tew. War sites,
Tew worked in the health and safety field of the western movies,
mining industry for more than 40 years and worked in photography,
surface operations and underground hardrock. In 1978 he working with
graduated from the Plattevile School of Mines in Mining 4-H groups, and
Engineering and started his career with Asarco at the helped with
Blackhawk Mine in Colorado. He then worked at the his daughter’s
Galena Mine where he served on the Central Mine Rescue intercollegiate
Team during the Sunshine disaster. He worked for various mining team in his
companies in underground salt, surface aggregates and spare time. Tew
narrow-vein mining. He continued working and training was always willing Terry Tew
professional and collegiate mine-rescue teams. to lend a hand or
Tew was an active member of the SME Health & an ear to anyone
Safety Division and was instrumental in helping both in who needed it. He was a gentle giant with an excellent
establishing the division as well as the Health and Safety mustache.
Committee that preceded it. Throughout his career, he He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Pamela Jean
never shirked from the challenge of changing the culture West Tew; two daughters, Elizabeth Jean Tew and Kathleen
of the companies he joined such that they became safety Mary Tew; a sister, Renee (Tew) Roddick; and several
and health centered. He embodied the strength and nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by infant
spirit that continues to drive our industry constantly and daughter Kaitlynn Ann Tew, sister Joy Annette Tew, and his
consistently to improve its safety and health performance parents.
and, in doing so, improving the lives of our nation’s miners. The family is also collecting any fond memories for a
He was so proud to be a part of that community – and memorial book, please send those to the family.
that community will remain touched by the privilege In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be
of his presence. Tew earned the General Chairman’s made to the SME Foundation for a future Health & Safety
Safety Award from the International Safety Mine Safety Division scholarship: SME Foundation, 12999 E. Adam
Professionals (ISMSP) in 2003, and was a lifetime member Aircraft Circle, Englewood, CO 80112. n
James Robert “Jim Bob” Moffett

F reeport-McMoRan Inc. announced that former
chairman, James Robert “Jim Bob” Moffett of Austin,
TX passed away at
merged with Freeport Minerals Company to form one of
the world’s leading natural resource companies, Freeport-
McMoRan Inc. (FTX), FCX’s former parent company.
the age of 82. Moffett “Jim Bob was a legend and visionary in the natural
served as chairman of resource industry,” said Gerald Ford, chairman of the board
Freeport-McMoRan of FCX, and Richard Adkerson, vice chairman and chief
from 1984-2015 executive officer. “Jim Bob’s passion and relentless drive as
and chief executive an explorationist led to the discovery and development of
officer from 1984- world-class oil and gas and mineral deposits over his long
2003. Moffett co- career. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends
founded McMoRan and loved ones during this time.”
Exploration Co. Moffett was well known in the natural-resources
in 1969 with B. M. industry for his leadership and vision. He loved the
“Mack” Rankin, University of Texas at Austin, where he played football on
Jr. (deceased) and an athletic scholarship, and received a Bachelor of Science
W. K. McWilliams degree with special honors in geology in 1961. In 1963,
(deceased). In 1981, he received a Master of Science degree in geology from
under Moffett’s
James Robert Moffett leadership, McMoRan (continued on page 62)

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Joseph H.V. Alexis

“A man with a heart of gold” After Center, with his wife by his side. son Mark (wife Wendy), nephew
a courageous battle with dementia and Alexis was born to parents Dr. Dr. Bill Todd (wife Dr. Nina Todd),
cancer, Joe Alexis died on Dec. 28, 2020 Joseph and Marjorie Alexis in Lincoln, five grandchildren and four great-
at the age of 86, at the Denver Hospice NE. After college, he served in the grandchildren,
Navy to the rank of Lt. Commander on Alexis was a member of the Denver
ships to Korea. With a degree in mining Country Club and Augustana Lutheran
engineering from the University of Church.
Arizona in Tucson, AZ he worked in The family would like to thank the
many areas of the U.S. and Africa. He staff of the Denver Hospice for their
was a registered professional engineer kindness and professionalism. Alexis
and served as chairman of the Colorado will be cremated and laid to rest at the
Section of SME. He was a member of mausoleum at Fairmont Cemetery. Due
the Colorado Mining Association and to the COVID-19 crisis, only a private
the American Mining Congress. service will be held. A reception will be
Alexis is preceded in death by his held at a later date.
parents, his brother Carl Alexis, and his For those who desire to honor Joe’s
sister Josephine Molloy. memory, please consider donating to
He is survived by his wife Angela, the Assistance League of Denver or the
his sister Marjorie Todd, three charity of your choice. n
daughters, Jasmine, Novia, and Rebecca,
Joseph H.V. Alexis
Necrology
Moffett career, including the 1990 Horatio
date elected name and city
(continued from page 61) Alger Association of Distinguished 1989 Timothy W. Fadda
Americans Award. In 2000, he received Reno, NV
Tulane University. He also received an that Association’s Norman Vincent
Honorary Doctor of Science degree Peale Award for his exceptional 1975 Terry Tew
from Louisiana State University and humanitarian contributions to society. Hedgesville, WV
a Doctor of Financial Economics, He is also a member of the University
Honoris Causa, degree from the of Texas McCombs School of Business Barbara A. Dygert
University of New Orleans. Hall of Fame and the American Mining Littleton, CO
Moffett was a noted civic leader Hall of Fame, Mining Foundation of
and received many awards during his ** Legion of Honor
the Southwest. n
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Curtis Matteson that were supported Empire CAT Murray Energy Corporation
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Victor Miller community. These events First Majestic Silver OneDigital
Jean-Michel Page included the Annual Flottec Open Loop Energy
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Personal News
Directors named for National Mining

Hall of Fame & Museum
T he National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
(NMHF&M) annonced the election of five new
members to its board of directors. These five new
board members each bring their own unique skills
and experiences identified as needed to help the
NMHFM continue its mission to tell the story of
mining, its people, its importance to the American
public and to society’s sustainability.
William Wilson is director, executive vice
president, and chief financial officer of Tuvera
Exploration, Inc., and is an independent natural William Wilson Todd Myers Jason Nitz
resource consultant. Wilson brings a background of history has been focused on a variety
operating and financial experience in the mining industry, of natural resource and government
including positions as president of Banro Corp., Basin organizations, including president
Perlite Company and New Horizon Uranium Corp. Wilson of the Utah Mining Association,
currently serves as chairman of the SME Audit Committee, government affairs manager for
is treasurer for the Denver section of the Mining and Northwest Mining Association,
Metallurgical Society of America and previously served special assistant and field
as a chairman and board member of the Colorado Mining representative for an Idaho governor
Association. He is the treasurer of the NMHFM Board of and congressman. Compton has a
Directors. long work history in forestry and Mark Compton
Todd Myers is former senior vice president – marketing resource management.
and business development, with Cloud Peak Energy Michele Ashby is currently
Inc., and served as president, chief executive officer and president and CEO of Corporate
director during the company’s final phase re-organization. Directors International and Ashby
Myers has more than 30 years of mining experience, Consulting Enterprises. Ashby has
mainly in the coal and energy business. In addition, he has more than 30-years’ experience in
been a board member of the American Coal Council and finance and mining, including as
a member of the National Mining Association Economic a mining analyst and investment
Committee and the Emissions Marketing Association. consultant, working with hundreds
Jason Nitz is senior manager of mine monitoring of CEOs of public and privately held Michele Ashby
& control globally at Newmont Corporation. Nitz is companies and large institutional
currently leading Newmont’s operations improvement investors to improve values and capitalize major projects.
program across areas such as equipment automation, She has been on numerous public mining company boards
remote operating centers, and operational technology since 2005. Ashby formed the Denver Gold Group and
integration. He has 16 years of mining experience, both served as CEO and board member for more than 18 years,
openpit and underground, working mainly in engineering developing the international trade association for gold
and technology roles in North America, Indonesia and producing mining companies and their largest investors
Australia. from start up to industry institution. She has formed and
Mark Compton is executive director of the American served as chair, trustee or board member on numerous
Exploration & Mining Association. Compton’s recent work nonprofit boards since 1988. n
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Royal Gold Inc. Glenwood Caverns Adventure honor of their loved ones. In 2020, the
Skyline Assayers & Laboratories Park following people remembered their
Solensa Golden Moon Distillery - Jackie Pena loved ones with gifts in their name.
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Weir Minerals History Colorado Center Stanley Dempsey, Sr.
Steve Holmes Rene Flores
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Pat Frost
In-kind donors Museum
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Linda Hancock
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In 2020 the Foundation received
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Empire CAT for the donation of a Mary Korpi Mark Singer
2020 GMC Sierra 2500 Crew Cab Kurt and Norma Kost Humam Sirhal
4WD SLT Diesel truck that was Lawson Consulting Services - Scott Jinnyn Tata
raffled off in February, raising $85,000 Lawson Andrew Templin
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you to the following companies and Marinucci
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support of the SME Foundation. Museum - Robin Hall Minnesota Section
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The Drift of Things
How to attract the next generation

Demand is involves,” said Banta.
From there, the team put together a survey
high for engineers given to all incoming freshmen engineering
students to understand why they choose the
There is no need for a “Breaking engineering fields of study that they did.
News” banner to go with the statement “We did this survey in order to find ways
that the U.S. mining industry is facing to help increase diversity,” Banta told me.
a talent crisis. “Some ofthe engineering fields have equal
The need to find the next representationand others not as much. We
generation of engineers and wanted to understand what is motivating students
metallurgists who will be responsible in their choice of study and how we can make
for supplying the minerals to meet the mining engineering more attractive to a wider
demands of a carbon-free world into range of students.”
the next few decades is a challenge This survey, which you can read more about
William Gleason that has loomed over the industry for on page 25 of this issue, is likely just the start of
Editor more than decade.The challenge faces a larger effort by Banta, Barton and Hutson to
two hurdles, one is a workforce that is uncover why students might or might not chose
rapidly moving toward retirement. The other is mining engineering. It also touches on another
attracting new talent to join the industry. very important topic, that of increasing diversity
As we all know, mining has a perception in the industry. Please take some time to read the
problem with the general public and that is true article and let’s hope that their efforts will lead to
for students entering engineering programs at more students joining the industry so that we can
the university level. The perception issues range avoid the predicament the industry is currently in.
from mining being seen as a dangerous industry Because of a large industry contraction
that recklessly destroys the environment to being in the 1980s and early 1990s, many young
one that many people either ignore or are simply professionals at the time left the industry or
unaware of. never joined it in the first place and the number
At the University of Arizona’s Lowell of accredited university programs offering
Institute for Mineral Resources and Mining and mining and metallurgical engineering programs
Geological Engineering, home to 15 different also retracted, leaving just 13 institutions in the
engineering fields of study, Jodi Banta, Isabel United States in which students can earn such
Barton and Lynnette Hutson have launched an degrees.
effort to discover some of the reasons mining has Flash forward a few decades and here we are
lost out on attracting top-level engineering talent. — with a large percentage of senior leadership
Students were asked various questions preparing for retirement and a void left behind,
about mining and other engineering disciplines. SME and the SME Foundation have explored
The team knew from an earlier study they’d ways to help solve this problem and establish
conducted on the UA student body that while long-term solutions by creating fellowships and
many students are aware of mining and generally grants used to recruit and develop high-quality
do not have a negative perception of mining (a faculty and the Society has always provided
win for the industry), and that they are convinced support to students pursuing appropriate degrees.
that mining is necessary (another win), many of These measures will help fill the pipeline in
the students don’t know anything about mining. academia but more must be done to find and
And while engineering students had the most educate qualified people for the industry and that
favorable perception of all students, they also starts at the university level or sooner.
self-reported having little knowledge of mining. nnn
“There was high percentage of students Some long-time readers will see a familiar
who said they were not interested in a career in face on page 21 of this issue. I am happy to
the mining industry when first asked, but when announce that Doug Silver is returning to the
asked if they could apply their area of study to pages of the Mining Engineering as a quarterly
a job within the mining industry, more than 60 guest columnist. Silver is a well-known mineral
percent of all students and nearly 90 percent of economist, now retired, and an entertaining
engineering students said yes. This indicates that writer who will provide interesting insight into
many students are not aware of all that mining the mining industry in this column. n
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vironmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high-rise build-
ings and government. As a Fortune 500 firm, AECOM
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port-McMoRan operates large, long-lived, geographically diverse assets with significant proven and prob- ucts for virtually any application, anywhere in the world.
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US$3.7 billion. Follow us on www.bv.com and in social Technical Program Student Design Competition
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AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and NSSGA is the leading voice and advocate for the
Hexagon Mining technical services firm; positioned to design, build, aggregates industry. Our members include stone, sand
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firm and #6 Top 400 Contractor by revenue in Engineer- that build America’s infrastructure and economy. NSS-
to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across
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industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety,
and is a market leader in transportation, facilities, en- and environmental issues. In addition, NSSGA offers its
and mobility applications. Our technologies are
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members many opportunities to participate in educa- purchasing organization focused on bringing exclusive
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ed expertise to all sectors of the mining industry. We pany that operates in Northwest Colorado. Trapper is production capacity of over 11.5 million pounds of
strategically focus on the industry’s business drivers located 6.5 miles southwest of Craig, Colorado with uranium per year. The Company also holds the largest
and challenges, offering solutions related to air quality, annual capacity of 2.6 million tons of sub-bituminous NI 43-101 uranium resource base in the U.S. Energy
civil engineering, ecological sciences, environmental coal. All coal produced is delivered to adjacent Craig Fuels can be reached at [email protected] or
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to tackle tough problems, CEC has successfully com- Most recently in September 2018 receiving the Good
pleted projects for the mining industry ranging from
the design and permitting of refuse disposal areas, to
Neighbor Award from the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of Surface Mining ?for achievement of
Luck Stone Corp.
water treatment projects, to large-scale post-mining exemplary interaction, communication and involve- SME/NSSGA 2020-2021
land-use changes, and to ecological resource impact ment with the surrounding land owners and local Student Design Competition
assessments. community. Title Sponsor
Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Luck Stone
Main Office
333 Baldwin Rd
Tri-State Generation and is the nation’s largest family owned and operat-
ed producer of crushed stone, sand and gravel. A
Pittsburgh, PA 15205 USA Transmission Association, Inc. responsive and creative partner to the construction,
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Barr Engineering cooperative of 45 members, including 42 utility elec- bridges and buildings. Driven by a vision to positively
impact communities by building value inspired by
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members in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and New customers, Luck Stone offers more than 75 crushed
Title Sponsor Mexico. Together, we deliver reliable, affordable and stone products available in a variety of colors, sizes
For 50 years, Barr has been assisting national and responsible power to more than a million electricity and gradations.
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and related services to its members, through efforts Martin Marietta
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Barr’s services include environmental review, permit- accordance with cooperative principles. For more
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and site design; electrical and process controls; tailings A member of the S&P 500 Index, Martin Marietta is
and water management; and mine-site remediation Newmont an American-based company and a leading supplier
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Company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects Bahamas, dedicated Martin Marietta teams supply the
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Minneapolis, MN 55435 USA Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P ed and diverse workforce, guided in its work by five
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Company is an industry leader in value creation, sup- and sustain a world-class organization committed to
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the long-term success of all of its stakeholders.”
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plant and beyond, BEUMER offers the complete solu-
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a robust portfolio BEUMER enables you to run your Company)
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as well as after-sales support – with BEUMER you can ations include both primary and byproduct molybdenum on the challenges that mining presents. Our team of
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rhenium products. Climax Molybdenum has developed
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excellence to our mining clients across North America
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seamlessly integrated divisions (SiREM, Savron, and
Geosyntec Europe) with a combined staff exceeding
1,500 engineers, scientists, and related technical and
exhibitors
3D-P AGRU America, Inc

3D-P enables your digital mine. Through a complete Since 1988, AGRU America, Inc. has been the world’s
range of wireless connectivity solutions, real time data leading manufacturer of flat die extrusion geomem-
access and application integration, 3D-P guarantees branes, geonets, geocomposites, geotextiles, geosyn-
your operations have continuous and reliable access to thetic clay liners, concrete protective liners and fittings.
the data your digital mine most depends on. We sim- The company also supplies vertical barrier systems
plify your digital transformation by providing disruptive and large diameter piping systems for U.S. and inter-
open data solutions as well as the level of support re-
quired throughout your digital journey.
AECOM national civil/environmental markets. AGRU America’s
state-of-the-art products include AGRU Smooth Liner®
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AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and / MicroSpike® (structured textured products), Super
Products & Services technical services firm; positioned to design, build, Gripnet®, and Drain Liner® in both LLDPE and HDPE.
Communications Equipment finance and operate infrastructure assets around AGRU America is part of the worldwide AGRU Group,
Computer - Hardware and Services the world for public- and private-sector clients. With an Austrian family-owned business since 1948 with
Computer - Software and Services nearly 100,000 employees serving clients in over 150 production facilities in Austria, the U.S., Germany and
Consulting - Design and Planning countries, AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering China, and distribution in over 80 countries worldwide.
Consulting - Engineering design firm and #6 Top 400 Contractor by revenue in
Information Technology Products Engineering News-Record magazine’s annual industry Products & Services
Measurement and Monitoring Systems rankings; and is a market leader in transportation, Concrete Reinforcement and Equipment
Solar Electric Power System facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, Geological-Physical-Technical Services and Equip
high-rise buildings and government. As a Fortune 500 Linings and Claddings
Main Office firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation Pipes
2609 – 15th Street NE and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of Sediment & Erosion Control
Calgary, AB T2E 8Y4 Canada approximately $18 billion.
Phone: (403) 203-3018 Main Office
Email: [email protected] Products & Services 500 Garrison Rd
www.3d-p.com Construction - Contracting Services Georgetown, SC 29440 USA
Consulting - Design and Planning Phone: (800) 373-2478
ABB Motors and Mechanical Consulting - Engineering
www.agruamerica.com
Consulting - Environmental
Inc Mine Operators
From mine to market... We start with great people, en-
gineering expertise and over a century of knowledge
Mining Contractors AGUDIO Ropeways
Agudio has been founded in Italy in 1861 and today
of electrification and process control in mines. Our Main Office is part of Leitner-Poma Group. The Group is worldwide
team then provides integrated products, services and 7595 E. Technology Way, Suite 200 leader in engineering and construction of standard
solutions to help mining and mineral processing cus- Denver, CO 80237 USA and customized transportation systems on ropes and
tomers optimize their power and productivity resulting Phone: (303) 694-2770 Agudio is the brand dedicated to material transporta-
in increased availability and lower lifetime costs. ABB www.aecom.com tion systems on ropes such as bulk material ropeways,
offers a comprehensive range of reliable and high ef- Flyingbelt a patented aerial belt conveyor suspended on
ficiency motors to help every application reach new ropes and cablecranes.
levels of efficiency and energy savings under the most
demanding conditions. The Dodge® line of bearings, Aerix Industries
Aerix Industries manufactures and globally supplies a Products & Services
gearing and power transmission components increase
dynamic product line of foam liquid concentrates, en- Conveyor Belting - Accessories and Equipment
the productivity and profitability of all operations.
abling our customers to produce and install high quality Conveyor Systems
Products & Services lightweight cellular concretes, and utilize foam technol-
ogy for a variety of applications. For the mining indus- Main Office
Belts - Power Transmission
try, foam technology can be utilized for mine backfill, Via Tommaso Agudio 8
Drives - Magnetic and Variable
annular or tunnel backfill, tailings or material transport, Leini 10040 Italy
Electric Motors and Generators
ground support and reclamation. Aerix Industries is Phone: +390119973355
Power Transmission Equipment
always pioneering new technologies and solutions, in- www.agudio.com
Main Office cluding foam technology for treating acid rock drainage
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Phone: (479) 646-4711 your next project challenge. Products & Services
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Reclamation Equipment and Services Maderos Apto 1001
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Main Office Phone: +57-3167411387
7020 Snowdrift Rd www.aimcolombia.org
Allentown, PA 18106 USA
Phone: (610) 398-7833
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exhibitors
The goal is to help you avoid tailings dams, produce and to provide a framework for establishing standards
AIME stackable solids, recover process water and ensure of excellence. AIPG emphasizes competency, integrity
The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and operational safety – all while reducing your total cost. and ethics. Its advocacy efforts are focused on the pro-
Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (AIME) supports its four motion of the role of geology and geologists in society.
Member Societies through the conferring of awards, Stop by our booth to learn more about the new era in
scholarships and special grants; and, as one of the five tailings management ushered in by Alfa Laval for the Products & Services
Founder Societies of engineering in the USA, AIME pro- Mining industry. Please visit our website for more in- Educational
vides its Member Societies with national visibility and formation. Professional Society or Association
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mining process safely without loss of production. We Drilling Equipment Maintenance Equipment and Supplies
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1395 South Marietta Parkway, Building 500, Suite 100
Marietta, GA 30067-4440 USA
Bradken is a leading heavy engineering company, spe- Canadian Institute of Mining,
cialising in the design, manufacture and supply of parts
Phone: +1 770 421 8520
and equipment to the mining industry. Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM)
www.bekaert.com/underground CIM is the leading not-for-profit technical society of
We also serve highly complex specialist industries with
our technical knowledge and custom metal casting and professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, ma-
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from industry, academia and government, help shape,
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plant and beyond, BEUMER offers complete tailor and workshops, meaning our aftermarket service is re- of the Global Mineral Professionals Alliance. Being a
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We match the best and most economical technologies In 1920, it became the Canadian Institute of Mining and
Castings
with your particular needs. BEUMER delivers support Metallurgy, and in 1990, the Canadian Institute of Min-
Crushers and Pulverizers
in all phases of a project: starting with trade-off and ing, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
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Transportation 90 Richmond St E, Ste 400 Phone: (514) 939-2710
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Boart Longyear has a rich history, spanning 130 years Products & Services
in the mining and drilling industry. It has a substantial Computer - Software and Services
presence in energy, mining, mine dewatering, explora- Consulting - Design and Planning
tion RC and core drilling, production drilling, oil sands Consulting - Engineering
exploration, water wells and down-hole instrumenta- CAB Consulting - Research
tion. CAB has been recognized worldwide in the mining in- Information Technology Products
dustry for their High Quality Cable Hangers. For over 45
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Drilling Contractors Longwall Mining Equipment
INTRODUCING THE FIRST
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copper/iron depression and copper/molybdenum sepa-
Caterpillar Inc - Global Mining ration, and Philflo® flotation oils for fertilizer minerals.
Caterpillar Global Mining and Cat dealers are working Performance Pipe is the largest producer of polyeth-
together with mining companies worldwide to mine ylene piping products in North America. DriscoPlex®
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Carlson Software leled integration of mining and support equipment and
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with the a focus on user-led features and in-the-field and no matter where the mine is located, Caterpillar Solvents - Extraction, Mixer and Settlers
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Main Office Main Office Colorado Mining Association
50 Barnes Park N 333 Baldwin Rd
Wallingford, CT 06492 USA Pittsburgh, PA 15205 USA (CMA)
Phone: (203) 265-0035 Phone: (800) 365-2324 The Colorado Mining Association (CMA), established in
www.cidra.com www.cecinc.com 1876, is the oldest professional mining industry trade
association in the U.S. CMA member companies are
actively engaged in the exploration, production, and re-
Civil & Environmental Clariant Corporation fining of metals, coal and industrial minerals. Member-
Clariant Mining Solutions is the only supplier in the
Consultants, Inc (CEC) mining industry to offer customized chemical solu-
ship also includes businesses and individuals that offer
CEC provides innovative design solutions and integrat- services and supplies to the mining industry.
tions for the end-to-end mining process, including
ed expertise to all sectors of the mining industry. We leading technologies in froth flotation chemistry and
strategically focus on the industry’s business drivers Centrally located in Denver, the Colorado Mining As-
explosive emulsifiers. Our iron ore experts work with
and challenges, offering solutions related to air quality, sociation is an advocate for the mining industry and
mine producers in the key iron ore regions of the world,
civil engineering, ecological sciences, environmental strives to educate the public on the importance of min-
addressing key technical challenges and helping them
engineering and sciences, manufacturing infrastruc- ing. CMA members are provided networking opportuni-
stay competitive. With comprehensive global logistics,
ture services, survey/geospatial, waste management, ties that lead to business development and professional
localized production and on-site service, Clariant is
and water resources needs. With deep bench strength growth through membership forums, committees and
able to ensure continuity of supply to our iron ore cus-
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pleted projects for the mining industry ranging from
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water treatment projects, to large-scale post-mining
Blasting Accessories, Equipment and Agents
land-use changes, and to ecological resource impact Professional Society or Association
Dust and Fume Control Technology
assessments.
Explosive Materials and Services
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Reagents - Chemical and Flocculants
Products & Services Reduction Technologies - Iron Ore, Steel, Mineral
216 16th St, Ste 860
Consulting - Design and Planning Denver, CO 80202 USA
Solvents - Extraction, Mixer and Settlers
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Colorado School of Mines - Products & Services

Department of Mining Drilling Contractors
Geological-Physical-Technical Services and Equip
Engineering Measurement and Monitoring Systems
Colorado School of Mines (CSM) is a public research Remediation
university devoted to engineering and applied science.
The Mining Engineering Department produces gradu-
ates primed for leadership in the profession, including
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engineering, mineral processing, and underground Costmine States, Indonesia, Mexico, South America and Papua
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The Composit products are designed for the mining and 6440 S Millrock Drive, Suite 150
dredging industries. All our products are made of high Salt Lake City, UT 84121 USA
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tal site investigation contractor. We safely solve prob-
590 Duke Rd
lems by generating high quality subsurface information
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used in geotechnical, environmental, and mining geo-
Phone: (716) 683-9010 3602 E Fort Lowell Rd
technique. Our team of experts are dedicated to safe,
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quality, and efficient site investigations using the best
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Emerson Products & Services

Conveyor Belting - Accessories and Equipment
Emerson is a global solutions provider focused on helping Miners exceed key performance indicators: Safe-
ty, Production, Cybersecurity, Environmental Stewardship, and Sustainability. A long-time supplier of valves, Conveyor Systems
instrumentation, and control systems, today’s Emerson leverages OT expertise into enterprise-wide data solu-
tions which leverage machine learning to manage asset performance, optimize mineral recovery, and provide Main Office
autonomous control solutions. 828 Ritson Rd S
Oshawa, ON L1H 5L4 Canada
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Automation
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Information Technology Products vides independent, quality-controlled, and confidential
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Sensors ical needs of mining companies, oil & gas operations,
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Valves manufacturing firms, large and small municipal wa-
ter systems, professional engineering and consulting
Main Office firms, and federal, state, and municipal government
7070 Winchester Cir agencies. Providing services to clients across the coun-
Boulder, CO 80301 USA try from Alaska to Florida. ELI maintains certification
Phone: (800) 522-6277 with DOD, EPA, and NELAC to support regulatory re-
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Laboratory and Scientific Services
Endurance Belting is a leading supplier of heavy-duty conveyor belting to the mining industry around the globe.
Our success is a result of taking practical real-world insights from the field, translating them into belt design
and building a high-quality product. We offer a wide range of belting options and innovative belting solutions Main Office
that can address the material handling needs of your next project We encourage you to visit our virtual booth to 1120 S 27th St
lean more about the Endurance Belting approach and the successes we have had supplying heavy-duty belting Billings, MT 59101 USA
to the mining sector. Phone: (406) 252-6325
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Epiroc
Epiroc manufactures reliable and productive mining
equipment with value added services. Our mining port-
folio includes rigs and tooling for drilling and blasting,
exploration and geotechnical engineering: Pit Viper and
DM rotary blasthole drills, Boomer underground face
drill rigs, Simba long hole drills, Secoroc bits and ham-
mers, Christensen and Diamec exploration rigs, hy-
draulic attachment tools, Scooptram LHDs, Minetruck
haulers, Boltec roof bolters, Swellex rock bolts and
more including surface crawler blasthole drilling rigs
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Loaders
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We thrive
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8001 Arista Pl, Ste 400
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dry coal (pneumatic) separators. The FGX technology lease motor brakes in our booth.
uses air rather than water to beneficiate the run-of-
mine coal, as well as other minerals. There are more Products & Services
than 2200 FGX pneumatic coal processing units oper- Brakes - Dynamic, Friction Disk - Block, Magnetic
ating through out the world. FGX have machines ca- Clutches - Fluid, Friction and Magnetic
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lition at the yearly Fly-In program on Capitol Hill; Qual-
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sulting company that has served the mining industry able solutions from mine-to-mill. Our experienced on-
since 1984. We assist our clients through all phases site engineers help our customers achieve their goals
of the mine life cycle, from feasibility and environmen- by selecting, implementing and optimizing water and
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search, we are working hard to reduce miner overexposure to hazardous dust and
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1601 W Diehl Rd for musculoskeletal disorders, eliminate fatalities and injuries caused by mobile
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facilities; waste rock disposal facilities; tailings storage work to create healthier families, improve the quality of
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management (PCCM) group offers services for exe-
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