New and Newsworthy on InfoMine

Advanced Search in the Company/PropertyMine section is improved. Company search results can now be viewed, filtered and sorted in a table, and the results can be exported into an Excel spreadsheet. There are a number of columns to choose from in the table, and you can easily navigate your way back to the advanced search section by clicking on the refine search link. Use the reset data link to clear the table of all applied filters and sorting.

View sample search results here.

The final course in the Mine Ventilation online series by Dr. Rick Brake is now live. The five Mine Ventilation courses cover everything from hazard awareness to design to operations, and constitute a comprehensive 84-hour program, written for practicing professionals. Dr. Brake teaches from the understanding that getting the right amount of fresh air to the workplace is the single most important success factor in meeting the quality and quantity requirements of an efficient, safe and healthy underground mining operation.

Mine Ventilation 5 - Operations covers monitoring and auditing of operations, and health and safety issues such as noise, temperature, humidity and sources of heat. To learn more, see the course introduction page.

To link to the other ventilation courses in this series, please look in the Mining Methods - Mine Planning section of our online course page.

InfoMine will be exhibiting at the following events during the next month:

• Hard Assets Investment Conference - San Francisco CA, USA - This free conference offers the most comprehensive advice on how to diversify, protect and grow your portfolio with natural resources investments. With over 20 years of assembly, this conference wrote the book on how to provide a valuable experience for metals, commodities and energy investors.  See us at Booth #317.
• NWMA Annual Meeting & Exposition - Reno NV USA
• Mines and Money - London UK - This event brings together some of the most influential decision makers within international mining companies, the investment community, governments and professional services.

Wide Publishing is offering a 30% discount on all their books in the InfoMine eStore.
If you purchase 5 or more of their books, you will get a 40% discount.

In addition to the above, you will also receive a 10% discount on the shipping cost.

These offers are only available in the InfoMine eStore and they end on November 19, 2009.

The following titles are published by Wide Publishing:

• Principles of Mine Planning
• Exploration Modeling of Base Metal Deposits
• Combustion Quality of Coal and Lignite: Mine, Power, Steel and Cement Plants’ Operational Guidebook
• Quality Control and Management: Methods and Practice in the Mineral Industry
• Finite Element Method: Concepts and Applications in Geomechanics
• Mine Disasters and Mine Rescue
• Guidance for Solving Environmental Challenges of Mining, Construction, Processing, and Oil and Gas Fields Projects

You can now view a selection of the best news on the web in Spanish at MINING.com.

Our editors source the most important news in Latin America and publish it.

Sign up for one of our four Spanish news digests or follow us on RSS.

News is integrated into our four Spanish InfoMine editions: Argentina InfoMine, Chile InfoMine, Mexico InfoMine and Peru InfoMine.

MINING.com is the InfoMine website designed specifically for aggregation, integration and syndication of freely available worldwide mining information.    i.e. There are no subscription or enrollment requirements.    Note that this is different from the InfoMine-branded websites, which contain both freely available information and information requiring subscription or enrollment.

This EduMine course will introduce participants to the principles of mine haul road design, from road building material selection and characterisation, road-user (truck and traffic) requirements, through to performance benchmarking and evaluation as a basis for road maintenance management decision making.

These skills will enable participants to evaluate their current haul road systems, recognise operational inefficiencies and implement continuous improvement strategies to reduce cost per ton hauled across the mine road network and improve road performance on a day-to-day operational basis.

For more information, please see the Course Introduction page.

Three technology reviews have been updated:

• Blasting - This review describes the current state of technology of the equipment and technical processes involved in mine blasting
• Comminution - This review looks at the different types of comminution, including blasting, crushing, grinding, and milling, as well as the equipment involved.
• Drilling - This review describes the current state of technology of the equipment and technical processes involved in mine drilling.

For a list of all our Technology Reviews, please visit this page: http://technology.infomine.com/reviews.asp

The InfoMine eStore homepage has been revamped. Now it is easier than ever to find mining related books, DVDs, software, maps and more. You can browse through our products by subject or use the advanced search right from the homepage.  Check out our new and popular products every month.

Please visit our new and improved eStore for all your mining information needs.

Now is your opportunity to advertise in the most comprehensive mining events calendar in the world: InfoMine’s 2010 Worldwide Mining Events Calendar.

Over 5,000 hard copies of these calendars will be produced and distributed, free-of-charge, during November, December and January at high-quality trade shows and conferences and to selected InfoMine clients.

Additional copies, both electronic and hard, will be available from the InfoMine eStore for additional worldwide distribution.

These attractive calendars will be mounted on the walls of executive offices and mines around the world, providing 12 months of highly-focused exposure.

A limited number of high-quality, full colour advertisement spots is now available, each one measuring 3×3 inches.

Poster Maps are on sale now, featuring significant base metal, precious metal, diamond, gemstone, uranium, coal and oil sands producers in North, Central and South America.

Receive 20% discount when you purchase the Major Mines and Metallurgical Facilities in Canada map or buy ONE and get a SECOND map FREE when you choose between the following maps:

• Major Producing Mines in USA
• Major Producing Mines in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
• Major Producing Mines in the Americas

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