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The schedule of short courses and webcasts for 2010 is now available online on our short course page. Start planning for your 2010 professional development now, with highlights such as:

- two webcast sessions of Dr. Scott Dunbar’s popular Mining 101 course;
- a session of Environmental Management of Cyanide in Mining by Dr. Terry Mudder, in March; and
- two live sessions of Prof. Dennis Buchanan’s Valuation of Mineral Projects.

Link to our short course page for a closer look.

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.

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.

This is the first of two courses by author Lawrence Smith on valuation of mineral properties. Mineral Property Valuation 1 - Standards and Guidelines covers the development, requirements and application of international standards and guidelines for mineral property valuation. It focuses on the CIMVAL Standards and Guidelines, developed by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and their relationship with National Instrument NI 43-101 for mineral project reporting.

For more information, please see the Course Introduction page.

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 editions: Argentina InfoMine, Chile InfoMine, Mexico InfoMine and Peru InfoMine.

MINING.com is a leading provider, aggregator, integrator and syndicator of mining information worldwide, delivering content both remotely and via its series of InfoMine websites. The company’s goal is to create interconnected worldwide “mining hubs”—places where members of the worldwide mining community can meet, obtain factual information, technology, training and commentary and share ideas.

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

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 sister course to Professor Dennis Buchanan’s An Introduction To Modelling Project Finance is now live! An Introduction To Modelling Coal Project Finance, by Professors Dennis Buchanan and Tim Shaw, serves as an introduction to the critical issues associated with the debt financing of coal mining projects. The aims and objectives of project financing are discussed with an overview of the steps leading up to application. The course is aimed at professionals throughout the mining industry and assumes a basic appreciation of the main financial parameters. This course is going live just in time for Professor Buchanan’s upcoming live webcast: Valuation of Coal Mining Projects.

For more information on the course or on registration, please see the course introduction page.

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.