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Prices for many materials used in mining equipment and supplies have been extremely volatile in the past 12 months which will impact your quotes and estimates in the coming year. Not only are capital costs changing rapidly in this new economic environment, but operating costs have also changed dramatically. For example, a year ago, lube oil sold for almost twice as much as it does today, significantly impacting hourly operating costs.

Contained in the 350-page guide are current estimator’s prices for more than 3,000 pieces of equipment and supply items used in surface and underground mining, coal processing and ore milling. Most of the equipment prices are budget prices for specific, standard-equipped models, which are identified by specification, including size, electric power requirements, horsepower, production capacities etc., without mention of manufacturer names.

The 2009 guide is ideal for checking prices before purchasing, and for estimating capital budgets and new project costs.
For more information click here or call: (509) 328-8023 or order on line.

Stantec works with some of the world’s largest mining companies and provides the industry with a full suite of services and solutions. They are leaders in underground mine engineering and related technologies, serving the largest, deepest, and most technically challenging mines in the world. Recently, Stantec has decided to open a professional development campus on EduMine, providing their employees with a wealth of research and development opportunities. Stantec workers will have access to EduMine’s vast library of online courses, helping to ensure Stantec’s success in the months and years to come.

To see Stantec’s EduMine Campus, click here.

Immediately following his Quality Control of Assays course, Alastair Sinclair will be presenting Mineral Reserves Estimation, October 28-29. This course is an excellent complement to Quality Control of Assays, rounding out an excellent week of professional development.

This short course will consider the detailed methodology of various resource/reserve estimation methods that are in common use in the Mining Industry. Emphasis will be on general procedures, inherent assumptions, and advantages and limitations of each of the principal methods. Methods to be discussed include: polygonal estimation, nearest neighbour estimation triangular estimation, contour estimation, method of sections (plans) estimation, inverse distance estimation and ordinary kriging estimation. All of these estimation methods have significant practical limitations for appropriate use.

For more information, see the course description.

Two new email digests have been launched, the Iron Ore News Digest, sent once a week on Thursday, and the Potash News Digest, emailed once a month on the second Thursday of the month.

Subscription is free. Stories are a round up of the best news on the web with links to deeper intelligence on InfoMine’s site.

Each business day we email digests to over 40,000 mining and investment professionals who have opted in to receive a round up of the latest mining news—that is over one million digests being sent each month.

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Here are two new publications that were recently added to the InfoMine eStore:

Strategic Mining Investors Guide for Asia -  This 155-page guide is valuable for mining and resource companies, especially those dealing with iron ore and coal, looking for strategic investors in Asia. It includes contact details for and key information about mining investors in Asia, particularly China, Japan, and South Korea.

Science, Technology, and Society -  This book covers topics including social responsibility of scientists, migration and movement of scholars, and social aspects of mining. It is meant for the general reader but can benefit scientists as well.

Please visit the InfoMine eStore for more mining and geoscience books, DVDs, software and maps.

Alastair Sinclair’s popular course on Quality Control of Assays is coming up quickly - October 26-27 - and there are still a few spaces left!

In recent years there has been a strong international movement toward knowing and improving the quality of information used in the Mining Industry for resource/reserve estimation. Topics to be discussed in this course include: duplicate data collection, use of standards and blanks, simple statistics in the evaluation of standards, recognition of outliers, binary graphs as an interpretive aid to evaluating duplicate data, and displaying and analyzing data.

For more information or to register, see the course description.

Check out the following new additions to our eStore:

• Mine Disasters and Mine Rescue
• Finite Element Method: Concepts and Applications in Geomechanics
• Strategic Mining Investors Guide - Asia
• Exploration Modeling of Base Metal Deposits
• Guidance for Solving Environmental Challenges of Mining, Construction, Processing, and Oil and Gas Fields Projects

Please visit the InfoMine eStore for more mining and geoscience books, DVDs, software, and maps.

The industry’s top talent has chosen the CareerMine database to be their most likely place to get hired.

The statistics show that over 750 mining professionals are adding their resume to CareerMine’s extensive resume database each week, and over 350 mining professionals are making sure their resume details are up to date each week. There are currently over 11,000 qualified and screened candidates, eagerly awaiting the right position.

Employers – if you’re not already sourcing your candidates through the CareerMine resume database, then you’re clearly missing out.

Candidates – The industry’s top employers are responding well to the critical mass effect you have created. Keep up the good work, and best of luck in your job search.  We’ll all stay hired, and improve our Career if we stick together!

EduMine is presenting a brand new course this year by Dr. Andrew Bamber of B.C. Mining Research Ltd. and the University of British Columbia: Mine-Mill Integration: Technologies and Approaches for Hard Rock Metal Mines. Scheduled for the 19-20 of October, this course describes a comprehensive range of technologies and applications, and identifies several benefits to be enjoyed in adopting some or all of these approaches.

For more information, or to register, see the full course description.

A new guide is available in the InfoMine eStore that includes contact details for and key information about strategic mining investors in Asia.  This 155-page guide is valuable for mining and resource companies, especially those dealing with iron ore and coal, looking for strategic investors in Asia. Please visit the eStore for more information and to purchase the guide.

Please visit the InfoMine eStore for more mining and geoscience books, DVDs, software, and maps.