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Welcome to the Mining Technology Division

As one of the technical Divisions of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, we work under the umbrella of IMMa, the International Mining and Minerals Association to support the Mining and related Industries world wide, by providing a focus for the exchange of knowledge on all aspects of mining technology. Read our mission statement

News

Applied Earth Science publishes special issue on chromitite deposits

Published in December 2009, this special issue of Applied Earth Science is dedicated to advances in the understanding of chromitite deposits. The issue consists of papers specially commissioned by the guest editors, Sisir K. Mondal, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Iain McDonald, Cardiff University, UK, to review current research in this field.
Maney Publishing, 03 Feb 2010

Good as gold - Commodity Day 2009

Michael Forrest reviews the IOM3 2009 Commodity Day, held on 24 November in London, UK, which focused on gold.
Mining & minerals (IMMa), 15 Jan 2010

New UK Site Investigation guidance documents to be published in 2010

The UK Specification for Ground Investigation has recently been submitted to the Site Investigation Steering Group by the Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists in final draft form for ratification by the various members of the SISG. Copies are available for review but must be requested by 15 January 2010.
Applied earth science, 04 Jan 2010
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Features

Tanzanian travails

Tanzania has great potential as a developing mining nation. Michael Forrest reports on a UK All-Party Parliamentary Group meeting that discussed the country.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Feb 2010

Race to the bottom - deeper mines

The South African gold industry has been moving towards deeper mines.This article considers the trend.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jan 2010

In deep water – drilling discharges

A risk assessment model to identify and quantify the environmental hazards of disposing of drilling discharges in the marine environment is described by Paul Page of BP Exploration Ltd, UK, and Mark Reed and Henrik Rye, both of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry in Norway.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jan 2010
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Events

Construction of Road Tunnels in Iceland

18 Feb 2010, London, UK
Joint MinSouth & BTS Evening Lecture

Conference on Heat-Pump Technology Using Minewater

22 Feb 2010, Overton, Wakefield, UK

Mining, People and the Environment

06 Mar 2010, Toronto, CANADA
Environmental event in conjunction with PDAC’s annual convention in Toronto, Canada
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