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2012 Carbon Management Technology Conference
There's still time to register for the 2012 Carbon Management Technology Conference!
The first-ever Carbon Management Technology Conference will be held 7–9 February 2012 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Eight engineering societies are sponsoring this conference, bringing together all disciplines to share the latest technologies, strategies and systems related to the management and containment of carbon production. The three-day technical program will feature more than 200 presentations on key topics such as business risks of carbon counting, innovative approaches to measuring IT system sustainability, research and development, and greenhouse gas quantification and measurement methods. For more information or to register, visit http://www.carbonmgmt.org/index.php
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2012 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit
Online Registration NOW OPEN! Early Registration discounts ended January 20, 2012. SME housing now closed 1/23/12. Please contact local Seattle hotels directly for additional availability or changes to current reservations.
February 19-22, 2012
Washington State Convention And Trade Center in Seattle, Washington
- Exhibit booth sales now open! View the Interactive Exhibit Floorplan
- Sponsorships still available but going fast! Sponsorship Opportunities
- The 2012 SME Annual Meeting Manuscript Submission Site is now live to all accepted authors. Click here to access the submission page.
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Vote your Proxy today!
In 2012 the Annual Meeting of Members will be held immediately following the conclusion of the SME Board of Directors Meeting on Sunday, February 19, at the Sheraton Seattle, Seattle, WA. At this meeting, 2011 President, John N. Murphy, will report on the Society’s activities, its state, its concerns and its financial condition. Drew A. Meyer will be installed as the 2012 President and, upon election by the membership entitled to vote, the following directors shall take office:
Jessica Elzea Kogel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President-Elect
Marc A. Herpfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director-at-Large
Hugh B. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director-at-Large
A proxy will be sent to you via mail in the next week or so. In the event you will not be attending the Meeting of Members, please sign, date, and return your mail ballot/proxy, or you may vote online at www.smenet.org/proxy. Online voting is now available.
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FREE MEMBERSHIP!
If you signed up for a Full NonMember Conference Registration for the 2012 SME Annual Meeting, in Seattle, WA, you qualify for a FREE 1-Year Membership – a $142 Value! Check your e-mail for details on how to redeem your free membership or contact emas@smenet.org!
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FREE BOOK!
If you are attending the SME Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, and want to join SME, check out this Special Offer: Join SME for $142 and we will give you a FREE Book* plus waive your $20 entrance fee – a $90 Value! *You can choose either a Free Dictionary of Mining Terms (hard copy) or a Free copy of “Politics of Mining” (e-book)! Check your e-mail for details or contact emas@smenet.org for more information.
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2012 Annual MPD Meeting at the Broadmoor
"Does Size Matter (Is Bigger Always Better)?" New Projects, Plants, Processes or Equipment.
Register now for the 62nd Annual MPD Meeting
Thursday, April 26 - Saturday, April 28, 2012
Hotel rooms at the Broadmoor are limited so make your reservations today!
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SME Registered Members Now Recognized under Canadian National Instrument 43-101
In April 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators released the long-awaited revisions to NI 43-101 and companion policy for comment. SME Registered Members have been accepted as a Recognized Foreign Association. The revisions and companion policy are final and as a consequence, SME Registered Members can serve as Qualified Persons as of June 30, 2011. Qualified Persons will also have to meet project-specific experience and responsibility requirements for Technical Reports and other disclosure.
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Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Mining Industry - now available.
On January 3, SME, in collaboration with the NSSGA, NMA and IMA-NA, issued the report Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Mining Industry. In this report, SME provides historic and current trends in the size, growth, and demographics of the mining workforce; examines key labor market impediments and constraints of the mining workforce; discusses future demand for and supply of workers; identifies the need for education and training programs; discusses the potential for skilled foreign labor meeting projected labor requirements; assesses potential job health and safety impacts of a long-term workforce shortage; and described and evaluated data sources available, federal data collection and coordination, and future research initiatives on mining workforce issues.
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2012 North American Tunneling Conference - Only 3 Exhibit booths left!
This conference has continued to grow each year with more exhibits, techinical sessions & attendees. Don't miss out on your chance to show your products & services at this premire underground tunneling conference! View the interactive floorplan and get your booth today! For exhibit questions, please contact Dianna Gury at gury@smenet.org. Sponsorship opportunities still available: click here for details. Housing & registration details available next spring!
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Have you completed your profile on the SME COMMUNITY yet?
SME is pleased to announce a new community website named the SME Community. Featuring new member-friendly content creation tools such as blogs, resource library submissions, ranking, and commenting capabilities, the SME Community will serve the membership in new and exciting ways. Allowing members to freely submit, collaborate, and communicate online will empower governance groups, such as the regional boards, committees and sections, to more effectively work together. Groups may also form around common interests or topical areas to create communities of practice in which discussion, content creation and content archiving results in knowledge bases that SME can manage for the good of the membership. Learn more...
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Mining Engineering magazine launches a new website
The new Mining Engineering web site (www.miningengineeringmagazine.com) is scheduled to launch on January 1st 2012. The web site has been redesigned from the ground up. Members will able to access the current issue of ME as well as archived issues going back to 2004. In addition, the site will contain mining industry news stories, updated daily, as well as a monthly online-only feature article. This will make Mining Engineering more timely and useful to members.
Members will also be able to access the SME website, including the society’s Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and SME Community pages. And links to OneMine.org and the Mineral Information Institute are provided. Paid advertising on the new site will offset the cost of maintaining the site.
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New from the SME bookshelf
The World of Mining. In this truly unique celebration of mining, breathtaking aerial photographs accompany ground-level pictures of mines, mine-side oddities, and mine communities. Informed but breezy narratives explain the images. This coffee table book shows that mining and associated activities can be impressive, attractive, and even spectacular. Members pay only $80.
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Local Section Heroes
SME is pleased to announce a new program called "Local Section Heroes" that recognizes our local section leaders!
At the core of each local section is a group of dedicated volunteers who recruit members, organize section activities, work with local SME student chapters, raise money, provide educational outreach, and more. To recognize our member volunteers for their hard work at the local section level, SME has created the "Local Section Hero" program. Beginning January 2011, a "Local Section Hero" will be profiled each month in Mining Engineering magazine. This column will highlight an individual or a group of individuals who carry out unique and exemplary activity at the local section level.
If you know someone who is providing exemplary service to your local section, please take a few moments to nominate that individual as a Local Section Hero! Local Section Hero Nomination Form
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MEET OUR MEMBERS
SME Members are among the most successful professionals in the Minerals' Industry and it all starts here with STUDENTS. Every Fall, SME hosts a Student Membership Challenge. 35 Student Chapters, in the US and around the world, compete against each other to try to recruit the highest number of new SME Student Members. This year’s Student Membership Challenge just ended and the Winners will be announced soon. The top three student chapters that recruit the most number of new members will receive cash rewards. We would like to share with you stories from several Student Members. Here is our first featured Student: Román Gil Rodriguez, Mining Engineer, Universdad Politécnica De Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Member Since 2011, Student Member.
“I discovered SME thanks to their famous publications on mineral processing, tunnels and mining. This is my first year as a member and finally as a student, so far I can only comment on the quality and accuracy of its publications. I hope to discover more aspects of SME for many years.”
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SME Announces 2011-2012 Henry Krumb Lecturers!
SME is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 Henry Krumb Lecturers! The Henry Krumb Lecture series was established in 1966 so that local SME sections could hear prominent minerals professionals speak on subjects in which they have recognized expertise. Henry Krumb, a 1897 graduate of the Columbia School of Mines, had an interest in engineering education and improving the status of the mining profession. He anonymously established an endowment fund "for any purpose that is for the benefit of the Institute (AIME)." The 2011-2012 Henry Krumb lecturers and their lecture titles can be found here.
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A great benefit for SME members!
Applying for the SME Platinum Plus® Visa® card with WorldPoints® rewards is smart, simple and a great way to earn rewards. The WorldPoints rewards program is easy to use and understand. Earn 1 point for every dollar in net retail purchases, then redeem conveniently online for cash, travel, merchandise and more. Support SME and apply securely online today. For information about rates, fees, other costs and benefits associated with the use of this credit card, see Terms and Conditions.
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Careers in the Minerals Industry
This career guidance booklet is presented as a public service to students, parents and teachers by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), Inc. SME is devoted to serving members who are involved in mineral resources exploration, mining, processing and reclamation.
Now available to download or purchase.
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SME's Newest Member Benefit, Data Metallogenica
Data Metallogenica is an online reference, training and educational resource and data repository, with more than 40,000 image and text files. SME has become a sponsoring organization of the service, so SME members can now have unlimited access to this online encyclopedia of ore deposits for the one-year subscription rate of $100 - 50% off the normal rate.
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2011 SME Annual Meeting Recorded Sessions - Available here!
Over 40 sessions to choose from: SME Keynote session, San Jose Mine Rescue Panel Discussion, Mining & Exploration, Geology: Rare Earths, Environmental, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates, Coal & Energy, Mineral & Metallurgical Processing and more!
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