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2012 North American Tunneling Conference
NAT will be held in Indianapolis, IN from June 24th to the 27th. Early bird rates for Attendee and Exhibitor Registration ends May 24th be sure to get your registration in soon to take advantage of these discounted rates. Housing closes on Monday June 21st be sure to book your room soon! Sponsorship opportunities still available: click here for details.
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FREE MEMBERSHIP!
If are you planning to attend the 2012 North American Tunneling (NAT) Conference, June 24 - 27, in Indianapolis, and are not yet a UCA of SME Member - you could qualify for a FREE MEMBERSHIP! NAT registrants who sign up for the full conference at nonmember rates, will receive a FREE UCA of SME Membership as part of your package. Check your mail and e-mail for details on how you can take advantage of this special offer - a $142 value, FREE! See you in Indy!
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FREE BOOK!
If you are planning to attend the 2012 North American Tunneling (NAT) Conference, June 24 - 27, in Indianapolis, and you sign up as a nonmember Exhibitor or Author, you will receive a FREE Book - a $60 value - when you join the UCA of SME! Become a Member of the UCA of SME for just $142 and you will receive a Free copy of the book, "Geotechnical Baseline Reports for Construction," plus we'll waive your $20 entrance fee - a $60 value! Check your mail and e-mail for details on this special offer. See you in Indy!
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SME eLearning
Professional Development. At Your Fingertips. At Your Convenience.
SME is currently offering 34 online courses to immediately increase your effectiveness and technical know-how. Browse our course catalog and get started today!
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I am SME
SME Members are among the most educated, tenured, and successful professionals in the Minerals’ Industry. As a Member of SME, you have access to more than 14,000 top professionals across 85 countries who can help your career skyrocket. Meet this weeks’ featured Member:
David De Lemos Pires, Senior Mining Engineer, Pincock Allen & Holt, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Member Since 2004
"I joined SME back in 2004 and now am progressing toward a Registered Member. For most of my career I have worked in Australia and Brazil, and have found SME to be a strong Foundation for global industry news, networking with other professionals and keeping up to date in advancements both in mining operations, planning and mineral economics."
DISCOVER WHAT SME CAN DO FOR YOU. JOIN TODAY! Go To www.smenet.org/join
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Call for Nominations
It is that time of year in which SME needs your support in selecting the future leadership for our Society. SME is asking for your assistance in nominating and/or recommending members (including yourself) to serve the Society in one of the following roles:
2015 SME President
2014 – 2017 SME Board Member-at-large (two will be selected)
Members for all SME Strategic Committees
Click here to learn more.
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Mining Engineering magazine launches a new website
You can now access Mining Engineering magazine online, anytime, anywhere through the magazine’s recently redesigned website, http://miningengineeringmagazine.com. Revamped in January 2012, the new site features daily news updates, a commodities ticker with current prices, features that can only be found online and of course, complete issues of Mining Engineering magazine, the official publication of SME. Get the most recent issue on the first day of the month, or look back through the archives for past issues only at http://miningengineeringmagazine.com.
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Call for Papers EXTENDED!
The Underwater Mining Institute is seeking presentations focused on the following topics:
-Environmental baseline and monitoring technologies and results
-Benefit cost evaluations of seabed versus land-based mining for specific commodities
-Strategies and methodologies for achieving sustainable seabed mining projects
-Others of relevant and timely interest to seabed minerals
The 2012 UMI will be hosted by Tongji University in Shanghai, China, October 15-21, 2012. Abstracts must be submitted by May 31, 2012. Full details including deadline dates are available on the UMI Author's Information page.
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SME SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES
The SME Summer webinar series continues with:
"Directions in Mineral Exploration"
- Robert Schafer, Executive Vice President, Hunter Dickinson
- David Cole, President and CEO, Eurasian Minerals Inc.
- Ron Parratt, Executive Chairman, Renaissance Exploration Inc
Webinars are an effective way to bring you together with others in the industry without travel expense and inconvenience. Register now!
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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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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2013 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC) program committee has issued a Call for Papers. To submit an abstract click here.
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2013 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference
"Mining: It's About The People"
Exhibit Sales are ready to continue after an unprecedented 581 booths sold during Seattle 12 onsite priority point sales. Click Exhibitor Information for interactive sold/available floorplan, online contract and PDF’s of both. More information about sponsorship, call for papers, and program outline coming soon.
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2012 SME Annual Meeting Recorded Sessions - Available now!
The SME Keynote Session, Geology: Mine Water Management in Cold Regions, Minerals & Metallurgical Processing: Plenary Session, Coal & Energy Keynote, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates: Aggregates and Urban Mining, Geology: Rare Earths: Markets and Policy: Working Toward Ensuring Supply, Mining & Exploration: Mine Technology: Cool Toys & Nifty Gizmos, International Symposium on Water in Mineral Processing: Processing with Sea Water and Saline Solutions, Coal & Energy: Surface Mining III, Industrial Minerals & Aggregates: Critical Mineral resources: Challenges and Opportunities, Mineral & Metallurgical Processing: Plant design a Panel discussion on Challenge for 2012 and Beyond, Environmental: Water Treatment all from this year's annual meeting.
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SME COMMUNITY - GET CONNECTED!
SME would like to invite all SME members to our new website featuring member-friendly content creation tools such as group discussions, mentoring connections, resource library submissions, 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 committees, sections and student chapters, 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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SME Annual Meeting Recorded Sessions
Since 2009 SME has been recording select Annual Meeting Sessions each year and sharing them with visitors on the SME website. These recorded sessions are available free of charge and open to the public for viewing.
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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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