Webcast: Mining 101

By EduMine, June 29th, 2009 at 9:19 am - PERMALINK

At popular request we are bringing our popular Mining 101 short course directly to you!
The Mining 101 Webcast is the perfect alternative for busy professionals like you. Attend three live two-hour sessions on the 9th, 10th and 11th of September from your workstation at home or in the office. Ask questions, interact with the instructor [...]

Short Course: Mining Economics

By EduMine, June 10th, 2009 at 9:11 am - PERMALINK

This course deals with the fundamental aspects of the valuation of mining projects with particular emphasis on the models used for valuation, uncertainties in the input to these models, and the role of the models in decision-making.
One of our most popular instructors, Dr. Scott Dunbar’s experience includes mine economics, mining exploration, geotechnical engineering, mine design, [...]

Course 3 in the online course series: Mine Ventilation

By EduMine, June 8th, 2009 at 9:26 am - PERMALINK

The third in a comprehensive series of five mine ventilation courses by Rick Brake is now live! Mine Ventilation 3 - Design Basics ensures that you, as ventilation officer, understand the principles of pressure, resistance and flow and are aware of the basic ventilation design issues, including fan parts, fan pressure and performance, fan networks [...]

Short Course: Advanced Coal Processing

By EduMine, June 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 am - PERMALINK

The course is intended to explore in depth the processing of coal. It provides a solid background in terms of coal properties in relation to its utilization and physical cleaning. More specifically, coal processing unit operations such as crushing, screening, classification, gravity separation, flotation and handling of final product will be addressed.
Instructor Dr. Maria E. [...]

Short Course: Empirical Design Methods for Underground Mines

By EduMine, June 1st, 2009 at 8:43 am - PERMALINK

This course provides the operators of underground mines with the tools required to make on site pillar and opening stability assessments. Dr. Rimas Pakalnis, PhD, PEng, and Associate Professor within the Mining Engineering Department at UBC, will teach the participants how to make decisions on site stability assessments of openings and pillars, develop an [...]