EduMine’s 2010 Short Course And Webcast Programme Is Now Available!

By EduMine, October 26th, 2009 at 12:11 pm - PERMALINK

The schedule of short courses and webcasts for 2010 is now available online on our short course page. Start planning for your 2010 professional development now, with highlights such as:
- two webcast sessions of Dr. Scott Dunbar’s popular Mining 101 course;
- a session of Environmental Management of Cyanide in Mining by Dr. Terry Mudder, in [...]

New Online Course: Haul Road Design And Operational Benchmarking

By EduMine, October 26th, 2009 at 10:17 am - PERMALINK

This EduMine course will introduce participants to the principles of mine haul road design, from road building material selection and characterisation, road-user (truck and traffic) requirements, through to performance benchmarking and evaluation as a basis for road maintenance management decision making.
These skills will enable participants to evaluate their current haul road systems, recognise operational inefficiencies [...]

The Mine Ventilation Series Is Complete! Mine Ventilation 5 - Operations Launched Today

By EduMine, October 23rd, 2009 at 10:26 am - PERMALINK

The final course in the Mine Ventilation online series by Dr. Rick Brake is now live. The five Mine Ventilation courses cover everything from hazard awareness to design to operations, and constitute a comprehensive 84-hour program, written for practicing professionals. Dr. Brake teaches from the understanding that getting the right amount of fresh air to [...]

New Online Course: Mineral Property Valuation 1 - Standards and Guidelines

By EduMine, October 22nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm - PERMALINK

This is the first of two courses by author Lawrence Smith on valuation of mineral properties. Mineral Property Valuation 1 - Standards and Guidelines covers the development, requirements and application of international standards and guidelines for mineral property valuation. It focuses on the CIMVAL Standards and Guidelines, developed by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy [...]

New Online Course: An Introduction To Modelling Coal Project Finance

By EduMine, October 19th, 2009 at 2:09 pm - PERMALINK

The sister course to Professor Dennis Buchanan’s An Introduction To Modelling Project Finance is now live! An Introduction To Modelling Coal Project Finance, by Professors Dennis Buchanan and Tim Shaw, serves as an introduction to the critical issues associated with the debt financing of coal mining projects. The aims and objectives of project financing are [...]

Stantec Creates Professional Development Campus on EduMine

By EduMine, October 15th, 2009 at 10:37 am - PERMALINK

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 [...]

Short Course: Mineral Reserves Estimation

By EduMine, October 15th, 2009 at 9:48 am - PERMALINK

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 [...]

Short Course on Quality Control of Assays - A Few Spaces Left!

By EduMine, October 14th, 2009 at 12:09 pm - PERMALINK

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 [...]