Updated Version of Mining 101 Webcast Video now Live!

By EduMine, July 19th, 2010 at 9:48 am - PERMALINK

Did you miss the Mining 101 webcast? Now you can watch it online! A complete recording of the March 2010 webcast is now available on EduMine’s Webcast Video page, complete with discussions between the instructor and the participants. Read more, or sign up for fifteen-day access to the video here.

New Online Course: Mine Safety and Health Training - Safe Practice for Flame Cutting and Welding in Coal Mines

By EduMine, July 8th, 2010 at 1:06 pm - PERMALINK

Another course in the successful Mine Safety and Health Training series is now live: Safe Practice for Flame Cutting and Welding in Coal Mines. This series features short technical courses that use video to facilitate the learning process.
The course is an overview of the major safety issues pertaining to flame cutting and welding in coal [...]

Acid Rock Drainage Prediction Online Course Revised

By EduMine, July 4th, 2010 at 4:05 pm - PERMALINK

EduMine’s online course Acid Rock Drainage Prediction has been updated and revised to keep it as relevant today as when it was written five years ago.
This popular course provides application reference for students, technicians, and practicing geochemists, geoscientists and other professionals who desire a solid grounding on the subject. The course provides sufficient knowledge [...]

New Online Course: Mine Safety and Health Training - Surface Mining

By EduMine, July 2nd, 2010 at 3:54 pm - PERMALINK

The fifth course in Prima Consulting’s popular Mine Safety and Health Training series is now live!
Mine Safety and Health Training - Surface Mining is an overview of the major safety issues pertaining to surface mines and quarries. It introduces the many hazards present on a mine site using NIOSH video clips of surface mining situations. [...]

New University of Arizona short courses and webcasts available through EduMine

By EduMine, June 30th, 2010 at 12:38 pm - PERMALINK

EduMine has two new University of Arizona courses listed for fall: Introduction to Engineering Contract Law, and Modern Corporate Organizations in the Mineral Industry. Both can be taken as a short course in Tuscon, or as a webcast from anywhere in the world. For more information, see the EduMine short course page.

New Webcast Video: Mine Project Economics

By EduMine, June 25th, 2010 at 9:42 am - PERMALINK

The recorded version of the Mine Project Economics webcast presented by Dr. Scott Dunbar in March is now available for purchase online.
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 [...]

Online Course: Geotechnical Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities

By EduMine, June 23rd, 2010 at 1:32 pm - PERMALINK

EduMine’s new online course Geotechnical Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities is now live!
This course is intended for anybody involved in mining who has to manage, review, pay for, design, construct, operate, or close a geotechnical structure at a mine. Included in the mining-related geotechnical structures you will study in this course are: tailings impoundments, [...]

Popular Online Course Revised: Mineral Project Management

By EduMine, June 15th, 2010 at 9:18 am - PERMALINK

Dan Mackie’s popular online course Mineral Project Management has been updated to improve your learning experience! This course on project management is especially prepared for engineers, estimators, purchasing agents, senior managers, company presidents… in fact, anyone who bears some portion of responsibility for a project but needs a better understanding of how it all works.
The [...]

EduMine Short Course Package: Mining 101 and Metals & Mining for Investors

By EduMine, June 9th, 2010 at 3:34 pm - PERMALINK

EduMine is bringing together the Mining 101 and the Metals and Mining for Investors short courses! This comprehensive package on June 22 and 23 covers the basic concepts of mining and mineral processing, and how profitable investing in mining can be. We bring you three experts in mining who will provide you with the strategies [...]

June Session Of Mining 101 Short Course

By EduMine, June 8th, 2010 at 10:57 am - PERMALINK

The popular short course by Dr. Scott Dunbar, Mining 101, will be presented again this June 22 in Vancouver!
This course covers the basic concepts of mining and mineral processing: how mines are found, how they are built, how the ore is processed, how the waste is disposed of, how mineral products are marketed, and [...]