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Countries

• Australia
• China
• Brazil
• Chile
• Russian Federation
• South Africa
• India
• USA
• Peru
• Canada
• Indonesia
• Mexico

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Exploration

• Mineral Deposits
• Resources
• Reserves
• Exploration
• Mineral Titles
• Financing

Methods

• Open pit mining
• Room and pillar
• Strip mining
• Undersea Mining
• Dredging
• Sublevel Stoping
• Cut and fill
• Sublevel caving
• Block caving
• Longwall mining

Suppliers

• Atlas Copco
• Sandvik
• Explosives
• Orica
• Dyno Nobel
• AEL
• Caterpillar
• ThyssenKrupp
• Komatsu
• Volvo
• Hitachi
• Eickhoff
• Joy Global
• Metso
• Outokompu
• SNC Lavalin

Events

• AIMEX
• EXPOSIBRAM
• CIM
• PDAC
• China Mining
• EXPOMIN
• African Mining Indaba
• MINExpo
• SME
• Coal Prep

Commodities

• Gold
• Copper
• Aluminum
• Coal
• Diamond
• Iron Ore
• Molybdenum
• Nickel
• Potash
• Uranium
• Zinc
• Silver
• Platinum
• Palladium

Companies

• BHP Billiton
• Vale
• Rio Tinto
• Glencore Xstrata
• Potash Corporation
• Anglo American
• Freeport-McMoRan
• Southern Copper
• Norilsk Nickel
• Barrick Gold
• AngloGold Ashanti
• Peabody Energy
• Teck Resources

Equipment & Technology

• Drilling rig
• Shovel
• Haul truck
• Articulated truck
• Dragline
• Bucket wheel excavator
• Load-haul-dump
• Raise borer
• Rock bolter
• Longwall miner
• Tunnel borer
• Road Header
• Headframe
• Hoist
• Crusher
• Grinding mill
• Flotation units
• Leaching units
• Thickener tanks
• Smelters
• Electrolysis

Online Resources

• InfoMine
• EduMine
• MINING.com
• SearchMining.com
• OneMine.org
• Northern Miner
• Mining Journal
• Corebox.net
• Metal Economics Group
• Resource Investing News
• IntierraRMG
• Engineering and Mining Journal
• International Mining
• Mining Africa Yearbook
• African Mines Online
• Mining IQ

Scams

• BRE-X
• Salting samples
• Southwestern Resources
• Pumping stock
• Sungro Minerals

Mines

• Antamina
• Kalgoorlie
• Escondida
• Ekati
• Grasberg
• Chuquicamata
• Bingham Canyon
• TauTona
• Mponeng
• Savuka
• Athabasca Oil Sands
• North Antelope
• Goldstrike
• Argyle
• Taimyr
• McArthur River
• Red Dog
• Cannington
• Impala Platinum
• Hamersley Iron
• Yanacocha

Money

• Commodities & Mining Companies
• Commodity Exchanges
• Stock Exchanges
• Valuation
• Countries
• Currencies
• Regulatory Control
• Government
• Royalties
• Compensation
• Development
• Operation
• Maintenance
• Reclamation

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Problems & Disasters

• Copiapo
• Beaconsfield
• Westray
• Heilongjiang
• Surface Subsidence
• Fire and Explosion
• Mine collapse
• Pit Slope Failure
• Pollution
• Ok Tedi
• Tailings Dam Failure
• Bafokeng
• Los Frailes
• Ajka
• Social Unrest
• Tambogrande
• Las Christinas

Projects

• Oyu Tolgoi
• Ambatovy
• Cigar Lake
• El Morro
• La Colosa
• Resolution
• Pebble
• Kevitsa

People

• Andrew Mackenzie
• Marius Kloppers
• Cecil Rhodes
• Peter Munk
• Robert Friedland
• Charles (Chuck) Fipke
• Gina Rinehart
• Ernest Oppenheimer
• Georgius Agricola
• Ivan Glasenberg
• Lakshmi Mittal
• Eike Batista
• David Lowell

Careers

• Geological engineer
• Mining engineer
• Metallurgical engineer
• Electrical engineer
• Industrial engineer
• Mechanical engineer
• Land surveyor
• Drillers
• Blasters
• Heavy equipment operator
• Production miner
• Industrial electrician

Schools

• University of Queensland
• University of New South Wales
• Western Australian School of Mines
• University of British Columbia
• Queen's University
• University of Chile
• University of the Witwatersrand
• Colorado School of Mines
• University of Arizona
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Regulatory Control

• NI43-101
• JORC
• Equator Principles
• IFC performance standards
• EPA
• Environment Canada
• Social Responsibility
• MSHA