Top 10 Things You Should Know Before Searching For a Mining Job
Top 10 Things You Should Know Before Searching For a Mining Job

Preventing Mining Accidents
Reviewing the key aspects of preventing mining accidents

FIFO Mining Jobs
FIFO Mining Jobs. Is It Worth The Digging?

Common Mining Accidents
Reviewing the most common factors of accidents in the mining industry and the type of accidents

Explosives Used In Mining: An Overview
An overview of the basic classification of the explosives used in the mining industry

Different Types of Detonators
Blasting caps come in a variety of forms. Fuse caps, electric detonators, non-electric detonators and electronic detonators are the different types of detonators you can find on the market.

What is Illegal Mining?
This article describes what is Illegal Mining, and how illegal mining relates to Artisanal mining, Small-Scale Mining or blood diamonds

India To Remain The World’s Largest Consumer Of Gold In 2011
Key updated facts and figures about India's gold consumption, recycling, importation and production.

Top 6 Reasons Why Moon Mining Will Happen
Top 6 Reasons Why Moon Mining Will Happen

Specific and Non Specific Hazards in Underground Mines
Specific and Non Specific Hazards in Underground Mines

Miners’ Songs
Miners’ Songs

Considering A FIFO Position With A Family?
Considering a FIFO position with a family?

Types of Coal
Different types of coal and their respective uses

The Seaborne Iron Ore Transportation
The Seaborne Iron Ore Transportation

Another Gold Rush to Start in India?
Trying to sort out truth from rumor about forthcoming gold rush in India.

Lunar Mining Resources Are Now Precisely Assessed And Mapped
Lunar Mining Resources Are Now Precisely Assessed And Mapped

The Impact Of Commodity Prices Increase On Mining Taxes And Revenues
What is the impact of booming commodity prices on mining tax policies, mining groups profitability and host country subsequent revenues.

Where is Coal Found?
Where is coal found and where are the proven reserves

Top 5 Coal Fires Hotspots
Top 5 Coal Fires Hotspots

The Evolution Of Marble Extraction Techniques
The Example of The Carrara Marble

Want to Understand How Coal Mines Work?
Here is The Basic Kit.

Dust Control Strategies For Quarries
Dust Control Strategies For Quarries

Why Is Mercury Used In Gold Mining And Why Is It A Problem
Why is mercury used in gold mining and why is it a problem

Blast Area & Fly-Rocks Prevention
Blast Area & Fly-Rocks Prevention: What US Regulations and Literature Say

The Role Of The Vinegar In The Firesetting Techniques
Can vinegar break rocks?

Malartic to Become the Largest Gold Mine in Canada
Malartic Gold to Become the Largest Gold Mine in Canada

Visiting a Mine: Key Safety Precautions
Visiting a Mine: Key Safety Precautions

Top 7 Reasons To Believe In India’s Mining Future
Top 7 Reasons To Believe In India’s Mining Future

Kolar Gold Fields: Slow Fall o
Brief history of Kolar Gold Fields from 1st millennium BC to 2011

Mining Without Explosives Today And Tomorrow
Mining Without Explosives Today And Tomorrow

Coal Basics
An image gallery to explain what is coal, what are the different types of coal and where coal can be found.

Dimension Stone Quarries Specifics
What are the specifics of a dimension stone quarry versus the aggregate or sands and gravels quarries?

Firesetting: A Mining Technique In Use For 5000 Years
Firesetting: A Mining Technique In Use For 5000 Years

Mining Cycle, Explosives and Timing
Basics about mining cycle, explosives and timing

Mine haul and transport Automation: Where Do We Stand?
A selection of projects and sites pioneering mine haul and transport automation technologies.

Setting Up Key Process Indicators In a Quarrying Process
Setting Up Key Process Indicators In a Quarrying Process

The Unmanned Mine Haul And Transport
What kind Of vehicles are involved by the unmanned mine haul and transport revolution and how does it work.

Quarrying Process Assessment
Quarrying Process Assessment

Remote Wireless Initiation of Explosives
Remote Wireless Initiation of Explosives

Mining From Prehistory To History_An Overview
An overview of the mining methods and techniques form Prehistory to Ancient History period

Coal Fires
Coal Fires: The Major Geological Risk Of The Century?

Basic Vibration Monitoring Troubleshooting Guide
Here is a basic troubleshooting guide for vibration monitoring users. Feel free to send me your comments about this first draft.

Rare Metals And Rare Earth: Some Facts And Figures About a Potential Shortage
Rare Metals And Rare Earth: Some Facts And Figures About a Potential Shortage

The Effective Tax Rate Of The Mining Industry
Taxes help fund the government's policies and covers the government operating budget. The government

Why Do We Need KPIs In a Quarry
Why Do We Need KPIs In a Quarry

Back to Basics On Rock Fragmentation
Back to Basics On Rock Fragmentation

How to Identify Illegal Mining?
Ways and means to identify open-pit or underground miing operation with a specific focus on aerial and satellite imagery technology

India, The Next Mining Giant?
India, The Next Mining Giant? The 7 Challenges Ahead

How to Fight Against Illegal Mining. The Indian Example
How to Fight Against Illegal Mining. The Indian Example

Deeper Inside Malartic Gold Deposit Mining Process
Deeper Inside Malartic Gold Deposit Mining Process

Big Doubts About Bolivia's Lithium
This article describes how Bolivia could benefit from its recently discovered huge reserves of lithium, and the doubts about the Bolivian potential on this market.

EU And US Ban On Mercury Export To The Mining Sector
EU And US Ban On Mercury Export To The Mining Sector

Mine Haul And Transport: Diesel Times
The impact of the invention of diesel engines on the way to address the haul and transport challenges in the mining industry.

How Marble Blocks Were Transported From The Quarrying Site
How Marble Blocks Were Transported From The Quarrying Site

Northern France Miners’ Cities In The 19th Century
Northern France Miners’ Cities In The 19th Century

What is the in-situ value of a mining project?
Definition of the in-situ value of a mining project and interesting links on related documents

Moon Resources Pay For The Trip
Moon Resources Pay For The Trip

Mining The Moon Makes Mission To Mars Realistic
Mining The Moon Makes Mission To Mars Realistic

Do We Use Explosives To Obtain Diamonds?
Do We Use Explosives To Obtain Diamonds?

Private Companies Are Now Welcome to Participate to The Moon Resources Extraction
Private Companies Are Now Welcome to Participate to The Moon Resources Extraction

The Challenges Ahead for Bolivia’s Lithium
Bolivia was recently discovered to contain huge reserves of lithium. This article describes the uncertainty about the Bolivian potential on the lithium market.

Mercury-Free Gold Mining? Key
Challenges and key leverage points to make the small-scale gold mining industry comply with the new regulation about mercury

The Scourge Of Illegal Mining In French Guiana
The Scourge Of Illegal Mining In French Guiana

Towards A Global Banning Of Me
Towards A Global Banning Of Mercury In Mining?

Environmental Compliance Indicators For Quarries
Environmental Compliance Indicators For Quarries

China: Number 1 Coal Fire Hotspot
China: Number 1 Coal Fire Hotspot

An Example of Pre-Blast Measurement Protocol
An Example of Pre-Blast Measurement Protocol

In Search Of a Definition For Mining Countries Attractiveness
In Search Of a Definition For Mining Countries Attractiveness

What is Coal and How it Forms
What is Coal and How it Forms

Technology Needed to Start Mining The Moon Is Close at Hand
Technology Needed to Start Mining The Moon Is Close at Hand

French Gold Resources
French Gold Resources

EU Policy For Explosives Tracking And Tracing
EU Policy For Explosives Tracking And Tracing

Closed or Abandoned Mine Reclamation Challenges
Closed or Abandoned Mine Reclamation Challenges

Mining Sites & Landscapes On The UNESCO World Heritage List
Mining Sites & Landscapes On The UNESCO World Heritage List

How to Find the Right Initiation Sequence?
Basics about initiation sequence calculation currently in use in the surface mining industry.

Basic Facts And Figures About Mining Resources Availability
Basic Facts And Figures About Mining Resources Availability

Mining Commodities Transportation
Mining Commodities Transportation

Mining in 19th and 20th Centuries Novels, A Selected Bibliography
Bogza,Rosia-Montana, mine, Cendrars, Publication,Gold rush California Cespédès Potosi Bolivia Conan Doyle, Arthur Coal Eduardo Galeano Tin Gardner, George Brazil Diamond Grossman Hammond Nickel AustraliaNew Caledonia Hugo French Hoffman Sweden Humbolt (Von), Alexander Silver mining Mexico Katharine Prichard Calcutta india Lagerlöf Nils Holgersson Iron mining Lanzmann Levi, Primo Asbestos Llewellyn South Wales London, Jack Exploration Yukon Canada Lopez Salinas Coal mining Spain Malot, Hector Cevennes North of France Canto General Pablio neruda Artisanal mining antimony Northern Chile Raffenel, Anne-Jean-Baptiste Western Africa Senegal Rand, Ayn The Fountainhead Dimension stone quarry Traven Sierra Madre Vigneault, Gilles Zidor le prospecteur Metals exploration Poetry song lyrics travel book Shalamof, Varlam Russian permafrost Smith, Wilbur Transvaal South Africa Stevenson, Robert Louis Twain, Mark Virginia Untermeyer America Zola,Emile Germinal

A Consensus Position Emerges On Moon Resources Ownership
A Consensus Position Emerges On Moon Resources Ownership

An Example of Post-Blast Measurement Protocol
An Example of Post-Blast Measurement Protocol for blaster's perusal

Why Uranium Demand Will Grow... No Matter What Happens In The Economy
No matter what happens in a foreseeable future, uranium demand will grow, independently of the economic context.

Ruina Montium: Two Questions About An Amazing Mining Technique
Some question remains pending about Ruina Montium. Amongst many others: why is Pliny the only source available about the application of this amazing technique in Spain? Was it applied in other parts of the world? Two Questions About An Amazing Mining Technique

The Role Of The Ombudsman In The Indian Mining Industry
The role of The ombudsman in the fight against corruption and illegal mining in India

How You Can Help Save Miners’ Songs Heritage
How You Can Help Save Miners’ Songs Heritage

Are We Living The First Mining Boom Of The Century?
Are We Living The First Mining Boom Of The Century?

A Focus On Mining Uranium Resources And Reserves
A Focus On Mining Uranium Resources And Reserves

Ruina Montium, An Amazing Mining Technique Used In Classical Antiquity
Ruina Montium: an amazing mining technique described by Pliny The Elder

Resources Nationalism: A Major Threat To Mining Investors
Resources Nationalism: A Major Threat To Mining Investors

Courrières: Major Consequences For a Major Mining Disaster
All the consequences of one of the worst mine disaster

Benefits And Costs Of Remote And Autonomous Mining Technologies
Benefits and costs impact of Remote and Autonomous mining technologies

Gold Exploration Projects
Gold Exploration Projects

Brazil 1597-1889: 300 Years Of Mining Legislation
Brazil 1597-1889: 300 Years Of Mining Legislation

The Mining Tax Regime Stability Challenge
How commodities prices fluctuation, populism and shift in bargaining power between companies and government over the life of a mineral project make fiscal stability as challenging as important.

Chile, Before Copper
Chile, Before Copper

Human Concerns About Unmanned Transport
Human concerns about unmanned haul and transport technologies

Blasting Numerical Simulation Is Not a Magic Stand-Alone Technology
Blasting Numerical Simulation Is Not a Magic Stand-Alone Technology

The Uranium Fundamentals: A Supply Overview
A supply overview of the uranium market

From Unmanned Mine Haul And Transport To No Transport At All
Is suppressing mining haul and transportation the most efficient way to mitigate its impact?

Securing Metals Sourcing: The Emergence of a New French Policy?
Securing Metals Sourcing: The Emergence of a New French Policy?

Unmanned Haul And Transport: The Safety And Integration Challenges
The safety and integration challenges to address in the development of unmanned haul and transport technologies

Minor Coal Fires Hotspots Bring Major Damage
Minor Coal Fires Hotspots Bring Major Damage

Brazil, 1931-1981: From Resource Nationalism To Modern Mining Legislation
Brazil, 1931-1981: From Resource Nationalism To Modern Mining Legislation

Top 3 Reasons Why Unmanned Mine Haul And Transport Technologies Are Developed
The top 3 reasons why unmanned mine haul and transport technologies are currently being developed

The Reclaiming Stage As a Legal Requirement
The Reclaiming Stage As a Legal Requirement

Does Current Intensive Mining Extraction Lead To Mineral Depletion?
Does Current Intensive Mining Extraction Lead To Mineral Depletion?

How The Price Of Uranium Is Set
How the price of uranium was set before 2007 and what have changed since then.

Northern France Miners’ Cities In The 20th Century
Northern France Miners’ Cities In The 20th Century

SHE Concerns Won’t Slow Down Uranium Demand
Why uranium demand will continue to grow no matter what happened in terms of safety or environmnental contraints.