Mining and M Guide - Resources and Review

Society which aims to advance the worldwide mining and minerals community through information exchange and professional development. It publishes Mining Engineering Magazine and the Minerals and Metallurgical Processing Journal.
 
A centre for teaching and research in earth resources engineering and applied earth and environmental science. As well as offering undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development courses, it has a geological museum and art gallery.
 
International daily business news service covering the metals and recycling industries, with up
to-date prices of 1,700 industrial materials. Covers metals markets from mining to production, distribution to manufacturing, recycling to reuse.
 
Covers aspects of the British Mining Industry from 1640 to 1978. Resources include a bibliography, a glossary of mining terminology from north
east England in 1841, and a database of colliery deaths covering the period 1850 to 1914. Identifies mines which existed in the years 1880 and 1945, and provides a list of mining disasters. In some instances location maps are supplied, with full details of the owner, name of mine, location, manager and under manager also being given.
 
Launched in January 1996, the magazine offers business information relevant to mining executives, prospectors, investors, governments, and equipment suppliers. Headlines and short descriptions of articles are available online.
 
A search engine for those in geo
environmental professions, covering the topics of geotechnology, environment, hydrogeology, geology, mining and petroleum. Searchable indexes of related companies, associations, educational establishments and governmental departments are also available.
 
Resource providing original documentation such as letters, personal descriptions, diary extracts, and photographs relating to the Klondike gold rush and its impact on Seattle, and a set of maps of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
 
An index to companies, individuals, organisations, and agencies serving or served by the mining industry (US emphasis). Headings include coal docks and ports, consultants, construction and fabrication, equipment and product suppliers, environmental sites, mining companies, public utilities, public agencies, and transportation.
 
The Association is an international, non
governmental organisation concerned with the nuclear fuel cycle. Information is provided on the generation of electricity by nuclear energy, the nuclear fuel cycle, uranium mining, radioactive waste management, and nuclear non-proliferation.
 
A professional body for engineers in the minerals industry, formed by merger of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and the Institution of Mining Engineers on 31st July 1998. The IMM aims to advance the science and practice of operations within the minerals industry and to acquire, preserve and communicate knowledge of the industry. Offers details of the journals International Mining and Minerals, Transactions, and IMM Abstracts.
 
Employment opportunities worldwide in geoscience, petroleum engineering, geotechnical engineering, geocomputing, remote sensing, GIS, hydrology, hydrogeology, environmental science, forestry, agricultural science, climatology, atmospheric science, oceanography, oil and gas, mining.
 
Index to projects, companies, equipment, exhibitions, societies and newsgroups relating to mining worldwide.
 
Links to numerous annotated and evaluated online resources relevant to mining engineering.
 
Collection of information about mining, including an index to mining historians and bibliographies of mining in Britain, Ireland, North America and Australia.
 
Set of links to online coal and coal
related resources including information on mining, transportation, research and organisations involved such as government institutions and universities.
 
Historical, geological, and cultural account of the small island in the Firth of Lorn, Argyll. Depicts the rise of the slate quarrying industry in the eighteenth century and the storm which led to its gradual decline in 1881. Also provides details of local businesses, a collection of pictures of and from the island, and information for tourists.
 
Documents providing information about technology used in the development of offshore oil and gas fields, including fixed platforms, floating production systems and subsea tie
backs. Also offers details of equipment and organisations involved in the industry, and a current awareness update service.
 
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