March 2003

Volume 55    Issue 3

Tom O'Neil: an interview with the 2003 SME president

Mining Engineering , 2003, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 2-5

The status and outlook for mining, in your view. Minerals remain a major part of the world’s economic foundation. The fortunes of the mining industry rise and fall with general economic trends, but mining is no less important today on a global basis than it has been historically. Certainly, portions of the industry are critically depressed — domestic copper to name one area — but other sectors are prospering. Mineral consumption, both worldwide and in the United States, has increased steadily since the Great Depression, hitting all-time highs in 2000, the last year for which I have seen data.

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