June 2003
Volume 55    Issue 6

Members ready for mining industry upswing at SME's Annual Meeting

Mining Engineering , 2003, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 44-53
Kral, Steve


PREVIEW:
It seems that mining has been in the doldrums for awhile. Except for gold, metals prices remain depressed. And economic conditions in the United States and around the globe have put governments in a financial bind. This affects new building and infrastructure repairs, which, in turn, have a major impact the building materials industry. Add to that the severe environmental and regulatory restrictions placed on the mining industry in developing new mines and expanding existing ones. It’s enough to make a mining engineer/geologist/metallurgist go sell real estate.


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