Mining refers to the exploration, extraction and equipment used for removing geologic materials from the earth’s surface. It includes both surface and underground operations; and materials such as coal, precious metals and minerals.
Richard Napier, PhDManaging Director
GFMS Metal Consulting Ltd ![]()
Dr. Richard Napier is the Managing Director of GFMS Mining and Exploration Consulting, an independent London based mining research group. Richard has considerable experience in a mining and exploration. He has expertise in both internal (mining costs, geology, and management) and external (market supply...
K.D. de VriesChief Financial Officer
metalCorp Limited ![]()
Mr. K.D. de Vries is the Chief Financial Officer of MetalCorp Group. The Metalcorp Group is a diversified international group in the metals and mining industry and its activities include the mining and processing of ores, the production of metals and metal products and the trade of metals, ores and...
Paul DowdPrincipal
PJ Dowd & Associates Pty Ltd ![]()
Paul Dowd is the Principal of PJ Dowd and Associates, providing consulting services to the mining industry. Mr. Dowd has more than 40 years of experience in developing business and managing mining operations in Australia, USA, Africa, Europe, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. He was previously...
Vice President
NORWEST CORPORATION![]()
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Gary Stubblefield is a Vice President at Norwest Corporation, a mining consulting firm. He is a registered professional mining engineer with over 30 years of experience at operating mines (iron ore and emphasis on coal), at a mining software company, and as a mining consultant. Mr. Stubblefield manages...
Magnus EricssonChief Executive Officer
Raw Materials Group![]()
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Magnus Ericsson is the Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Raw Materials Group (RMG), a firm providing monitoring and analyzing ownership, control, and mergers and acquisitions in the mining and metals industry. Mr. Ericsson is responsible for the company's advisory services including developing government...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Mining Experts | 1347 |
| Mining Equipment Experts | 134 |
| Mining equipment manufacturers | 66 |
| Copper Mining Experts | 102 |
| Iron Ore Mining Experts | 117 |
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Mining: China, India and the Rest of the World
June 30, 2009
Mining industry: On a growth trail | economictimes.indiatimes.com
China and India still have positive GDP growth in what has been one of the deepest recessions of the last fifty years. Much of that growth is attibuted to internal consumption as China's exports have declined 25%. When you consider that China and India may have as many as 2 to 3 billion...
Mining Summit-Cameco CEO sees uranium supply crunch,M&A
May 18, 2009
Mining Summit-Cameco CEO sees uranium supply crunch,M&A | www.reuters.com
Cameco is the world's largest and lowest cost uranium producer. The uranium market is very opaque and it is important for the market to know what Cameco has to say about the demand/supply of uranium. The financial crunch has definitely created opportunities for large companies in the M&A front....
May 25, 2009
Jack Lifton, Managing Director, Jack Lifton, LLC
Toyota denies report on possible GM hybrid deal | www.forbes.com
The Japanese press is reporting that Toyota is studying the idea of licensing its current (full) hybrid power train to collapsing General Motors. I'm sure that this supposition is true, but would such a move be possible? As the supply situation for the critical rare earth metals, lanthanum, neodymium,...
Interoperability Is The Key To Healthcare Automation
May 20, 2009
Electronic health records are wrong prescription for automation | www.ajc.com
The creation of interoperable healthcare system and the ability to achieve a meaningful use of data mining requires a new breed of application that works at a higher layer as a traffic cop to process messages from different systems. It also requires an innovative business model based on transaction
Rio Tinto economist sees rough year ahead ^ www.reuters.com (view article)
May 18, 2009
Rio Tinto economist sees rough year ahead | www.reuters.com
Rio Tinto is one of the leaders in mining. They are very close to the Chinese market and their views have a higher probability to be correct. This also validates the fact that China is slowing down. China consumes over 30% of the commodities and the outlook for base metals are not very strong for 2009....
May 14, 2009 | Hong Kong
GLG Seminar: (Hong Kong) Mining Industry Dynamics in China