2010 mining events diary
February 23 - March 1, 2010
THE JUNIOR end of Australia’s mining sector is clearly back on track following a revival of mineral commodity prices, says the organiser of the RIU Explorers Conference in Western Australia. More than 40 companies are down to present at the conference this week at Fremantle’s Esplanade Hotel.
IIR sees underground opening
March 9 - 15, 2010
IIR Conferences has extended its Operational Excellence Series into the underground hard-rock mining arena with its planned inaugural Underground Operators Summit in Fremantle in June.
Timing right for Mozambique coal conference
February 23 - March 1, 2010
INFORMA is looking for ‘first mover’ advantage in the emerging Mozambique coal industry, with the conference organiser said to be a few weeks away from putting a program together for its planned coal and energy event in Maputo in July.
2011 mining events diary
February 23 - March 1, 2010
LOOKING beyond 2010 at next year’s mining events calendar.
2010 mining events diary
February 2 - 8, 2010
A BUSY month for mining conferences kicks off this week in South Africa. Later in February CEOs from the cream of Australia’s mining juniors and emerging mid-tiers will gather in Fremantle, Western Australia for the annual RIU Explorers Conference.
Reed says Kalgoorlie signs are good
January 19 - 25, 2010
REED Exhibitions is seeing good early signs from Western Australia’s economic recovery for the Goldfields Mining Expo, due to be held in Kalgoorlie in October this year.
Senger to be recognised through award
July 20 - 26, 2009
THE Australian mining technology and service sector will honour the memory of Austrade trade commissioner Craig Senger, killed in last week’s terrorist attack in Jakarta, through a special award at this year’s Austmine conference in Adelaide.
Austmine conference back on
June 15 - 21, 2009
AUSTMINE’S third international conference and exhibition is back on again after its GFC-enforced postponement earlier this year. The event has been rescheduled for November 10-11 in Adelaide, South Australia, with the theme “the technology age of mining”.
O-mega prize drawn at PDAC
March 16 - 22, 2009
AMERICAN technology company Innov-X Systems did its bit to stimulate exploration activity at the recent PDAC in Toronto, Canada, handing out what it believes was the most valuable prize ever awarded at the world’s biggest mining investment conference to Duluth Metals exploration manager Mark Hall.
Austmine event postponed
February 16 - 22, 2009
AUSTRALIA’S biennial mining technology showcase, the Austmine event, is the latest casualty of expenditure cutbacks by mining companies though the organisation’s chairman Alan Broome has emphasised the next instalment of the international conference and expo is merely delayed.
Rub shoulders with a banker
August 25 - 31, 2008
DESPITE escalating demand for raw materials, access to capital and lack of government support are hurdles currently confronting the mining sector, according to an industry survey conducted by the organisers of the inaugural Australia Mining Congress.