Ananzi TecNet
http://www.tecnet.co.za/
Tecnet is based in Pinegowrie, South Africa. It is a joint venture between ProMech & Topline Publishing and TAS, an engineering software company. It is a commercial engineering portal linking to companies which have paid a subscription to it.
The site includes lists of South African companies which can be searched by product or resource type. There is information on conferences, links to four online magazines and a supplier of new and used engineering text books. An Engineers Toolbox allows the user to perform a series of pump and pipeline related calculations.
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Anglo American plc
http://www.angloamerican.co.uk/
Anglo American plc is involved in the mining and natural resources sectors. It has significant and focused interests in gold, platinum, diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals and forest products. The Group has operations and developments in Africa, Europe, South and North America and Australia.
The site offers background information about the company, details of its technical divisions, overseas exploration, press releases, news, an event calendar, financial summaries, a FAQ, and annual reports.
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Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
http://www.ausimm.com.au/
AusIMM was founded in 1893 and is a professional society for all appropriately qualified personnel associated with the study and practice of the minerals and energy industries in Australia.
The site has details of membership, publications, employment, education and events, and information on the Mineral Industries Consultants Association (MICA). Publications are listed and searchable but the AusIMM Proceedings are available full-text in PDF format to members only.
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Australian Aluminium Council (AAC)
http://www.aluminium.org.au/
The web server provides background information about the organisation and its members, including contact details for alumina suppliers.
There are news articles and press releases. An annual statistical summary of the aluminium industry within Australia is also provided. A list of publications is given as well as links to related sites. The Australian Aluminium Council (AAC) is the body that represents the Australian aluminium industry, including bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium production and semi-fabricated aluminium products.
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Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney
http://www.acfr.usyd.edu.au/
The ACFR is based around the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at The University of Sydney, and is dedicated to the research, development, application and dissemination of field robotics principles. Field robotics is concerned with the application of advanced control, sensing and systems engineering principles to the development of autonomous machines operating in outdoor, variable and hostile environments in applications such as mining, agriculture, forestry, construction, cargo handling, and undersea.
The ACFR site provides details of the people and projects involved in the Centre. The technology used is described, and information on teaching and consulting is given. Publications are listed; some papers are available in PDF format, others with abstracts only, while the full-text of some half a dozen PhD theses (in PDF format) may be accessed. Annual reports may be similarly consulted. Links to sites of related interest are offered.
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Australian Centre for Geomechanics
http://www.acg.uwa.edu.au/
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) promotes research and education in the field of geomechanics for Australia's extractive resource industries. The website has details of current and completed research, publications, conferences, courses and seminars. Research reports and training materials can be ordered from the site. The newsletter and latest annual reports are freely available.
The Centre concentrates on offshore engineering, environmental geomechanics and mining geomechanics.
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Australian Governments Geoscience Portal
http://www.geoscience.gov.au/
This website was designed as an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee and it seeks to provide a portal to link information from the states with the territory and federal government geoscience agencies. It contains reports, online databases related to geophysics and mineral resources, geological online maps, geological resources, legislation outlines and resources, and several links of related interest. Registration is necessary to access the online data; maps are in .jpg format.
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Avocet Mining plc
http://www.avocet.co.uk/
Avocet Mining plc is a mining and mining finance company based in London, with interests in the areas of gold and tungsten . The web pages provide brief details about the company, its activities, and its latest financial figures.
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BHP Billiton
http://www.bhpbilliton.com/
BHP Billiton is a large Australian mining company. Its operations include silver, copper, coal, petroleum, power, transport, ferrous minerals, steel products, and information technology.
The site is searchable and provides information about each of the company's operations, with facts and figures, products, projects, news and other information. There is also news, with press releases, speeches, and a photo library. Other features include environmental, financial, community, and educational information with students projects. The site has information on the Falcon airborne gravity gradiometer.
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Bibliography of Fluid and Flows in Faults and Shear Zones
http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geol/Faults/Faultsflow/FaultBibliography.html
This bibliography which is maintained by staff from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology contains an extensive listing of references grouped under a number of subject headings; including mechanics of faulting, permeability of and flow within crystalline rock, fluids flow in shear zones, and ore deposits developed by fluid flow during deformation.
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British Columbia gold
http://www.britishcolumbiagold.com/
This site includes a series of pdf format technical reports covering mining information (in particular gold mining) for corporate research, mineral property locations, historical reports and government data as well as a glossary of technical terms.
There is information on which commodities are found in each mine in British Columbia. Details of Canadian government policy are provided as well as mining news stories and maps.
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/
The primary functions of the British Geological Survey (BGS) are to maintain and revise geological information for the land and offshore areas of the United Kingdom and the nearby continental shelf. Its work relates directly to mineral, energy and groundwater resources, land use, geological hazards, and the protection of the environment. This site provides details of the organisation, activities, services and products of the British Geological Survey, together with access to a range of resources. Details of BGS publications (some of which can be downloaded in PDF format), library collections, unpublished archives (including maps, reports, registers, photographs and collections of material) and datasets and databases. Free downloads include geology sample data, bathymetry sample data, Bangladesh water quality data, pumping test analysis software, and various BGS reports. These include: DigMap; Discovery metadata; GeoIndex; lexicon of named rock units; BGS rock classification scheme; BGS Library catalogue (including map holdings); a photograph archive; HOLOSTRAT stratigraphic data; some full-text reports; map symbols; and educational and general interest material (fossil focus, holiday guides, timechart).
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British Geotechnical Association
http://www.britishgeotech.org.uk/
Geotechnical engineering news is available at this site along with information about the association and their meetings.
There is a link to the ground engineering section of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of which the BGA is an associated society, which contains full-text articles in PDF format, events information and details of books of interest to geotechnical engineers.
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Brook Industries Ltd
http://www.brook-industries.co.uk/
The Brook Industries Limited is based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK, and are a global supplier of the JAG hydraulic cutting equipment to the manufacturing, construction, mining, power generation, offshore sub-sea engineering, offshore oil production and exploration industries.
The site provides information about the company and the range of products supplied.
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Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter
http://www.uec.ac.uk/csm/
The Camborne School of Mines is part of the University of Exeter and is an internationally recognised centre for research related to the formation, discovery, extraction and utilisation of the Earth's natural resources, and subsequent land remediation.
The site gives information about the School and courses on offer. Research at the School is co-ordinated by three multidisciplinary groups: geomechanics; geology; and environmental and minerals engineering. Each group has a home page that details its research activities. Some publications are listed. Details of the research of the Waste Test Research Centre are also given.
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
http://www.cim.org/
The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum is a technical society of professionals in the minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. The site provides information about the Institute, its different societies, divisions and branches; and its publications, with abstracts of technical papers and ordering information. The 'Activities' section announces upcoming events. Details about CIM's 99th Annual General Meeting in 1997, to take place in Vancouver, British Colombia and of CIM's 100th Annual General Meeting in 1998, to take place in Montreal, Quebec, are also available. The Tradex pages contain information on current and upcoming trade shows, and which companies are attending. Many companies also profile products in their own pages within the Tradex web pages.
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Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
http://www.cseg.ca/
The Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists gives access to the Digital Cumulative Index of publications of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG) and the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG). The database contains 30,000+ entries, and covers the time period 1936-2002. It also provides access to past issues of two full-text journals, Recorder and The Canadian Journal of Exploration Geophysics (one issue per year to 1998) as well as an archive of conference abstracts. Events, courses and related resources are also listed and an introduction to geophysics as a career is provided.
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Chamber of Mines of South Africa
http://www.bullion.org.za/
This government site contains comprehensive statistical information for about mining safety, ore reserves, gold production, sales and employment in South Africa. Access is also given to the full-text of publications including from the magazine "Mining Weekly".
Also available is a library of mining pictures as well as some PDF format articles about metal and mineral mining from a South African perspective. Links to other useful resources are given.
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China Coal Information Institute
http://ns.coalinfo.net.cn/jsp/en/index.jsp
The China Coal Information Institute is directly affiliated to the State Administration of Coal Industry (formerly the Ministry of Coal Industry) and provides information services such as document retrieval, information research, book and journal publishing, audio-video products publishing, patent service and coal related sci-tech knowledge popularisation.
There is information about CCII, the present issue of China Coal News, coalbed methane news, and information on coal law and database retrieval (the latter two in Chinese only).
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Coal Education
http://www.coaleducation.org/
The Coal Education site by the Kentucky Coal Council is a resource of information for teachers and students. It includes lesson plans, lists of resources that can be ordered, a history of coal, information on topical issues, a glossary of mining terms, the Kentucky Coal Facts Book, which deal mainly on coal in the US and Kentucky but also contains some general information. There is also an online discussion forum, and technical abstracts of coal-related periodicals and recent conferences, plus a calendar of oncoming events worldwide.
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Coal Mining Engineer's Webpage
http://home.inter.net/takakuwa/index.html
The Coal Mining Engineer's Webpage is provided by Toyo Takakuwa, an engineer from Japan.
The site includes full-text conference papers, photos and links to related sites under a range of categories.
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Coal Preparation
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/07349343.asp
Tables of contents and abstracts (available online from volume 22) from this subscription-based journal covering all aspects of coal preparation are available here.
Users within institutions that subscribe to this journal can access the full-text and references, or individual articles can be purchased online. An online sample copy is also provided in html and PDF formats.
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Common Information Service System
http://outside.cdc.gov:8000/ciss/
CISS is an information system provided as a public service by NIOSH Mining Safety & Health Research (formerly the U.S. Bureau of Mines). Information about mining safety and health research publications can be obtained by performing searches in their publication database.
Publications are in bibliographic form and include abstracts. More recent publications are stored in the database in their entirety in PDF format. Publications available include conference papers, mine training materials, and reports. Video clips (of mine explosions and the interior of a coalmine) are available for viewing either in AVI format or requiring RealPlayer.
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
http://www.csiro.au/
The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an independent statutory authority working in a broad range of areas of economic or social value to the nation, including astronomy and space, energy, environment, farming and food, health and wellbeing, information and communication technology (ICT), manufacturing, materials, mining and minerals, transport and infrastructure.
The CSIRO website gives extensive information about the organisation, its structure, work, and research programmes. Each programme has its own site with information about current projects. An education section, details of publications, press releases, careers information and an online shop are also available.
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Copper Page
http://www.copper.org/
The Copper Page is provided by the Copper Development Association, based in the USA. It contains information about the copper and brass industries.
There is free access to the Copper Data Center, which is a bibliographic database covering from 1965 to date. The general information section contains a book, 60 Centuries of Copper and also How Do They Do That? which explains the basic processes in the mining and production of copper. There are news releases, details of standards and material properties and also enviromental information. Listings of suppliers and publications are provided. Details of new research are given.
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