Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR)

For the past 28 years, the Elko Convention & Visitors Authority has hosted the annual ELKO MINING EXPO. It is one of the oldest and most respected mining expos held in the United States and draws close to 8,000 people, nationally and internationally, to its mining industry exhibits.

Link to the Mining Expo web page

23rd World Mining Congress & Expo (WMC 2013)

Montreal, Canada

WMC Secretariat

Held in conjuction with the 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining

Link to World Mining Congress & Expo

6th Annual New Mexico Mine Health and Safety Conference

Socorro, New Mexico

New Mexico Bureau of Mine Safety (575) 835-5460

link to the New Mexico Bureau of Mine Safety web page

8th Annual Southeast Mine Safety & Health Conference

Birmingham, Alabama

Are you interested in mining health and safety? If you answered yes mark your calendar for the 8th Annual Southeastern US Mine Safety and Health Conference. The audience will be addressed by keynote speakers from the health and safety industry, along with sessions taught by safety professionals across the southeast. The site of this year’s conference is also new and exciting! Please join in the cutting edge learning and fun fellowship.

Link to the 8th Annual Southeast Mine Safety & Health Conference web page

47th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

San Francisco, California

Peter Smeallie (703) 683-1808

The American Rock Mechanics Association invites you to its 47th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium to be held in San Francisco, California, USA on 23-26 June 2013. The 2013 program will focus on new and exciting advances in rock mechanics and geomechanics. San Francisco is known for its hills, its beauty, its restaurants, and its cultural institutions. It is one of the most scenic cities in the world, yet one of the most compact. The symposium will be held at the Westin San Francisco Market Street in the heart of the city.

US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium

Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 2013 JAHSA Meeting

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association (703) 235-0249

Holiday Inn & Suites North Beach (757) 428-1711

The Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association (JAHSA) is a nonprofit organization that began in 1916 to promote health and safety in the mining industry and consists of representatives from Federal and State Governments, Mining Organizations and Labor.

Link to Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 2013 JAHSA Meeting

The 3rd ISRM Symposium on Rock Mechanics "Rock Characterization, Modelling and Engineering Design Methods" (SINOROCK 2013)

Shanghai, China

Dr Fei Tan +86 159 2632 4066

Dr Xiaoying Zhuang +86(or0)216 598 3178

This is the third SINOROCK symposium: the first was held at the Three Gorges Dam Project site in 2004; the second was held at the University of Hong Kong in 2009. The Symposium will concentrate on developing the rock engineering design process through the linkage of rock characterisation, modelling and design methods, including feedback from the construction process itself. The Symposium is being held in association with the 2011-2015 ISRM Commission on Rock Engineering Design.

Link to SINOROCK 2013 web page

2nd LatAm Health, Safety and Rescue In Mining

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

+971 4 60 91 555

Globally there is increased pressure for mines to operate safely and move towards zero harm. Mining industry is consciously shifting their mind-set toward focusing on employee’s health, safety and emergency preparedness.

Mining leaders believe that that “Zero Harm” is not just about making safety a core value, It is about eliminating physical injuries and illnesses, taking control of health and safety, and consistently choosing more safe behaviors. Over the period best practices and theories have been applied to produce significant improvement to ensure safe workplace, however it seems that improvements have reached a plateau and that new insight is required for the next breakthrough.

Link to LatAm Health Safety and Rescue In Mining web page

2013 National Safety Council Congress & Expo

Chicago, Illinois

Link to the 2013 National Safety Council Congress & Expo web page

AUSTRALIAN COAL MINING EXPO 2013

Horden Pavilion.Sydney.NSW

08 9429 3020

If you have a product or service that is relevant to the Australian coal mining industry you need to be involved in the Australian Coal Mining Expo 2013.

Link to ACME web page

2013 Longwall USA Exhibition & Conference

David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Tanna Holzer 303-283-0640 x206

After more than 20 years of serving the industry, the Longwall USA bi-annual exhibition and conference has become the largest longwall equipment trade show held in North America. Focused expressly on underground and longwall mining, the 2013 event will bring a growing list of domestic and international exhibitors and sponsors to showcase the latest in technology and techniques for show participants.

Longwall Website

2013 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC)

Washington, DC

Link to Rapid Excavation & Tunneling

6th International Industry Summit on Mining Performance

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rachel Altemus 814-865-3439.

The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering at Penn State, the University of Arizona, West Virginia University and the University of Pittsburgh are pleased to host the sixth International Industry Summit on Business Process Performance in Pittsburgh, PA, on May 14-16, 2013.

Link to the 6th International Industry Summit on Mining Performance web page

The 2013 ISRM International Symposium – Rock Mechanics for Resources, Energy, and Environment (EUROCK 2013)

Wroclaw, Poland

Dariusz Łydżba

Marek Kwaśniewski

Link to EUROCK 2013 web page

2013 Critical Issues Conference

Austin, Texas

International Society of Mine Safety Prof. (ISMSP) (706) 253-3675

The International Society of Mine Safety Professionals was founded to promote the development of health and safety professionals throughout the international mining community.

As a safety professional you are the front line, the first point of contact in the day-to-day implementation of company practices, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.

Link to the 2013 Critical Issues Conference

The 18th Annual Safety Seminar for Underground Stone Mines

Louisville, KY

Lou Prosser 412-386-4423

This safety seminar will once again provide an update on issues and research relevant to the health and safety of underground stone miners. Regulatory developments will be included among the topics discussed, as well as the impact on the underground aggregates industry

Computational Modelling 2013

Aalmouth, Cornwall, UK

Dr Barry Wills +44 (0)7768 234 121

Jon Wills +44 (0)7900 676 701

Computational modelling is the use of fundamental physical equations to predict the behaviour of complex systems. Techniques include Discrete Element Modelling (DEM), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Methods (FEM). Due to rapid increases in computing power, it is now possible to carry out highly sophisticated and realistic simulations of scientific and engineering processes.

Computational modelling provides engineers with the ability to study systems in ways that are often not possible with experiments. This can be because of the difficulty in carrying out measurements within the systems, an inability to change the experimental input parameter independently or simply because of the cost involved in building an experimental system. In order to be able to use computational modelling in this way we need to have robust models that we trust and which can be solved efficiently.

Link to Computational Modelling '13

The 30th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining (ISARC)

Montreal, Canada

ISARC Secretariat

Please join us, share and learn about the most recent advances in construction and mining, information technologies, field instrumentation and sensors, automation in excavation and haulage, safety and environmental issues, fleet management systems, and computer-aided process design and optimization.

Held in conjuction with World Mining Congress & Expo (WMC 2013)

International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining

TRAM/National Mine Instructors Seminar

MSHA National Mine Health and Safety Academy, Beckley, WV

Cheryl McGill (304) 256-3227

This tuition-free seminar provides opportunities for health and safety trainers to improve their training programs with new ideas and new materials.

Link to the TRAM/National Mine Instructors Seminar course catalog

Northwest Mining Association 119th Annual Meeting, Expo and Short Courses

Sparks, Nevada

Northwest Mining Association (509) 624-1158

NWMAs 119th Annual Meeting, Expo and Short Courses web page

The International Conference for Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing

Brisbane, Australia

Dr Andrew Bunger +61 3 9545 8334

The Conference will focus on three technical themes: 1. Advancing Effectiveness presenting the latest advances in simulation, theory, field and laboratory experimentation, and case studies with an emphasis on petroleum resources 2. Exploring Versatility presenting methods and lessons from a diversity of application domains 3. Promoting Sustainability driving toward differentiation between real and perceived risks, deployment of viable controls, and beneficial public engagement

Link to HF2013