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  • Annual General Meeting

    After the AGM Rob Davies, a Director of Forge International Limited and Chief Technical Officer of Brazil Iron Limited, will be talking about resource estimation, implications and reporting to markets and shareholders. The estimation of a Mineral Resource is one of the most significant steps in the development of a mining project. Resource estimates underpin […]

  • Joint meeting with BTS: Salt Mining in Cheshire

    The Institution of Civil Engineers 1 Great George Street, Westminster

    Salt Mining in Cheshire. Speaker: Gordon Dunn, Compass Minerals UK Winsford Salt Mine: From Drill and Blast to Automated Continuous Mining, will explore the historic method of drill and blast, focusing on the move from continuous miners to the automation of the miners and the benefits of automation. Alternative Mine Uses (AMUs) which are in […]

  • General meeting – 150 Years of Steel

    Roger Emmott, a recent Past-President of MinSouth and consultant to the iron and steel industry, will give a presentation on the evolution of steel as a complex and versatile material that has facilitated the modern world as we know it, over a relatively short space of time (150 years). Starting in 1869, the presentation will […]

  • IOM3 150th Anniversary function and joint meeting with Women in Mining

    Fiona Cessford, Director and Corporate Consultant (Environment) at SRK Consulting (UK) will give a talk entitled "Impact assessment and feasibility studies – amalgamate or separate". We like to think the bad old days of impact assessment studies being done solely to obtain the necessary permits are in the past, but are they? Unfortunately there are […]

  • Dry Mineral Processing – for the Moon and Earth

    Kathryn Hadler of Imperial College is preparing a presentation entitled “Dry Mineral Processing – for the Moon and Earth”. Join the Teams meeting Use of off-Earth resources, or Space Resource Utilisation (SRU), is essential for the further exploration of space by humankind. Off-Earth resources will provide propellant, oxygen, water and building materials.  The production of […]

  • Sensors in Mining (Microsoft Teams)

    Join Microsoft Teams Meeting Sensors: Gordon Stove of Adrok will give a talk on Low-carbon, Low-cost, Low-risk, High value-adding Technology for Mineral Exploration; Finding subsurface natural resources is getting harder, not easier.  Explorers are having to look deeper under cover to find new resources and reserves.  Coupled with the technical challenges,  safeguarding our environment and […]

  • This house asks “Whether mining should be allowed on the moon and in Antarctica?”

    Virtually

    The presentations will be presented from this GoToMeeting Room.  Click the Link at the end of the sentence to download the GoToMeeting App. Presentations will be made by four people outlining how mining could affect the moon and Antarctica either positively or negatively.  This number may evolve. Presenters Profiles: Dion Brandt Senior Associate and Geologist […]

  • Lecture: Scotgold Resources Ltd.’s Cononish Gold & Silver Mine

    On the 8th of April, MinSouth will be hosting a lecture presented by ScotGold Resources Ltd to discuss its Cononish Gold and Silver Mine.  The presentation will be by Richard Gray NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - WITH EFFECT FROM 01 APRIL 2021 Mr Richard Gray has extensive international experience, in both underground and open pit mine operations, […]

  • Blockchain technology for the mining industry

    Blockchain technology for the mining industry:  What is blockchain, where it works for us now and what is the bright and not-too-distant future for all mining industry stakeholders. Tanya Matveeva will be presenting Blockchain technology for the mining industry: what is blockchain, where it works for us now and what is the bright and not-too-distant future […]

  • 2021 MinSouth Christmas Quiz

    Virtual

    The Quizmaster will be doing a number of rounds of questions. Teams of up to six people can work together on the questions, using a separate meeting platform for their group discussions (e.g. Skype, Whatsapp or Jitsi etc). Please register your team, provide names of team members and identify a team spokesperson and communicate this […]