Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Jackson, who is the current president of National Grid Ventures, an energy group, joins Rio Tinto on September 1.
The ACG is holding the first international conference on this subject September 29-October 1 2010, Perth, Western Australia. Mine Waste 2010 will tackle the full range of issues that constitute risks in the management of mining wastes, particularly tailings and waste rock. It will provide a forum where practitioners, researchers and regulators can debate key shortcomings in our current understanding of the performance of mine waste storage facilities and associated risks faced by owners and operators of these facilities. Visit http://www.minewaste2010.com/ to view the list of more than 75 accepted abstracts. (more…)