By Eugene Barsky on July 26, 2012
Congratulations to all students that were awarded the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Fund Scholarships! http://mining.ubc.ca/news.php
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By Kevin Lindstrom on May 18, 2012
The Library has upgraded its Scifinder Scholar subscription to the Academic Unlimited Access Program. This means that you have 24/7 access to Scifinder regardless of the number of users. Regards Kevin Lindstrom Science & Engineering Reference Librarian
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By Eugene Barsky on March 2, 2012
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6072/1038.full?rss=1 Seventeen-hundred-dollar-an-ounce gold is driving a mining frenzy, but analysts are concerned that miners can’t extract gold any faster than they have the past decade.
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By Eugene Barsky on August 8, 2011
Tomorrow, mining MEng students will meet me in Koerner 217 for a introductory workshop on mining engineering info. Here is the page we are going to use – http://guides.library.ubc.ca/mining_engineering
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By Eugene Barsky on June 3, 2011
From ASEE daily update: Mining Weekly (6/2, Hill) reported, “The shortage of skilled people – a top concern for mining companies during the boom years leading up to mid-2008 – is once again bubbling up as a major issue facing the sector.” Experts say that worldwide, “record prices for many commodities, coupled with cheap and [...]
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By Eugene Barsky on May 3, 2011
UBC mining engineering professor Rimas Pakalnis has been named Fellow of Engineers Canada for his noteworthy achievement and service to the engineering profession. Pakalnis is an expert in developing geotechnical design methods for underground openings. His research areas include applied mine design and design under consolidated backfill. He has consulted/researched more than 100 mines around [...]
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By Eugene Barsky on March 11, 2011
Congratulations to the NBK Team for winning the Mine Rescue Competition at this years 2011 SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit and CMA 113th National Western Mining Conference “Shaping a Strong Future Through Mining” in Denver, Colorado! http://mining.ubc.ca/news.php?action=fullnews&id=141&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NbkMiningEngineering+%28NBK+Mining+Engineering%29
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By Eugene Barsky on February 1, 2011
Teaching APSC 262 class – Tue, 1 February, 11am – 12pm in MCLD 228. Library course page is here – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/ereserve/er-coursepage.cfm?id=2500
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By Eugene Barsky on January 25, 2011
APSC 150 students will see us on Wed, 26 January, 8:30am – 9:00am and Wed, 26 January, 3:30pm – 4:00pm for a short class talking about researching engineering failures. Here is the library class page – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/ereserve/er-coursepage.cfm?id=2411
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