Mining matters at National Western Mining Conference

From: Mining Engineering | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Gleason, William M | Copyright information

With unprecedented worldwide growth and increasing global demand for energy expected to swell by 60 percent in the next two decades, mining matters as much now, if not more, than it ever has.

This was the consensus at the 110th Annual National Western Mining Conference presented by the Colorado Mining Association, Feb. 12-14 at the Westin Hotel in Denver, CO.

The role of coal-America's most abundant energy source - the future of uranium and its possible resurgence in the energy ...

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