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EVENTS Tue 22/05/2012

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Brazil Invest 2012, plus updated mining events diary

April 25 - May 1, 2012

BEACON Events and Apex-Brazil will host the first Brazil Invest 2012 conference in Hong Kong next month.

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Follow the money!

April 18 - 24, 2012

HIGHGRADE is pleased to be able to offer two readers the chance to save $A2000 and secure a seat at the popular Money Mining seminar series coming up in Fremantle, Western Australia, and on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The seminars have already attracted hundreds of industry professionals on five continents.

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Central Asia mining conference grows in stature

April 11 - 17, 2012

MORE than 500 delegates from over 20 countries are expected to attend next week’s 3rd MINEX Central Asia Mining & Mineral Exploration Forum at the Radisson Hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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AIMEX to run every two years

April 4 - 10, 2012

THE success of last year’s AIMEX and positive results from initiatives designed to increase visitor numbers has convinced Reed Mining Events to stage the Asia-Pacific region’s biggest mining expo every two years instead of four.

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Mining events diary 2012

April 4 - 10, 2012

HIGHGRADE presents a comprehensive listing of upcoming mining investment and technical events scheduled around the world.

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Leaders to gather at Broken Hill

April 4 - 10, 2012

COMMONWEALTH Bank chief economist Michael Blythe, Australia’s former deputy PM John Anderson, Olympic Dam Task Force chief executive Dr Paul Heithersay, and Rio Tinto head of innovation John McGagh will be among those making their way to Broken Hill for the remote city’s 2012 Resources and Energy Symposium next month.

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Former PM to address innovation summit

March 21 - 27, 2012

FORMER Australian prime minister John Howard will speak about globalisation, international security and leadership at marcus evans’ upcoming Mining Technology & Innovation Summit 2012 in Perth, Western Australia.

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UPDATED: Mining events diary 2012

March 21 - 27, 2012

HIGHGRADE presents a comprehensive listing of upcoming mining investment and technical events scheduled around the world.

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Deep mining talks return to WA

March 7 - 13, 2012

CONFERENCES: MORE than 150 delegates are expected to attend this month’s Deep Mining 2012 symposium in Perth, Western Australia, where some of the world’s leading experts in the field of deep and high stress mining will present over 30 technical papers.

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Beattie to address ALABC dinner

March 7 - 13, 2012

FORMER Queensland premier Peter Beattie will address the annual Australia-Latin America Business Council dinner in Perth, as ‘resources sector supplier envoy’, at the end of March.

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Queensland boom chapter reads well for expo

March 7 - 13, 2012

EXPOS: IN A year of rolling big events – conferences and expos – on the mining calendar, the major mining expo in Queensland is expected to be a sell-out again in 2012.

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Craig Oliver Award nominees announced

February 15 - 21, 2012

ONE of Australia’s best emerging miners will be recognised with the Craig Oliver Award at the 2012 RIU Explorers Conference in Fremantle, Western Australia, expected to attract more than 700 delegates this month.

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ASX plans Perth mining conference

February 15 - 21, 2012

THE once clear Perth mining exhibition calendar has another new entry with the Australian Resources Conference and Trade Show due to run from November 12 to 14 this year in the Western Australian capital.

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Mining events diary 2012

November 24 - 30, 2011

SIGNIFICANT new iron ore projects in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mauritania, Cameroon and other parts of West Africa will be put under a spotlight at the upcoming Austmine Networking Series event in Perth, Western Australia.

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New focus for Open Pit Mining Conference next year

November 24 - 30, 2011

THE Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy will change the focus of its Open Pit Mining Conference in 2012 when it will hold the eighth event in the international series.

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Austmine networking series moves to Melbourne

November 10 - 16, 2011

NEWCREST Mining senior executive Lawrie Conway will lead a high-calibre trio of speakers discussing ‘Golden Opportunities in West Africa’ at the next Austmine Networking Series briefing on November 23 in Melbourne.

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Events diary: rounding out 2011, peering into 2012

November 3 - 9, 2011

FIRST a disclaimer! Organisers of the upcoming South American Diggers Conference 2011 in Sydney have been careful to highlight the event has no connection with Kalgoorlie’s famous annual Diggers & Dealers forum.

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The strategy is the destination, tactic is how you get there

October 6 - 12, 2011

MINING is a highly strategic business. Starting a new mining project is generally investment intensive (could cost billions of dollars), the lead time to bring a prospective ore deposit into production can be lengthy, and its potential for creating value is highly dependent on several unknown and uncontrollable factors such as the world economy and future prices of commodities. The risk of achieving a poor outcome is real but on the other hand, the reward can be outstanding provided that the strategy is right.

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IPCC 2011 hailed a success

October 6 - 12, 2011

INTERNATIONAL Mining editor Paul Moore has described the inaugural In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) conference in Belo Horizonte as “hugely successful”.

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AIMEX success

September 15 - 21, 2011

VISITORS from New South Wales and Queensland dominated the record turnout at this year’s AIMEX show in Sydney.

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