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Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration SME
Upper Peninsula Section


Annual Spring Meeting, 2008

Our 90th Year- Established 1918
Michigan Tech, Houghton

April 24, 2008
Hancock, Michigan

Mining Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Geological Engineering Students
Win UP Section SME
and MINE (Mineral INdustry Education) Fund Scholarships
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A senior in Chemical Engineering received a UP Section SME MINE Fund scholarship award from Dr. Mike Mullins, chair of Chemical Engineering Department.
A geology senior received the SME MINE Fund Award from Dr. Wayne Pennington, chair of Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences Department.

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Michigan Tech's MINE Fund Scholarship Award went to a Geological Enginering Junior from Dr. Wayne Pennington, chair of Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciencs Department.

 

 

UP Section SME Technical Session Speakers

Back Forty Project Update, Menominee County, Michigan; Bob Mahin, Senior Geologist, Aquila Resources, Inc.

Optical Microscopy and Petrography – Neglected Tools in Solving Metallurgical & Exploration Problems; Rod Johnson, Rod Johnson and  Associates, Inc., Negaunee, Michigan.

Keynote Talk, Exploring Keweenaw’s Underwater Mineral Treasures; Bob Barron, Dept. of Geological & Mining Engg., & Sci., Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan.

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Dr Jim Hwang of Michigan Tech

Eagle Project Exploration & Planning, Marquette County, Michigan; Andrew Ware, Exploration Manager, Kennecott Minerals.

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Uses of Computers in Mining Using Vulcan Software; Brad Atkinson (left), Maptek Inc., Denver, Colorado with Joseph Dase

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SME Annual Technical Meeting

Joe Dase of Michigan Tech

Tom Quigley of Aquila Resources

Jim Hwang of Michigan Tech and Glenn Scott of Cleveland Cliffs

Luis Sierra of Cleveland Cliffs

Bill Griffith, U.P. Engineering (right)

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Adam Schaum

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The van Alstynes

Technical Papers presented

Chicago & Northwest Railroad – Upper Michigan’s Premier Iron Ore Carrier; Clint Jones, President, Mineral Range Inc., Hancock, Michigan.

Back Forty Project Update, Menominee County, Michigan; Bob Mahin, Senior Geologist, Aquila Resources, Inc.

Eagle Project Exploration & Planning, Marquette County, Michigan; Andrew Ware, Exploration Manager, Kennecott Minerals.

Uses of Computers in Mining Using Vulcan Software; Brad Atkinson, Maptek Inc., Denver, Colorado.

Innovations in Blasting at Cleveland-Cliffs Michigan Operations; Al Koski, Senior Mining Engineer – Drill & Blast, Palmer, Michigan

Optical Microscopy and Petrography – Neglected Tools in Solving Metallurgical & Exploration Problems; Rod Johnson, Rod Johnson and  Associates, Inc., Negaunee, Michigan.

Strategies for Separating Dolomite from Apatite; Justin T. Carlson, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan.

Sustainable Development in Mining: Building the Mine of the 21st Century; Alicia Duex, Environmental Analyst, Kennecott Minerals Inc., Marquette, Michigan.

Renewafuel LLC is . . .; Todd E. Davis, P.E., Director, Alternate Fuel, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Upper Midwest, USA.

Keynote Talk, Exploring Keweenaw’s Underwater Mineral Treasures; Bob Barron, Dept. of Geological & Mining Engg., & Sci., Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan.

U.P. Section SME Interim Officers

MINE Fund Secretary and Treasurer
Chair: Allan M. Johnson, Professor Emeritus
Dept of Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
amj@mtu.edu

2008 Organizational Committee:
Al Johnson
Jim Pafford
Joe Dase
Luis Sierra
Adam Schaum

GEM Committee Chair and Treasurer: Allison M. Hein
College of Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Phone: (906) 487-1821
Email: amhein@mtu.edu

 



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