EVENTS (July 24, 2000)

July 24-26 Air Pollution 2000 — 8th Int’l Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution. Cambridge University, U.K. Contact Karen Savage. Tel: +44 (0) 238-029-3223. Fax: +44 (0) 238-029-2853. E-mail: ksavage@wessex.ac.uk. Web site: www.wessex.ac.uk

July 24-27 2000 High-Tech Seminar — Delta Orlando Resort Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Contact Blasting Analysis Int’l Inc. Tel: (610) 530-7415. Fax: (610) 395-5552. E-mail: BlastingAnalysis@worldnet.att.net

July 31-Aug. 3 Pacific Rocks 2000 — Fourth North American Rock Mechanics Symposium. Seattle, Wash. Contact: Mark Cramer. Tel: (303) 771-2000. Fax: (303) 843-6232.

Aug. 6-17 31st Int’l Geological Congress and Scientific Exhibits — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Contact Secretariat Bureau. Tel: +55 21 295-5847. Fax: +55 21 295-8094. E-mail: 31igc@31igc.org.br. Web site: www.31igc.org.br

Aug. 8-10 19th Int’l Conference on Ground Control in Mining — Organizers: U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Mine Safety & Health Administration, West Virginia Coal Association and West Virginia University. Lakeview Scanticon Resort, Morgantown, W.Va. Contact Karen Centofanti. Tel: (304) 293-7680, ext. 3304. Fax: (304) 293-5708. E-mail: kcentofa@wvu.edu

Aug. 17-21 Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development — 5th Int’l Symposium.” Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Tel: +55 31 238-1742. Fax: +55 31 238-1793.

Aug. 21-23, — Strategic Mine Planning Conference — Organizers: Whittle Technology and Reserve Development Int’l. Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge, Colo. Tel: (303) 816-1108. Fax: (303) 838-3571. E-mail: bruce.vanbrunt@whittle.com.au

Aug. 21-24 Argentina Mining 2000 — Conference. Organizer: Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export. Mendoza, Argentina. Fax: (905) 513-1834.

Aug. 22-24 IFAC Workshop on Future Trends in Automation in Mineral and Metal Processing — Organizer: Finnish Society of Automation. Helsinki, Finland. Tel +358 9 5840-0820. Fax: +358 9 146-1650. E-mail: atufin@ibm.net. Web site: www.kepo.hut.fi/IFACMM_Workshop2000

Aug. 23-25 Performance Measurements for Maintenance Programs — Organizer: Institute for Int’l Research. Tel: 1-800-941-9403.

Aug. 26-31 39th Conference of Metallurgists — Organizer: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Technology. Contact: Louisa Davis, CIM, Ottawa. Tel: (514) 939-2710, ext. 317. Fax: (514) 939-2714. E-mail: ldavis@cim.org

Aug. 30-Sept.1 Geoanalysis 2000 — 4th Int’l Conference on the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials. Contact: Jean Carignan. Tel: +33 3 83 59-42-17. Fax: +33 3 83 51-17-98.

Aug. 31-Sept. 1 China Gold & Precious Metals Conference — Organizers: RNA Holdings and The People’s Gov;t. of Zhaoyuan City, Shandong. Fax: (852) 2975-9487.