Mark your calendars for the 112th National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition, to be held February 9-11th at the Westin Hotel Tabor Center in Denver. Much has been said about the New Energy Economy; well, it starts with mining and mineral products. There are more than 335 tons of steel in a wind turbine and tower, while the pads are constructed of more than 1,200 tons of reinforced concrete. These require molybdenum and limestone. Solar panels contain an array of minerals, including silver. Sodium bicarbonate or nahcolite helps lower emissions from power plants. As renewable energy is, at best, a supplemental form of electricity capable of meeting only a fraction of our nation’s energy needs, coal – along with uranium – are essential to our nation’s growing need for constant or baseload power.
The good news is that all of these products – and many others – are mined in Colorado. Yet our nation is becoming increasingly import reliant on key strategic minerals – including many of those essential to “new” energy technologies. Meanwhile, the nation and our state’s access to affordable power is clouded by recent initiatives that could hinder our ability to use these resources in an environmentally sound manner. Climate change legislation has worldwide implications, along with Mining Law reform measures that could drive industry off shore and threaten our access to affordable, reliable energy and minerals.
The 112th NWMC will focus on these and other key issues – the opportunities and challenges facing the mineral resource industry in Colorado and the west. The future of coal, opportunities in nuclear energy, the status of clean coal technology deployment, and the latest mining reports on Colorado’s $8 billion mineral resource industry will be featured. What is the industry doing to address public perceptions about mining? Where are the opportunities in Colorado mining and throughout the world? The 112th NWMC will be your chance to learn about the very latest in mining in one of the world’s premier mining centers; your launch pad for mineral development – Denver, Colorado. Please contact Judy Colgan for exhibit space, 303-575-9199, or jcolgan@coloradomining.org
AATA International, Inc. ACZ Laboratories, Inc. Aconex Agapito Associates, Inc. Agru America, Inc. Amercable American Mining Insurance Company Atlas Copco Baker & Hostetler, LLP Baroid IDP Behre Dolbear Group Inc. Bucyrus Bureau of Land Management CAP Logistics Casualty & Surety, Inc. Colorado Coal Matters Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety Colorado Mining Association Education Foundation Colorado School of Mines Comm-Tech Connors Drilling, LLC ECOS Environmental & Disaster Restoration, Inc. Energy Laboratories, Inc. Flow Tech Systems, Inc./LAS-USA, LLC Food Bank of the Rockies Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold GSE Lining Technology, LLC Geotech Environmental Equipment Golden Eagle Technologies, LLC Golder & Associates Gustavson Associaties, LLC Institute for Energy Research Intierra Resource Intelligence Knight Piesold and Company Layne Christensen Company LeTourneau Technologies America, Inc. Lyntek, Inc. Mill Man Steel, Inc. Mineral Information Institute Mining Media National Mining Association National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum Northwest Mining Association Office of Surface Mining Polaris Laboratories Predictive Compliance Rain for Rent Rocky Mountain Fabrication Rocky Mountain Recycling SME SRK Consulting SWCA Environmental Consultants Schlumberger Water Services Tetra Tech, Inc. Wagner Equipment Company Western Cultural Resource Management, Inc. Wyoming Analytical Laboratories, Inc.
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity American Gypsum Company American Mining Insurance Company AngloGold Ashanti North America Inc. Arch Western Bituminous Group Atna Reources Ltd. Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. Climax Molybdenum Company Connors Drilling LLC Denver Gold Group Fognani & Faught, PLLC Forsberg Engerman Company Franco Nevada U.S. Corporation Geotemps Gustavson Associates, LLC Jackson Kelly, PLLC Knight Piesold and Company Lyntek, Inc. MGA Communications, Inc. MWH Global Moye White, LLP Northwest Mining Association Oxbow Mining LLC Patton Boggs LLP Pinnacol Assurance Resource Capital Funds Royal Gold Inc. TMX Group Trapper Mining, Inc. Wagner Equipment Company Wells Fargo Advisors Wells Fargo Insurance Services
