Global Mining Links Page
Gavin Rowatt, Toronto

The Web is packed full of information about mining. Below is a selection of key sites organised by substance, country, company and equipment.

Commodities
Wollastonite
Kitco.com - Precious metals quotes and information
Roskill.co.uk - General info on all sorts of minerals, pay site for full article
Salt
IMC company website
Salt Union (UK) website
Uranium
wma-minelife - uranium milling
uliondon.org - in situ mining is described in section VII of this site
The Uranium Institute
Uranium from mine to mill
WISE - World Information Sevice on Energy


Company Websites
Agnico Eagle
Barrick Gold
Boliden
Cambior
Cameco
Coeur D'Alene Mines
Cominco
Falconbridge
Freeport McMoran
IMC - International Mineral Corporation
INCO
Inmet Mining
Iron Ore Company of Canada -
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
Kinross Gold
Placer Dome
Potacan - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan -
Richmont Mines
Rogers Group - contains a virtual tour of a mine
Rio Algom
Ross Mining N.L.
Stillwater Mining Company
Teck Corporation

Equipment
Bucketwheel excavator - some good pictures of a BWE
Caterpillar company site - pictures and/or descriptions of specific pieces of equipment
Liebherr company site
rbauction.com - Used equipment auction site. Good pictures of a large variety of equipment
Highwall miner picture

Grinding / Milling
ani-mill.com - a good manufacturer's site for pictures and description of grinding mills
Nordberg company site - they manufacture mills

Organizations
South Africa Chamber of Mines
Geological Survey of Canada
Mining Association of Canada
Mining USA
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
Canadian Dam Association

Reference
Canadian investment site - click on gold and mining to get some good links
Mining technology reference site - Projects, equipment catalogue, company index
USGS - mineral resources website
infomine.com - Great site to get information on mining companies
Mining Journal periodical

Tailings Dams
Klohncrippen - Consulting engineer that specializes in tailings facilities
antenna.nl - Safety of tailings dams. Has a list of failures
mining.ca - Contains the Mining Association of Canada's guide to the management of tailings facilities