Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry

1. Business Systems and Project Management 2. Data and Enterprise Information System Utilization 3. Emerging Technology 4. Geostatistics and Reserve Estimation 5. Open-Pit Mine Planning and Design 6. Process Control and Optimization 7. Real Time Mining Analytical Systems 8. Safety Systems 9. Simulation 10. Standardized Networked Communication in Mining 11. Special US Department of Energy 12. Underground Mine Planning and Design