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Saturday, 23 July 2016

Recent comments update

There have been comments on the following postings since the last update.

Sustainable Minerals '16 Conference Diary
Biohydromet '16 Conference Diary
Do today's engineering lecturers lack industral experience?
How do you measure the value of a professional journal?
In conversation with Ronald Woods- eminent flotation scientist
Report on the AusIMM Geomet '16 conference
Return to Chingola
Women in Mining (UK) speed mentoring event
Call for abstracts- Process Mineralogy '17
Good news from Australia and sad news from Chile
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