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Sampling 2010 is a sequel to the very successful Sampling 2008 conference held in Perth in May 2008. It is being organised to bring together managers, geologists, engineers, metallurgists, grade controllers, samplers, chemists and consultants involved in all aspects of sampling mineral commodities, including resource estimation, quality control and export. Sampling 2010 will provide a great opportunity for networking, meeting respected international sampling experts, sharing ideas and catching up on the latest developments. The conference is being jointly organised by The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM) and CSIRO Minerals.

High demand for commodities, record fuel prices and a scarcity of skilled personnel has been replaced and surpassed by the recent global financial crisis as the primary issues facing the mining industry. The industry has experienced great challenges in the three years since LOP 2007. As demand for commodities improves, we will again face those earlier challenges and the incentive to continue to drive operational and safety improvements will become paramount. This conference, the Seventh Large Open Pit Mining Conference 2010 (LOP 2010), will provide the opportunity to chart that progress in large open pit mines around the world.

Sustainable Mining 2010 is a strategic planning conference that brings together exploration and mining companies, geoscientists, engineers, metallurgists, environmental scientists and managers, service providers and suppliers, with statutory regulators, community leaders and planners to review aspects of sustaining our mineral resource industries. This will focus on exploration, development and production operations and proposed extensions/expansions to existing operations.

It is a great honour that the International Mineral Processing Congress is returning to Australia in 2010 to celebrate its Silver Jubilee in style. The beautiful city of Brisbane, capital of Queensland, will be hosting this landmark event, where the focus will be on enhancing the pre-eminence of the IMPC as the “Olympic Games” of mineral processing.

The Second Australasian Ground Control in Mining Conference follows the first Conference held in 2003 and is aimed at practical mine site operators, technical support staff, geotechnical engineers, mining engineers, consultants and researchers in the field of mining geomechanics and ground control. The Conference will provide an update to all mining industry geotechnical personnel best practice in both Australasia and overseas, and an information exchange vehicle between the coal and metalliferous sectors of the industry, with a focus on new technologies and developments; industry needs and mine site problem solving; and practical case studies.

The Mine Planning and Equipment Selection (MPES) is a well recognised international event that focuses on the novel developments of all aspects of mine planning as well as mining equipment. The event has been held in many parts of the world over the past two decades. This time it is being organised to bring together mine planners, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, mining and mechanical engineers, managers and operational staff, researchers and technology personals, software developers and consultants. Papers are sought on the theory and application of mine planning as well as equipment selection focus. All the papers in this symposium will be refereed and a high level of industry participation is being sought.