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CostMine, formerly Western Mine Engineering, Inc. and now a division of InfoMine, is dedicated to providing you with the cost data and advice you need to make informed mining decisions. Our research team draws on its extensive background in mine planning, cost estimating, and project evaluation to understand your cost data needs. We know the demands placed upon you when you are asked to prepare a cost estimate. Our publications and software are designed to help you meet those demands.
Mining Cost Service is the industry's most comprehensive data source for mine cost estimating. Features sections on mine transportation, utilities, equipment, supplies, taxes, wages and benefits, smelting, mine development, cost models, cost indexes and more.
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A newly released on-line EduMine class, Estimating the Cost of Mining, by Otto Schumacher will show you the basic principles of cost estimating as applied to mining. A variety of cost estimating techniques are described, along with discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of each. Emphasis is on itemized estimating procedures showing you how to systematically determine the requirements and costs of equipment, personnel, and supply needs for a proposed mining operation. Reliable sources of cost data are identified and utilized in an example exercise.
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The 2009 Estimator's Guide to mine & mill equipment costs will assist you in determining hourly operating costs and purchase prices for all your mine and mill equipment needs from one complete reference.
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Do you need accurate and reliable cost data for project planning or estimating the cost of new coal mines and prep plants? If so, then our new 2010 Coal Cost Guide will provide you with up-to-date information. Features sections on surface, underground mine cost models, prep plant models, mine transportation, utilities, equipment, supplies, taxes, wages and benefits, mine development, historic coal prices, coal cost indexes and more.
Need more information?
Visit the 2010 Coal Cost Guide for more details.
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The Mine and Mill Equipment Cost Calculator provides on-line access to CostMine’s exhaustive compilation of capital and operating cost data for more than 3,000 equipment items commonly used for mining and milling purposes, such as trucks, shovels, loaders, hoists, and crushers. Previously available in hardcopy only, this data, updated annually, has been relied upon for many years by the global mining industry to estimate costs for mining projects of all types, large and small. Using the calculator, you will be able to point and click to build your own equipment fleet, tabulate its costs, adjust those costs for local economics and conditions, and carry the data into your own spreadsheet for further analysis.
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Contact InfoMine USA, Inc. for information on how to subscribe.
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In our cost data center you will find valuable current data that you can use right now in your cost studies. These include a mining cost model, electric power costs, mining equipment costs, wages and benefits, cost indexes, plus smelting, and tax information. |
Online ordering is available for your convenience, or you can print out the form and fax or mail it to us.
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Comprehensive Mining Labor Surveys cover wages, salaries and benefits at coal, metal and industrial mineral, and aggregate mines in U.S. and Canada - plus exploration salaries, wages and benefits . Now available - 2010 Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages & Benefits Report - published June 2010! |
Directory of experts available to answer your questions about the costs of mine equipment, supplies, and other cost centers - free of charge.
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