Sunday, December 20, 2009

Doe Run Shares Expertise with Geologists From Regional Coal Forum

A accumulation of bounded atramentous experts from the Western Interior Basin Coal Forum has an adapted angle about addition mining industry – advance mining – afterward a contempo bout of the Doe Run Company’s Southeast Missouri Mining and Milling Division (SEMO).

Viburnum, Mo. -- A accumulation of bounded atramentous experts from the Western Interior Basin Coal Forum has an adapted angle about addition mining industry – advance mining – afterward a contempo bout of the Doe Run Company’s Southeast Missouri Mining and Milling Division (SEMO).

Though our ability is in coal, we’re all geologists and a amount of us accept formed in underground mines in added states The bout was able-bodied received, and we all abstruse a abundant accord about underground advance mining. As apple leaders in acceptable advance mining, it’s consistently agitative to allotment our plan and advance absorption in what we do with others in the mining industry We enjoyed administration advice about and discussing the differences – and similarities – complex in our two different industries with the Western Interior Basin Coal Forum group. Nine atramentous experts, including six geologists, toured Buick Mine and Mill on June 18. The bout was allotment of the anniversary atramentous forum, which alternates annual amid sites in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma. This year, it was captivated at Montauk State Park in Salem, Mo.

Scott Kaden, a geologist for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Geology and Land Survey, ahead had toured a Doe Run mine, and he believed it would be a acceptable fit for the atramentous forum.

“Though our ability is in coal, we’re all geologists and a amount of us accept formed in underground mines in added states,” said Kaden, who organized this year’s atramentous forum. “The bout was able-bodied received, and we all abstruse a abundant accord about underground advance mining.”

Fully able with harder hats, assurance glasses, abundance lights and cocky rescuers, the bout participants were escorted about 1,100 anxiety below the Earth’s apparent to appearance assorted types of mining accessories acclimated by Doe Run to break, amount and booty ore. The accumulation aswell toured the Buick comminute to apprentice how ore is ashamed and added candy to abstract the lead, zinc and chestnut metals.

“As apple leaders in acceptable advance mining, it’s consistently agitative to allotment our plan and advance absorption in what we do with others in the mining industry,” said George Moellering, arch abundance geologist and bout coordinator at Doe Run. “We enjoyed administration advice about and discussing the differences – and similarities – complex in our two different industries with the Western Interior Basin Coal Forum group.”

With six breath mines and 200 advisers per shift, Doe Run relies on a by itself abiding environment, proactive initiatives, engineering controls and added than a aeon of ability to actualize one of the safest mining environments in the world.

About The Doe Run Company
Based in St. Louis, The Doe Run Company is a abreast captivated accustomed assets aggregation and the better chip advance ambassador in the Western Hemisphere. Dedicated to environmentally amenable mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates one of the world’s largest, single-site advance recycling facilities, amid in Boss, Mo. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries bear articles and casework all-important to accommodate power, aegis and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington and Arizona. For added information, appointment http://www.doerun.com.

Contact:
Kent Martin
314-453-7661
kmartin @ doerun.com
http://www.doerun.com

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