Western Mine Engineering - Mining Cost Service

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1-800-400 MINE

Mining Cost Service
with monthly updates

Published by CostMine, Inc

Now Available on CD

Mining Cost Service is the industry's standard reference for mine cost estimating. This two-volume loose-leaf system places data for all pertinent cost estimating areas at your fingertips. It contains 800 pages of easy-to-find, indexed information to make your cost studies faster, easier and more credible. Monthly updates assure that you are working with the most current cost data available. Your subscription to Mining Cost Service will provide you with in-depth information on the following topics:

	Mine and Mill Cost Models
	Smelting
	Mining Taxes
	Mine and Mill Equipment Costs
	Electric Power Costs
	Metal Prices

	Transportation Costs
	Cost Indexes
	Labor Costs
	Mine and Mill Supply Costs
	Development Costs
	Natural Gas Costs

For further information on each of these topics, see below.
Click Here for a more complete listing of Table of Contents.

Mine and Mill Cost Models

You'll Receive theoretical cost models for a broad range of sizes and types of surface and underground mines and mills. In addition to capital and operating cost summaries, most models provide listings of manpower, equipment and daily supply needs.

Check our Cost Data Center for an example of a cost model.

Smelting

You'll Receive the results of our annual surveys of U.S. and Canadian copper, lead, zinc, nickel and molybdenum smelters. Includes current and projected availability of furnace capacity, the types of material accepted, deleterious element limits, metals recovered, and indications of the company's interest in acquiring additional concentrates. You will also receive a guide to current charges and terms for smelting and refining of copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, beryllium, and tungsten.

Check our Cost Data Center for a listing of smelters covered.

Transportation Costs

You'll Receive a guide to current truck, rail and ocean shipping charges for ores, concentrates, supplies and equipment, along with an annual analysis of projected trends in shipping costs.

Mining Taxes

You'll Receive clear explanations of current Canadian and U.S. federal, state and provincial taxes and how they apply to your proposed project. All taxes of significance are covered, including income, sales and property taxes, in addition to all severance and other mining-specific taxes. Changes are tracked year-to-year for 31 mining states and all Canadian provinces.

Check our Cost Data Center for information on state mining taxes and provincial taxes covered in Mining Cost Service.

Cost Indexes

You'll Receive current and historical inflation indexes for 16 key mining cost categories, plus our exclusive Mining Cost Service (MCS) surface and underground mining indexes and milling indexes.

Check our Cost Data Center for the MCS surface and underground mining indexes and milling indexes.

Labor Costs

You'll Receive the results of CostMine's annual labor survey for Canada and the U.S., including listings of current wage scales, benefit plans, and incentive bonus plans at U.S. coal, metal and industrial mineral mines.

Check our Cost Data Center for benchmark wage scales.

Mine and Mill Equipment

You'll Receive current capital costs for 3,000 equipment items used for mining and milling, including trucks, shovels, loaders, drills, locomotives, ventilation equipment, crushing and grinding equipment, pumps, motors, continuous miners and more.

Check our Cost Data Center for some example equipment listings.

Metal Prices

You'll Receive recent and historic prices for copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver and nickel as reported by London Metal Exchange, Handy and Harmon, and Metals Week.

Mine and Mill Supplies

You'll Receive current prices for virtually every supply item you need for estimating mine or mill operating costs - including explosives, fuel, timber, reagents, drill bits, grinding media, tires, rock bolts, heap leach supply needs and much more.

Utility Costs

You'll Receive current electric power and natural gas rates for utility companies serving mines in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

Check our Cost Data Center for some model rate schedules for electric power.

When you subscribe to Mining Cost Service, you will immediately receive two full volumes of current, reliable cost data, plus you will receive a full year's updating service.

Price: 1 year subscription - $1,600
1 year subscription with CD-Rom - $2,000

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