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• February 2005 (pdf, 138Kb).
  President's Column - Change!; Annual Meeting & Dinner; Elections; Gold Medal Winner.
• November 2004 (pdf, 119Kb).
  President's Column, MMSA Annual Meeting, Mining Hall of Fame Awards, Government Affairs.
• August 2004 (pdf, 133Kb).
  President's Column - Status of mining education and the Minerals Education Steering Committee. More on cyanide issues in Colorado.
• May 2004 (pdf, 342Kb)
  Correction: The May issue of the MMSA Quarterly Newsletter erroneously stated that the Mining Department of the University of Arizona would cease operations in December 2004. This is not correct, the U. of Arizona Mining Department will not close at the end of this year. Following is an extract received from Dr. Mary Paulson, Professor and Department Head, University of Arizona, Dept. of Mining and Geological Engineering.
  • "The latest MMSA newsletter was just shared with me and I want to let you know that mining engineering and the Mining and Geological Engineering Department at the University of Arizona is not under discussion for closure at this time and certainly will not be closing by December 2004. There was a report that was generated by a faculty committee looking at synergies among earth and environmental science programs on campus and buried in that report was a recommendation that the department be redirected or possibly closed. However, the Provost and the President have since stated that they did not ask this committee to make such a recommendation, did not ask the committee to even discuss the mining program, and are not now or in the foreseeable future considering any action regarding the program. We are internally making some changes in the department but those directions are driven by our Industry Leadership Board and by our faculty."
• February 2004 (pdf, 183Kb) 
  President's Message, Annual Meeting and elections, MMSA luncheon,  MMSA Secretary, environmental activism, 3809 lawsuit, historical perspective.
  
• November 2003 (pdf, 139K) 
  President's Message, MMSA Annual Meeting and Dinner; Government Affairs - millsite opinion; letters in response to August President's Message. Error: The St. Louis SME conference will be in 2006, not 2005, as indicated in the newsletter.
  
• August 2003 (pdf, 147K) 
  President's Message (what is the future for MMSA?), Government Affairs with a summary of Ann Carpenter and Doug Silver's comments to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Education Committee summary, US Minval Code and Guidelines, Northwest Mining Association, Jackling Fund report, and MMSA recognized by Mineral Information Institute. 
  
• May 2003 (pdf, 253K)  
  More highlights from Annual Meeting, Web page news, discussion about future Annual meetings, financial report, education paper, and other notices.
  
• February 2003 (pdf,205K)  
  President's Message, Annual Meeting information, Dr. Terry L. Anderson talks at Annual Luncheon, update on the Education White Paper, Cyanide and Colorado
  
• November 2002 (pdf,265K). 
  Updates on US Minval Code and Guidelines, Education White Paper, Government Affairs, and more.
  
• August 2002 (pdf, 246K)  
  Laura Skaer's article "Does Mining Really Matter?" is featured.
  
• May 2002 (pdf, 351K)  
  Summary of Annual Meeting.
  
• February 2002 (pdf, 311K)

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