Whether you’re planning to pursue the Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential, and looking for something to jump-start your preparations or simply want to strengthen your knowledge of safety in the mining industry, then the CMSP Review Course is right for you. The CMSP Review Course is a 3-day course that provides a high-level review of the CMSP Body of Knowledge, the gold standard of mine safety information.

MINEXCHANGE 2025 SME Annual Conference & Expo and CMA 127th National Western Mining Conference co-located with World Gold 2025.

The World Gold Conference fosters academic exchanges, shares technical advances, and promotes innovation and sustainable practices within the gold industry. As the world’s most influential gold technical conference, World Gold 2025 also serves as a platform for showcasing industry-wide scientific advancements.

Application deadline is February 10, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

Please join our 1st quarterly (virtual) meeting of 2025. Greg Marquis from the California Geological Survey has graciously agreed to join us to discuss Non-Fuel Mineral Production in California.  Greg Marquis is a geologist with the California Geological Survey’s (CGS) Mineral Resources Program. He has authored the annual California Non-Fuel Mineral Production report since 2018. Before CGS he worked for the Division of Mine Reclamation, which included duties related to mines regulated by the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act and abandoned mines. The meeting will be via Microsoft Teams (which does not require an account to use) and a dial-in option is also given below. 

Thank you for your participation in the SME Midweek Member Mixers (MMM), a virtual networking event. We’re excited to announce the 2025 event series and invite you to join us.  What’s New for 2025? The MMM will now be held every-other month. Register once for the entire year and you’ll have access to all the events in the series. Event Details When: The second Wednesday of every other month at 9:00 AM Mountain Time (US & Canada) Dates: January 8 March 12 May 14 July 9 September 10 November 12

Application deadline is February 14, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

The SME Minnesota Conference is THE top performing regional minerals conference in the Midwest. Featuring a wide range of sessions addressing pressing industry issues, emerging industry trends and latest industry technology developments this must-attend conference has a long history of being one of the top performing regional conferences in the iron ore industry.

Application deadline is March 11, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

Application deadline is April 9, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

The Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals (FGIM) is an international meeting of geologists and mining professionals interested in industrial minerals. For over half a century the Forum’s focus has been on the geology of industrial minerals with an emphasis on the promotion of the knowledge and organization of mining, mineral processing, regulation and reclamation through the forum meetings, presentations and field trips.

Thank you for your participation in the SME Midweek Member Mixers (MMM), a virtual networking event. We’re excited to announce the 2025 event series and invite you to join us.  What’s New for 2025? The MMM will now be held every-other month. Register once for the entire year and you’ll have access to all the events in the series.  Event Details When: The second Wednesday of every other month at 9:00 AM Mountain Time (US & Canada) Dates: January 8 March 12 May 14 July 9 September 10 November 12

Application deadline is May 6, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

Every two years, industry leaders and practitioners from around the world gather at the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC), the authoritative program for the tunneling profession, to learn about the most recent advances and breakthroughs in this unique field. This comprehensive conference helps practicing professionals keep up with the ever-changing and growing tunneling industry. Stay on top of new trends and technologies as well as innovative concepts, new equipment, materials, management, financing, and design challenges.

The 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium The organizing committee and mining engineering faculty at The Pennsylvania State University welcome you to the 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium 2025 webpage. The symposium will be hosted in collaboration with the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) and the Underground Ventilation Committee (UVC) of the SME. The 20th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium will be hosted from 21st – 26th June 2025 in Pittsburgh/ Southpointe, Pennsylvania, United States.

Application deadline is June 18, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

Participate in a forum designed to promote communication in ground control research among consultants, regulators, manufacturers, and mine operators to expedite solutions to ground control problems in mining. Join the industry for the 44th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining this July 21-24, 2025 in Canonsburg, PA.

Application deadline is July 15, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

Application deadline is August 12, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

The SME Foundation is holding a golf tournament at The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia on Friday, September 26, 2025. Thank you to our Title Sponsor: Fletcher

Application deadline is September 10, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

From the East to the West Coast, North America’s tunneling industry is flourishing. The annual Cutting Edge Conference examines the latest advances in tunneling technology, its methodology and how they can be harnessed to assist the nation’s major upcoming underground projects. You’ll find cutting edge perspectives on a range of topics, including meeting industry challenges, developments in materials technology, and methodologies in sustainability

Application deadline is October 7, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

Extraction 2025 Meeting & Exhibition and 12th International Copper Conference. A great opportunity to gather with the global extractive metallurgy community for several days of networking and learning on a broad range of topics at the Extraction 2025 Meeting & Exhibition (Extraction 2025).

The SME Foundation is holding a golf tournament at Gold Canyon Golf Resort on Friday, November 21, 2025.

Application deadline is November 5, 2025. To be a successful mine safety and health professional, you must possess a wealth of professional knowledge and experience to effectively perform your duties and keep others safe. The Certified Mine Safety Professional (CMSP) credential indicates to your peers and prospective employers that you have the experience, knowledge of domestic and international best practices and that you are dedicated to elevating safety and health standards on the job.

An intensive one-day conference where you can keep up on project updates, learn strategies for overcoming challenges, and discuss surrounding critical industry issues.

At MINEXCHANGE, you’re surrounded by people as excited and passionate about the mining industry as you. Join leaders from around the industry where you’ll learn the latest on today’s critical topics from innovation to responsible mining.

The North American Tunneling conference (NAT) is the premier biennial tunneling event for North America, bringing together the brightest, most resourceful and innovative minds in the tunneling and underground construction industry.

At MINEXCHANGE, you’re surrounded by people as excited and passionate about the mining industry as you. Join leaders from around the industry where you’ll learn the latest on today’s critical topics from innovation to responsible mining.

At MINEXCHANGE, you’re surrounded by people as excited and passionate about the mining industry as you. Join leaders from around the industry where you’ll learn the latest on today’s critical topics from innovation to responsible mining.