As a leading international resource for technical information about mining and related industries, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) has released Mine Rescue Manual: A Comprehensive Guide for Mine Rescue Team Members. This new SME publication promises to be the premier manual for training underground mine rescue teams.

“There are other materials on mine rescue available, but it is scattered among training centres, universities and government agencies,” said SME Executive Director David L. Kanagy. “The authors have brought together the best available information in the industry and coalesced the material into one concise reference manual.”

Prepared and tested at the Colorado School of Mines, the manual is designed to help mine rescue teams address emergency situations successfully by maximising the protection of human life while minimising the cost, not only of rescue and recovery, but to the corporate reputation. This manual is an invaluable tool for every mine rescue team member.

This spiral bound manual can be ordered from www.smenet.org/store, and is also available as an eBook from www.smenet.org/ebooks, book order No. 405-9.