| Name: | Mike Smith |  |
| Nationality: | British | |
| Year of Birth: | 1943 | |
| Profession: | Mining, Tunnelling, Shaft Drilling and Raise Boring Engineer | |
| Qualifications: | HND (Mining), University of Glamorgan, Treforest. |
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| Professional Associations: | Member of the British Tunnelling Society. Member, American Underground Construction Association. Member, Tunnelling Association of Canada. Member, World Rock Boring Association. |
Career History
| 2001 - Date | Editor, tunnelbuilder reference editions |
| 2000 - Date | tunnelconsultants.com director |
| 1999 - Date | Chairman, tunnelbuilder Ltd. |
| 1987 - 2001 | Editor, World Tunnelling (concurrent with above) |
| 1985 - 1987 | Marketing Director, Boart Exports Ltd. |
| 1981 - 1985 | Managing Director, Boart Zambia Ltd. |
| 1973 - 1981 | Mines Manager, British Gypsum Ltd. |
| 1969 - 1973 | Underground Manager, Roan Consolidated Mines Ltd. |
| 1962 - 1969 | Undermanager, British Coal. |
| Key Experience: | Project management - underground excavations for mines, including shaft drilling. |
| Assignments in: | Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bhutan, Canada, China, Congo, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Brief Resume Mike Smith is a mining engineer with 35 years management experience in mining, underground construction, manufacturing, marketing, and publishing, together with associated publicity. He has managed mines of coal, copper and gypsum. He has also run mining equipment manufacturing and marketing concerns, and has launched two successful tunnelling magazines. For the last 15 years, he has worked closely with the world's largest manufacturers and contractors in the mining and tunnelling industries. During this time he has attended every significant conference and exhibition, and has undertaken assignments in 40 countries. Mike offers a full marketing service to the international tunnelling industry, including press release, newsletter and magazine production; professional web design; and internet publicity. All of these services are supported by the best database in the business and by www.tunnelbuilder.com, the gateway website for the tunnelling industry.. Contact e-mail: mike@tunnelbuilder.com |
