Career Summary
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.
Career History
2001 - Date Editor, tunnelbuilder reference editions
2000 - Date tunnelconsultants.com director
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.
Production management - drill/blast, crushing, loading and transportation in hard rock.
Crisis management - relief and recovery from major underground disaster.
Marketing - manufacturing and sales into mining and tunnelling sectors.
Editorial production - launch editor of World Tunnelling and No-Dig.
International. 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 |
