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The Minnesota Section of the
Society of Mining Engineers (SME) Invites
all members and friends to our annual fall outing.
OCTOBER
15, 2004
2:00
to 4:30 P.M. (Please arrive by 1:45 P.M.) This
year we will be touring Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Mn/ROAD –
Minnesota Road Research Project Site in Albertville, MN (see
map below for directions) Ben
Worel , P.E. will give us a tour of the Mn/ROAD facility, one of the world’s
largest and most comprehensive outdoor highway laboratories. Following Mr.
Worel’s presentation, Larry Zanko, Research Fellow, Natural Resources Research
Institute, will discuss the various opportunities the State of Minnesota has
been researching for using taconite byproducts as aggregate. We will also have
an opportunity to look at the recently completed Mn/ROAD test cell using
“Mesabi Select” aggregate from United Taconite. Following
our visit to MnROAD, we will travel a few miles east to BlackWoods Banquet and
Conference Center in Otsego, MN where we have reserved a conference room. We
will be ordering off the menu at BlackWoods. Please
contact Jim Small by October 10th at 952-224-1727 or jsmall@edkraemer.com
for more information and to confirm your attendance.
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