$9.2M in expenses

The minexchange 2024 sme annual conference & expo was held in phoenix, arizona, february 23 - 26, 2024. There were 430+ presentations, 5 short courses, 124 papers, 103 sponsors, and 584 exhibiting companies. Almost 7,000 individuals were in attendance, including 544 students and 951 international attendees from 39 countries. The 2024 minnesota conference was held at the duluth entertainment conference center in duluth, minnesota on april 15-17, 2024. The conference was attended by 963 individuals and featured two days of programming plus short courses. There were 167 booths and 35 sponsoring companies. The north american tunneling conference was held june 23-26 in nashville tennessee. Drawing an attendance of more than 1380 attendees, the event featured a record number of registrations, a sold-out exhibit hall with 201 booths and 29 sponsoring companies. The technical program featured rich educational content, and attendees were able to network at functions such as the owners reception and women in tunneling breakfast. Sme's midyear meeting was held september 21-23 in las vegas, nevada. The event, held in conjunction with minexpo, was hosted at caesars palace. The xxxi impc-lnternational mineral processing congress (impc) was held september 29-october 3 in washington, DC/national harbor. Sme has not hosted the impc in the us since 1995. Attended by 779 individuals, the event featured four days of technical programming, poster sessions, daily keynote sessions and short courses. Impc also featured a field trip to the luck stone bull run quarry. Impc 2024 had 11 sponsoring companies and 28 exhibit booths.

$1.5M in expenses

Members are the heart of sme, contributing technical knowledge, talent and volunteer resources to help the organization advance. Sme ended 2024 with over 14,600 members. International members made up 26% of total membership. Sme has 48 local sections, including 42 in the united states plus 6 international sections. Five new student chapters were formed in 2024, bringing the total number of student chapters to 82.

$2.4M in expenses

During 2024 the mining engineering website published industry news on a daily basis and delivered each issue to members anywhere in the world as a PDF and in flipbook formats. Clients also expanded digital advertising opportunities through mining engineering online, the sme website, client-provided content, sme e-news, and mining engineering digital newsletter options.

$1.8M in expenses

Sme provides educational support in the form of scholarships and other continuing education support.