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Article: More than 1,300 attend RETC in Las Vegas
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- Mining Engineering
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Sep 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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FEATURE ARTICLE
The global recession of the past two years has sent many industries into a tailspin. with the natural retrenchments by industry and the accompanying job losses.
The underground space and tunneling industry has taken its hits. too. but not as bad as others, such as mining or housing. That was reflected in the attendance at the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC). held June 14-17 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. NV. Attendance reached 1 .373 underground space professionals from around the world, up from 1.334 in 2007 when the conference was held in Toronto. Ontario. And the accompanying exhibit included 150 booth spaces sold, up from 125 in 2007.
The conference ...