Pub. 3 2013 Issue 1

3 Mining Focus 5 President’s Message There is an old saying, “If it can’t be grown, it has to bemined.” It is true, and it is a statement people understand if they think about it. Mark Compton, UMA President Mining and Medical Devices in Utah Someone who sees mining as only mining is missing the entire point. Mining can be whatever you want it to be. Coal Mining for Cancer Treatments Cancer is actually a broad term that covers more than 200 different diseases, but the thing they all have in common is the way cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably. 5 6 10 22 14 6 10 Antimicrobial Copper Alloys Copper is a bacteriostatic material. That means copper does not harmbacteria, but bacteria cannot reproduce on its surface. Silver and Medical Technology The medical community has known about the medical properties associated with silver for thousands of years. How Beryllium Benefits Medical Experts Beryllium is both stable and strong, it resists heat, and x-rays go right through it. That makes beryllium foil ideal for the equipment used by medical staff or scientists because it can contain the vacuum that exists inside an x-ray tube generator, but it does not prevent x-rays from traveling through the window it creates for them. If it Can’t Be Grown, It has to Be Mined! 20