Rainmakers & Potstirrers, now online

Miningmx readers, who include key industry decision makers, can participate in the process for the first time and share their insights as to who deserves a spot in the industry's mining annual.

"To date, our in-house team of Miningmx journalists has constituted the selection team. During the course of the year, our editorial team interacts with leaders in the mining industry and has a natural understanding of the industry's boldest drivers,' comments Miningmx executive editor, David McKay.

"By bringing Rainmakers & Potstirrers online however, we're able to invite the mining industry and all its related participants to take part in a global conversation with the Miningmx editorial team and help shape the 2010 print edition for the first time," McKay says.

"We're looking forward to seeing who'll be nominated for inclusion by colleagues, contemporaries and even boardroom rivals," says Hayley Goodwin, business manager of Miningmx.com.

"We've been encouraged by the phenomenal readership growth* we've experienced over the past six months and hope that this is yet another part of Miningmx's online offering that will continue to entertain and inform our global audience," Goodwin adds.

Go to www.miningmx.com/rainmakers to nominate and comment on individuals to be included in the next print edition scheduled for February 2010. Comments on the new interactive addition to the site may be submitted through the 'Letters to the editor' page.

*Miningmx's readership has increased from 28,187 unique browsers and 93,473 page impressions in April 2009 to 55,802 unique browsers and 163,168 page impressions in September, an increase of 98% and 75% respectively. - OPA accredited Nielsen Netratings statistics.