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*ASMBI **Special Issue on * *"Statistical Methods in Mining Industry"* *Call for Papers* The official journal of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics, *Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (ASMBI)*, invites contributions for a special issue devoted to *Statistical Methods **in* *Mining* *industry*. The contributions should emphasize the novel use of stochastic models in analyzing typical problems in the mining industry, possibly supported by the analysis of real data. Papers should present innovative statistical methods with particular reference to the following (not exclusive) topics: design of experiment and quality control in the productive process related to mining problems, dust pollution, mine planning, ore to port integration, optimization of unit operations, risk assessment for new technologies, projects and expansions, and expenditures. All submissions will go through the standard, selective review process of *ASMBI*. Submissions are possible until *June 30, 2016 *through the website http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/asmb Please follow the *ASMBI *author submission guidelines given on the *ASMBI *website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1526-4025 and clicking on the box about submissions for special issues, mentioning “*Statistical Methods in Mining Industry*” when requested. The Guest Editors of the special issue are *Orietta Nicolis *([log in to unmask]) and *Rodrigo Pascual *([log in to unmask]). Interested authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors well before the June, 30 deadline to inform them about their decision to submit a paper for the special issue. For any information about the *ASMBI *journal, please look at the above website or contact the Editor-in-Chief: *Fabrizio Ruggeri *([log in to unmask]). -- Orietta Nicolis, Ph.D. Directora del Programa de Doctorado en Estadística Instituto de Estadística, Of. 10 Universidad de Valparaíso Av.Gran Bretaña 1111, 4to piso, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile. Phone: (56)(32) 2508269 e-mail: [log in to unmask]; You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.