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The best presentation at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute

Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining) on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

All the seats were full when Patrick J. Garver, Executive Vice President and General Council, Barrick Gold Corporation, Toronto talked about dealing with political risk in the minerals industry. There is no paper to accompany his presentation, but here is my summary of a most insightful and engaging talk. He noted that the three big [...]

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Environmental law updates from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute: how to keep your lawyers busy and make money too

Posted in About the news, Global Warming, Law (Mining) on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This afternoon, the proceedings of the Rocky Mountain Law Institute split into two. I chose the session on environmental law as it affects mining and oil & gas. As you would expect with lawyers doing the talking, the presentations were well organized, well delivered, and fascinating. Here is my summary of the talks, but I [...]

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Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute: what interests mining lawyers?

Posted in About the news, Coal, Law (Mining), North America, Oil sands on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The 53rd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute is gathered in Vancouver to discuss the laws that affect mines, mining, and the oil & gas industry. Here is a brief report on this morning’s plenary sessions–a succinct picture of the topics that interest lawyers working for the mining and oil & gas industry in western [...]

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Pascua Lama: Harper defends Canadian mining in Chile and Argentina

Posted in About the news, Community relations, Global Warming, Latin America on July 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This morning’s news is that Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper defended the Pascua Lama mine which straddles the Chile and Argentinean borders on his visit to Santiago. He is reported to have said that Canada abides by Canadian standards of corporate social responsibility and that it is up to Chile and Argentina to decide whether [...]

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ICMM a worthy sucessor to the MMSD project: what the Brits can do for your mine

Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

To my discredit, it took a friend to remind me to look at the website for the International Council on Mining & Metals. (I had vaguely heard of them, but knew not what they do.) They are not shy about their aims and objectives. They state them thus: Our vision is a “viable mining, minerals [...]

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Mining photos for insight: Edward Burtynsky’s portfolio is eye-candy but not political science

Posted in About the news, Commodity, Community relations on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a link to a collection of photographs and tailings impoundments. Some are stunning; some are platitudes. All are worth looking at. The photographer is Canadian Edward Burtynsky. He writes of his mine-photos in the July/August Walrus: Canadians are thought of as nature-loving not because of specific actions, but because we have more wilderness [...]

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Sullivan Mine recommendations–the last word?

Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, North America on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Accolades to the Tyee, a feisty online newspaper come blog that is the only source of decent reporting on the Sullivan Mine coroners inquest. I recommend that you access them at this link for a full report on the panel recommendations made after hearing twenty-five witnesses on the death of four people at the Sullivan [...]

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Kennecott, the US EPA, and Kisladag: can the US teach Turkey?

Posted in About the news, Enviromental, Europe, Gold, North America on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced that Kennecott Utah Copper, the second largest domestic U.S. copper producer, has agreed to abide by the terms of a federal consent decree to continue to implement a comprehensive cleanup of groundwater contamination from past mining operations related to the massive Bingham Canyon copper [...]

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How to justify a fall trip to Vancouver: attend another course or conference like the Mining Association of BC’s Asia Pacific Forum

Posted in About the news on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The Mining Association of British Columbia is organizing a high-level symposium entitled Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals. The projected date is September 30 to October 3, 2007. Better still it is being held in Vancouver, BC. The promised proceedings include the answers to so many vexing questions that it is hard to choose [...]

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Guidelines for implementing the principles of sustainable development in mining

Posted in About the news, Enviromental on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

To better understand the intricacies of sustainable development in mining I accessed the MWH site and found these instructive guidelines for applying the principles of sustainable development:

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