At the Hyatt Regency in three interlinking ballrooms: five exhibitors including InfoMine, Golder Associates, UBC, and two mining companies. The sum total for the Welcome Reception of the Inaugural Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals. We were hosted to free drinks and the ubiquitous thin-sliced salmon and tiny blocks of cheese that are so [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Asia Pacific Forum kicks off with the slogan: BC the Best Place in the World
Posted in About the news, Investing & Finance, Policy and procedure on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Weekend Movies: Romanian mining and stories as old as the Greeks & Romans
Posted in About the news, Community relations, Mining history on September 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As the weekend winds down and I kill time before the 7 pm Asia Pacific Forum on Mining & Minerals reception, let me ruminate on the three movies I have seen this week. The first was In The Valley of Eliah: Brilliant acting; superb directing; a disturbing anti-war movie that had me angry and ready to march [...]
Mining archaeology for present meaning: San Nicolas Island and the impact of climate change
Posted in About the news, Global Warming, Human relations and mining on September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At lunch yesterday, the topic was the role of archaeology in mining. We noted the need to clear a prospective mine site for archaeological evidence before disturbing the earth. I was told there are eight archaeologists full-time at work on the Galore Creek Mine project. As the sushi arrived, one at our table remarked that archaeological evidence [...]
Bring the troops home from Afganistan and Iraq: put them in Montana to protect British Columbia from mines & miners
Posted in About the news, Coal, Community relations, Enviromental, North America on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is the smartest political move of the week. You may not like it; but you have to admit it smacks of vicious genius. I refer to the story that Montana’s two senators have petitioned the United Nations to add Waterton Glacier International Peace Park to the List of World Heritage In Danger Sites. Its [...]
Coal City, Indiana: A personal portrait to make the mining industry proud
Posted in About the news, Coal, Community relations, North America, People on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you go to Google.earth and zoom to Coal City, Indiana, you will see the town in question: a small community clustered around a north-south road, and surrounded by fields and reclaimed spoil piles. Its history is coal mining and the arrival and departure of the railroad. Economic boom and bust and return to a rural [...]
QA/QC for NI 43-101: AMEC takes the bull by the horns; but no bellows yet
Posted in About the news, Investing & Finance on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You must admire Armando Simon and Greg Gosson, both of AMEC, for tackling a touchy subject honestly. Writing in the Sept/Oct 2007 CIM Magazine on quality control reporting requirements by the mining industry, they note (I edit–so if you do not believe me, please see the original): AMEC’s experience with numerous recent audits and due [...]
Mine safety a state of mind: Congratulations to The Farmersburg Mine
Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, North America, Reclamation on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
No sun this morning, but a predicted high of 15. The sky a light blue-gray as the bike sped down the hill. The phrase Io mi chiamo…. from my conversational Italian class flashing through my head. So I turned left to cross the bridge instead of turning right to the SeaBus. This route is longer by [...]
Canada’s Mines Ministers Agree (on pretty nearly everything)
Posted in About the news on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some extracts from a report on the 64th Annual Mines Ministers Conference that concluded yesterday in Whistler B.C. Apparently this is “an opportunity for the federal, provincial and territorial mines ministers and mining stakeholders to discuss and plan for the future of mining in Canada.”
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum take note: What sustainability should mean in the context of mining
Posted in About the news, Environment, Policy and procedure on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Seldom it there unanimous concurrence between me and the CIM President. But here is one example of complete concurrence. Jim Popowich in his president’s notes (no capitals!) in the Sept/Oct 2007 CIM Magazine writes:
Meridian vs Yamana ends in a wimper; Canadians now take over Argentinian mining battles
Posted in About the news, Investing & Finance on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is rather sad to see the wimper with which the Yamana versus Meridian battle ended. There are over eighty web sites with the story, so I repeat none of the details. Except this neat statement about Meridian’s long refusal to be bought out, citing concerns about their gold cavorting with the copper-inclined crowd: But the sweeter financial terms appear [...]
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