In 1978 I visited the Climax Molybdenum Mine in Colorado. This was the first mine in the United States that I had ever seen. Its size and the spectacular beauty of the area so impressed me, I decided then and there to return. I did about five years ago. The mine had by then shut down, [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Cycling to Climax: molybdenum for bikes for the wealthy and well-connected
Posted in About the news, People, Tailings on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An open invitation to reconsider (the law governing) the Kemess North Mine:
Posted in About the news, Community relations, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), North America, Tailings on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The verbal knives are out and the rhetorical slashing has begun in earnest. This results in a most peculiar scene of mining-decision-making by gross politics. I refer to that old blogger’s standby the Kemess North Mine. You may recall that Kemess South Mine is producing but due to close in the next few years. After [...]
Post-Mining Alliance sets out to “regenerate” orphan & abandoned mines
Posted in Community relations, Europe, Reclamation on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Somewhere in Cornwall, England is a site called Post-Mining Alliance. Whoever they are, they have set themselves an unprecedented set of objectives (I would say un-achievable, but that is for you to decide and them to prove me wrong.) Here is how they say what they are and what they will do:
Wal-Mart and Deeper Luxury: Blood Diamonds as the basis for another attack on mining
Posted in About the news, Enviromental, Environment, Gold, Human relations and mining on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have just returned from the local Wal-Mart where, with my daughter and her two young kids, we spent $150 on luxury goods. Not Gucci and all that; just some clothes for the kids, new DVDs to entertain them and us before bed, and a few CD wallets to organize their many DVDs from Disney [...]
100 years of mining deaths; a brief In Memoriam
Posted in Human relations and mining, Mining history on December 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On this day, a hundred years ago, there was a terrible mining accident. Here is part of a fuller description of the event that you can read about at this link: The worst mining disaster in American History occurred in the community of Monongah, West Virginia on December 6, 1907. Around 10 o’clock in the [...]
Romney on being a Mormon and President: what does this mean for mining?
Posted in About the news, Community relations, People on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is all that Romney said in his speech on his Mormon faith that may be relevant to mining: “America faces a new generation of challenges. Radical violent Islam seeks to destroy us. An emerging China endeavors to surpass our economic leadership. And we are troubled at home by government overspending, overuse of foreign oil, and the [...]
How to eliminate death as a part of working on a South African mine?
Posted in Africa, Human relations and mining, Mining history, People on December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I return in this posting to the South African miners’ strike over health and safety. I make no apologies for doing so: as I have written often, family lore is that my paternal grandfather died in a rockfall in a mine near Brakpan, South Africa. Little has changed since then. Some are saying that the deep [...]
Mine water control & balance; nothing new to Cameco but a new EduMine course is up
Posted in About the news, Environment, Hydrology and hydraulics on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On a positive note, I disclose here and announce the posting on EduMine of the most recent “course” I have prepared on the topic of mine water balance evaluation. This third course joins two others I have previously prepared: one on surface water at mines; and one on underground water at mines. Take at look at these [...]
What does a permit to mine mean? Who pays if the permitted mining structure fails?
Posted in Community relations, Heap leach, Law (Mining) on December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A quick rundown of today’s mining-related news includes these nuggets: Venezuela rejects socialist despot: let us wish the opposition well in building on this singular success to stop the rise of yet another South American dictator bent on socialist domination. The issue is whether this will affect the success of mines and the interest of [...]
Zero harm is possible in mining; but has the industry the guts to follow through?
Posted in About the news, Africa, Jobs and Salaries on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is my personal list of what it takes to have a successful health and safety program: Maintain a well written Health and Safety Plan (HASP). Employ and empower a skilled health and safety professional. Enforce health and safety standards and procedures. Train all the people who work on the site. Have a tailgate meeting [...]
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