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Youth, age, the tailend of it all, and Syncrude oil sands mining for glory

Posted in Oil sands, People, Tailings, tagged , , , , , , on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

    How wonderful it would be to be young again.  So full of energy, ignorance, folly, and certainty.   To be again that arrogant, opinionated, save-the-world hero.  To go boldly where none have gone before; and to brave the elements for the joy of existence.  To protest at Syncrude and try to stop the world in [...]

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A cheat-sheet to prepare for Tailings and Mine Waste ’08 — Vail in the fall and dreams of somnolence

Posted in Tailings, tagged , , , , , on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The only good reason to go to a conference is to catch up on lost snoozing and delayed naps.  I confess that no matter the time of day, as soon as the lights dim in a conference room, my eyes shut and I lapse into blissful somnolence. I am convinced that I do not sleep too [...]

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Global Mining Support seeks north American partners

Posted in Investing & Finance, tagged , , on July 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In a conference center in Edmonton that spills down the hill I met Cobus Viljoen.  His accent was that of my grandmother and her Dutch South African ancestors.  So now i return the favor. Cobus runs a company called Global Mining Support Group, or GMS for short.   Basically they arrange to buy things for mines and [...]

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Generic in situ uranium mining heads for groundwater ridicule and the courts

Posted in Hydrology and hydraulics, Oil sands, Uranium, tagged , , , , , on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

            Critics of mining harp on two impacts:  Forest or farm land turned to open pit, waste dump, or tallings pile; and/or Surface and groundwater impacted by increased constituent flow from the mine. Both are real issues.  Trying to avoid these impacts, legislator and miners have resorted to backfilling pits, backfilling underground mine [...]

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McCain on mining and Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste

Posted in About the news, Law (Mining), People, tagged , , , , on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

You have to hand itto McCain.  I hope the superciliousness of this news report is not a reflection of the profundity of his assessment of mining: Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says the nation’s 136-year-old mining law needs to be updated, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he supports increasing fees paid by mining companies operating on [...]

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Frog mining the evolutionary past

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Frogs and mining represent a far stretch.  But a posting at mga Kakaiban Kwento is fascinating enough to reconsider the issue.  In a remote part of Indonesia this is happening: Bickford and Gillespie said the frog’s discovery adds urgency to the need to protect its river habitat, which in recent years has become polluted due [...]

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Mining Cuil for more mining perspective: the good, bad, and indifferent

Posted in About the news, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Cuil (pronounced cool) is a new search engine.  It aims to compete with Google.  I have no complaints with Google, which i use extensively every day.  In fact i am always impressed when Google picks up my latest posting on this blog within minutes of its first appearance.  I am even more impressed when Google ranks [...]

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Mining old Mexico for new wealth: but beware the tourists

Posted in Enviromental, Latin America, Mining history, tagged , , , , on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

To save old mines for tourism or to reopen them for profit?  That is the question.  And like any dream of riches, there is always the possibility of a nightmare.  A site new to me, Mining Companies Exploration and Mining Investment News carries a fine article that highlights the dilemma of maintaining old mines as [...]

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Oil sands mining and tailings protests: the Vancouver liberal at his best

Posted in Oil sands, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The disconnect between reality and idealism is stark.  Or is it just the disconnect between Fort McMurray and Vancouver?   The people on the oil sands mines I worked with are honest and earnest.  But the Vancouver news makes them sound like prime scallywags.  Consider these two links: The Tyee (admittedly a “fiesty one online”)   They [...]

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Fort McMurray debates Obama versus McCain: oil sand mining or snake oil selling?

Posted in Oil sands, tagged , , , , on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have never voted for a candidate who won the election.  This is probably shear perversity on my part.  I have never had a gut feel that the fellow who eventually won was the correct person for the job.  So it is with much trepidation that I let myself feel enthusiastic and plan a vote for [...]

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