Is what Mary Poulton and the Mining Engineering Department in Tucson doing, the future of on-line mining education? What she and her faculty are doing is this: with a gift from industry they are videoing most lectures and putting them on-line. Currently only registered students can access the on-line video courses. But she tells me that [...]
Archive for February, 2009
SME casual conversations; on-line mining learning from Tucson
Posted in About the news, tagged Arizona, education, learning, Mary Poulton, SME, Tucson, university on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SME starts with convincing win by Virginia Tech
Posted in About the news, tagged jobs, mining, SME, Supercycle, Virginia Tec on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow the annual meeting, conference, and exhibit of the United States Society of Mining Engineers (SME) kicks off in full swing in Denver. Today we set up the booth, chatted to old friends, and attended a party given to the students who participated in the student competition. The competition was won by a team from Virginia [...]
$2,000 gold & guns. Miners and investors rejoice.
Posted in Gold, Investing & Finance, tagged doomsday, Gold, gun, miner, price on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The vacuous press is replete with stories about gold going above $2,000. The press revels in the idea. But I am horrified by the idea. For if gold goes so high, we can be sure the economy is inversely worse. Investors in gold may rejoice. Miners of gold will have jobs. But the rest of [...]
Asbestos mining in Montana and Vermont
Posted in About the news, Law (Mining), tagged asbestos, law, mining, Montana, vermont. libby on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is a link to an “amusing” article comparing communities attitudes to local mines. In one case, Libby, Montana, everybody is suing everybody over an old asbestos mine. In the other case, Eden, Vermont, the local residents don’t believe a word of it.
Coal Mine Wages: 2008 CostMine Summary
Posted in Coal, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Open Pit, Underground, tagged 2008, coal mine, compensation, salary, wages on February 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just received is the 2008 Survey Results U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits from CostMine. There is an enormous amount of data in this new survey. Here is my personal summary and perspective of some of the information on wages…..in future postings I will write about salaries and executive compensation.
More on racialism in mining thanks to Erc Holder
Posted in communication, First Nations, Law (Mining), tagged BC, Eric Holder, First Nation, mining, negotiations, racilism on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An earlier piece on racialism in mining (see two postings down) has elicited one fine comment, and a great deal of discussion around the office. The only discussion I will partially record was at lunch with a young fellow who heads a failing junior-mining company. He is a miner and a Canadian and I [...]
Are mines still hiring for health & safety?
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, People, safety, tagged health and safety, kinesiology, mining, sport on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mining jobs are getting harder and harder to come by. Especially for graduates in geology. This morning I met with one fellow about to graduate from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Geological Engineering. He has met with many of the consultants in town who all tell him the same story: hiring [...]
Racialism in mining. A reply to Eric Holder on fear and cowards
Posted in About the news, Church, First Nations, Mining history, People, tagged Cuba, Eric Holder, Indian, race, racialism, Roma Dutch law, South Africa on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The new attorney general is reported to have said this: The U.S. is a “nation of cowards” that fears frank discussion of race, said Eric Holder, the first black attorney general. For the country to make racial progress, people must feel comfortable discussing racial matters, Holder said today in Washington at a Justice [...]
West Moberly First Nations takes on First Coal Corporation. But this is not a first for BC mining.
Posted in Coal, First Nations, Law (Mining), tagged BC mining, First Coal COrporation, Gordon Hogg, West Moberly First Nations on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
it is hard to believe in this day and age that mining companies in Vancouver can be so silly. Here is something that just hit my email in-box. I cannot vouch for the truth or otherwise of this report, but if true, it reflects a bad light on the mining industry in Vancouver,. and [...]
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