As an investor in mining, can you make money following the trail of western companies flirting with the Chinese & Chinalco? First it was Rio Tinto whose top brass saw the Chinese as a possible saviour from BHP. Now we have Anglo America demurely fluttering eyelids at the Chinese Mining Dragon as a possible saviour [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Chinalco: Shining Knight on Red Dragon may yet save mining
Posted in North America on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mining Opera for Professional Engineering
Posted in brandy, opera, Uncategorized on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The good seldom succeed in opera. They are generally undone by the evil and wicked who sing tuneful arias. Thinks but of Tosca and Butterfly. Aggripina is such an opera: it is one of Handel’s “soap opera” operas. Three randy males are in love with Poppaea: Claudius Ceasar, Nero who becomes Caesar, and the true love Otho. [...]
Mining What’s In a Name?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“That which we call a rose would smell as sweet by any other name.” Maybe. This could have been said by either Romeo or Juliet as they contemplated their lover’s surname, the name of a sworn family enemy.
Supreme Court rules tailings are fill and lacustrine disposal is legal
Posted in Tailings, tagged Coeur Alaska, Slate lake, supreme court, Tailings on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For miners today’s ruling by the US Supreme Court is probably the most significant of the year. I refer to the ruling in Coeur Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. The details are readily available at this link. It boils down to the simple fact that tailings are fill and their discharge into waters of [...]
Why do we need professional mining engineers?
Posted in California, Geotechnical, Heap leach, Tailings on June 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Just had a drink in the local pub and a heated discussion of the need for professional registration by mining engineers. I am sure I lost a good part of the argument, so to update myself I took a look at the SME publication Study Guide for the Professional Registration of Mining/Mineral Engineers. As background and [...]
Diamonds & Brickbats: If McCain had been president?
Posted in brandy, Copper, Diamond, Uncategorized, Uranium on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What if John McCain had become president? That is an intriguing question to ponder over copious beer, brandy, and wine. Sure there would have been more diamonds on the First Lady and that would have been good for diamond sales, which now are in a slump. Maybe six big cars would still be a symbol of [...]
Saskatchewan Mining Salaries
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
He is about 45, a registered professional engineer and works in the province just west of Saskatchewan. His annual salary is about $160 K. Of course there are bonuses and stock options on top of that. Compare his salary to those of professional engineers and geoscientists in Saskatchewan. The following numbers come from Issue 120, [...]
Mining Protests for Purpose and Money
Posted in Money & Mining, Peru on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seems everybody with any connection to mining is protesting. Mountaintop mining wins the Oscars. Indians in Peru seem most determined–could you see similar protests occurring in the American South? The Mongolians are on hunger strikes, the inspectors are revoking mining licenses, and shares drop in value. Goldcorp and Guatemala are burning over disputed claims—nothing seems [...]
Uranium & Blog Mining Vs Organic Vegetables
Posted in Colorado, mining, Uranium on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Montrose, Colorado is up in arms about a proposed new uranium mill. Half the county residents want the mill and the work. Half the county wants to develop the area into a string of organic vegetable farms. The report tells us: The towns of Nucla and Naturita boomed along with the uranium industry,but few jobs [...]
Mining Report Writing
Posted in mining on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today (a sunny Saturday), I spent writing the Annotated Outline of a report for a tailings impoundment at a mine in South America. The project details are confidential; the theory involved is not. I refer to the theory of report planning and writing, not the engineering theories that underlie the report (fascinating as they are.) [...]
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