Posted in blogs, Global Warming, Investing & Finance, Peru, tagged climate action partnership, Global Warming, investment, mining, porn, Rio Tinto on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monday morning is the time to review your mining investments. The question I will consider this week is: Should I invest in Rio Tinto because they are members of the United States Climate Action Partnership? Here are some of my background thoughts on this investment decision. (more…)
Posted in blogs, British Columbia, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), tagged Bill C-300, BMW, foor binding, hard hat, ladies, machines, mining, Olympics, porn on November 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night, Friday, I went to a dinner party with the upper crust of the mining community in Vancouver. My small Civic cowed out of sight amongst the BMWs and other large cars that hogged the impressive driveway up a steep incline to an imposing house tucked away high in the hills of West Vancouver. (more…)
Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), tagged accountabilty, apartheid, Bellavista Mine, Bill C-300, Canada, fasken martineau, law, litigation, mining, ottawa on November 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The bill that may determine the future of Canadian mining is called the Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries—Bill C-300 for short. (more…)
Posted in California, Gold, Mining history, Oil sands, Reclamation, Tailings, Uranium, tagged cannon mine, mining, Oil sands, slimes dam, sustainability, sustainable, Tailings on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most people like to talk about the benefits of sustainable mining. Seldom, however, do we see a concrete report on successful sustainable mining. By way of quick admission: I am a sceptic of the concept and have frequently written critical blog postings on the abuse and mis-use of the term. Let me, then, take a different approach in what follows.
What is say here is bolstered by what I and a number of friends wrote in papers presented at the Banff Conference Tailings and Mine Waste ’09. At this link are the PowerPoint presentations. At the following links are copies of some of the actual papers: (more…)
Posted in environmental, Geotechnical, Heap leach, People, tagged consultants, geosyntec, Jacobs, mining, Tetra Tech, Wardrop on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Geotechnical, opera, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged edumine, geowaste, mining, norma, opera, peck, poulos, terzaghi on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in British Columbia, Coal, Heap leach, Investing & Finance, People, tagged CIM, Don Lindsay, invest, mining, students, Teck on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I strode through the rain to the Hyatt Hotel where the BC branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining (CIM) held their annual students dinner and talk. The foyer was crowded with students drinking and laughing with old folk in the mining industry—the sound bouncing off the plaster and paint of the walls was so terrible that I fled to a quiet bar nearby. (more…)
Posted in About the news, First Nations, Gold, Law (Mining), Oil sands, tagged Bill C-300, Corporate accountability, Gold, mining, nickle, Oil sands, PDAC, Sherritt, star chamber on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is the Canadian mining industry loosing the battle of public opinion, and if so, why?
This question is prompted by the news that the president of the Alberta Enterprise Group said “the Alberta government and energy industry must step up their listless defence of the oilsands and better fund their PR battle against environmental groups.”
Meanwhile two hundred delegates convene in Montreal to push for Canadian Federal legislation that would make Canadian mining companies report on their human rights activities in foreign countries. Mineweb reports that the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada “has urged the foreign Affairs and International Development Committee of the House of Commons to reject the bill they say would harm Canada’s mineral industry and its reputation in less developed nations.” (more…)
Posted in Geotechnical, Oil sands, People, Tailings, tagged amec, fmea, landslide, maa, mike davis, mining, Oil sands, Tailings on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let me continue on the topic of the recent conference in Banff on Tailings and Mine Waste. The theme of this posting (as dictated by my old teacher, every written piece must have a theme) is the infinite variety of folk who are interested in tailings and mine waste. (more…)
Posted in Oil sands, Waste Rock, tagged Gord McKenna, mine, Oil sands, ostrf, Tailings, waste on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sally Petaske, David Sego, Moh’d Alostaz, and Nicholas Beier of the University of Alberta Geotechnical Center and Oil Sands Tailings Research Facility deserve accolades for an incredibly well organized and managed conference, namely the Tailings and Mine Waste ’09 Conference recently held in Banff, Alberta. Without hesitation I record that is it the best organized conference I have ever attended. Period. (more…)
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