President Obama lectures the Chinese on censorship and they censor him on Chinese media as hand-picked “students” ask polite questions and avoid the truth—whatever that is in a goon-dominated place. The saddest and scariest part is that such tight control of people and the truth leads to a commercial behemoth that is seeking to take [...]
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Mining laws and regulations that promote good reclamation
Posted in About the news, California, Law (Mining), tagged China, copperopolis, great wall, India, mining, Royal Mountain King on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Orpheus and Euridice: Blogging Death
Posted in opera, tagged euridice, mining, opera, orpheus on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Can the possibly be a sadder story than that of Orpeus and Euridice? The story of one who could charm the gods with his song when he goes to Hades to seek the return of his dead wife, Euridice, only to loose her on the return journey to the earth when, in defiance of the gods’ [...]
Junior Mining Companies as Investment Opportunities
Posted in feasibilty studies, Uranium, tagged invest, junior, mining on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The past three days have been in Denver. My travels took me into the company of consultants to the financial side of the mining industry–those folk who consult to the titans of the industry who broker the mergers and take-overs, the resource estimations and high politics in world capital cities where the deals are [...]
Geotechnical Engineering of Oil Sands Tailings
Posted in Oil sands, tagged Atterberg Limits, ERCB, Oil sands, Tailings on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A fine paper at the Banff, Alberta conference on Tailings & Mine Waste is that by John Sobokowicz and Norbert Morgenstern. It is called “A Geotechnical Perspective on Oil Sands Tailings.” In fact it would be a great paper if the presentation (soon to be available on the conference web site) had not focussed on the Alberta [...]
Economic success leads to tailings dam failure?
Posted in Tailings, tagged boom, failure, mining, Tailings on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week to Banff, Alberta and the 2009 Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste. In time they promise to post on their site the PowerPoint presentations. One that is worth summarizing now is by AMEC engineers, Michael Davies and Todd Martin, both well respected and knowledgable folk.
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