Too often we read about the impending “crisis” in the mining industry when all the old folk like me retire, supposedly taking our expertise away with us and leaving a void in the knowledge and experience field.
Archive for January, 2010
The young will step up to the mining challenges of 2010 plus
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, tagged challange, employment, mining, old on January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cardiff Mining History
Posted in Coal, Copper, Europe, Gold, Investing & Finance, Mining history, opera, tagged cardiff, Coal, finance, gaul, London, mining, sustainable mining on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cardiff was once the coal mining capital of the world. Just besides the harbor was the coal exchange where the daily price of coal was set. Mining in Wales goes back much further than that. The native-born, Welsh-speaking miner who was my host told me that the Romans in the days of the Empire mined [...]
Almost Clinton: China blocks the blogs and kills the miners
Posted in Asia, blogs, health and safety, mining, safety, tagged accidents, blog, China, death, Hillary Clinton, miner on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You do not have to be a Democrat to agree with Hillary Clinton when she says that countries that cannot freely access the internet will be left behind. I suspect that not only will these countries be left behind, their citizens will die in disproportionate numbers.
Fort McMurray mining, Haiti and disaster deliberations
Posted in North America, Oil sands, Tailings, tagged Fort McMurray, haiti, Oil sands, Tailings on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is plus ten degrees Celsius in Vancouver–balmy weather for mid-winter. It was minus ten degrees Celsius in Fort McMurray–also balmy weather for mid-winter. The temperatures in Fort McMurray are perfect for the field work that took me there: cold enough to keep everything frozen, but not so cold as to impede working outside constructing things.
Avatar and Oil Sands Mining
Posted in environmental, Human relations and mining, Latin America, Oil sands, tagged avatar, haiti, miing, Oil sands on January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A short note to call your attention to a posting on the site The Oil Drum on the mining of oil sands and Avatar. The posting includes a well-illustrated summary of the processes of oil sands mining and a brief note that the movie gets the mining process wrong: they use a bucket wheel excavator. As the [...]
Prof Jennings: he who taught me mining geotechnics
Posted in Africa, People, tagged J E Jennings, Prof, South Africa on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A week today, I fly to South Africa. Last time I was there was nearly twenty years ago. Here is something I once wrote and never “published” or posted. It is part of a tribute to Professor J.E. Jennings who taught me soil mechanics and introduced me to mining. He also instilled in me a [...]
SME, OneMine, and the universe of mining publications
Posted in blogs, mining, North America, Oil sands, Tailings, tagged books, Oil sands, OneMine, papers, publications, SME, Tailings on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The American Society of Engineers (SME) has a fantastic site called One Mine. This is a collection of technical papers mostly on mining.
Civil & Geotechnical Jobs for Mining
Posted in California, Jobs and Salaries, tagged CareerMine, civil, Geotechnical, jobs, mining, resumes on January 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Are there civil engineers with mining-related experience out of work? More specifically are there geotechnical engineers with mining-related experience out of work? I ask those questions because I think of myself as a civil engineer with mining-related geotechnical experience.
The Professional Observational Method in Mine GeoWaste Construction
Posted in California, Geology, Reclamation, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged cannon mine, mining, Observational Method, oii landfill, piezometer on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here is a story that I was told long ago–the details are shrouded in the mists of history, but the story is worth repeating for the lessons learnt are always relevant.
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