We will have to await the course of fighting lawyers to learn how this story plays out; but even now there is plenty to tell and plenty to cogitate. It all relates to helping the democratically elected government of the DCR kill seventy of its own. In short the story, as I pick it up from a number [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Anvil Mining, the Un-DRC, and NGOs Class Action Law Suites
Posted in About the news, Africa, Community relations, Copper, due dilligence, health and safety, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), People, tagged anvil mining, Bill C-300, CAAI, DRC, impunity, John Sabine, Kilwa, NGO on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
LA Opera’s Rigoletto Revisited
Posted in blogs, opera, People, tagged gianluca terranova, LA opera, rigoletto, Verdi on November 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rigoletto by Verdi is a staple of my opera experience. As a kid we would visit grandma on Sunday for a dinner of supreme luxury: a roast chicken stuffed with sausage. In those far off days, chicken was expensive, what we would today call free-range–a rare treat. At home all we ate was mutton because it [...]
Thanksgiving Entertaining Grandkids: Tangled and Harry Potter
Posted in opera, tagged entertian, grandkids, harry potter, tangle, tangled, thanksgiving on November 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Two movies in two days: Harry Potter with the fun grandson; Tangled with five of them to watch Disney. Tangled is the better movie, being full of wicked but not irredeemable characters. Harry Potter is just too dark, to focussed on teenaged angst and romance and the terrible take-over of the magic world by unmitigated fascists [...]
Lohengrin And LegoLand for California Culture
Posted in California, opera, tagged California, lego, Legoland, lohengrin, opera on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we took the three eldest grandsons to LegoLand. Much as grandfather would like to have snoozed the day in the sunshine like this fellow above, he had to walk the park and pay for food and umpteen boxes of new Lego for the boys. This was a day of kids culture in Southern California: [...]
Mining Memories about Bicycles and Slimes Dams
Posted in Mining history, Tailings, tagged bicycle. tricycle, slimes dam, veldt on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Four sturdy metal tricycles bounced across the African veldt. Three maids followed, each wearing a clean white apron. On the tricycles were four mining brats: one grew up to be chemical engineer—she worked in industry; one grew up to marry the manager of a platinum mine; one became a famous cricketer–Hylton Ackerman died last [...]
Mineral Sands Mining General Manager Job in Australia for the Tough & Experienced
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, tagged Australia, general manager, mineral sand, mining on November 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Seeking the perfect job in Australia, I came across one that should tempt the stout of heart and bold of mind. Here is an edited abstract from the job description:
Memories of Punch & Judy at the Mine Fete
Posted in Mining history, opera, tagged East Geduld, fete, judy, mine, Punch on November 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When I was young, growing up on a mine, East Geduld, in South Africa I had the full set of puppets for a Punch & Judy show. There was Punch with his curved nose and dropping hat. Judy had a big floppy hat and an inane grin. Recall the tragedy: they fight and Punch clobbers Judy [...]
Good Mining Advertizing? Anglo angles watery appeals.
Posted in Community relations, Heap leach, Reclamation, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged advert, Anglo American, ladies hard hats, Pebble Mine, porn, water on November 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have often railed against those unimaginative mining ads that show ladies in hard hats standing in front of a large truck, smiling as they try to look natural and in support of women in mining.
Tailings & Mine Waste 2010 PowerPoint Presentations
Posted in Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged 2010, conference, mine waste, Tailings, Vail on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Vail conference on Tailings & Mine Waste 2010 is past and the bound volume of proceedings is rapidly migrating to the back of the bookshelf. If you did not attend the conference and do not have a copy of the proceedings, here is how you can access many of the excellent presentations that were made during the [...]
Mining Jobs: $200K Salary in Vancouver
Posted in British Columbia, Jobs and Salaries, tagged george armes, hydrogeologist, job, mining, salary, Vancouver on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A big fish in a small pond? A small fish in a big pond? $200,000 a year to consult to the mining industry.
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