Posted in About the news, blogs, British Columbia, Church, Global Warming, Investing & Finance, tagged ehtics, Gold, mining, Oil sands, responsible mining, sustainable on July 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One of the privileges of being Canadian and American is that we can ask the question: What is ethical mining? Forget those trite old questions about sustainable mining and responsible mining! One of the privileges of being South African and a blogger is that we can answer the question: What is ethical mining? (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Uncategorized, tagged 2011, Canada, mine, salary on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Let us return to the CostMine 2011 Survey results of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits. Let us take a look at some salaries of those who work in Canadian mines. Here are the salaries and bonus for salaried staff at one Canadian Mine (first number is in $ per year; second number is bonus as a percent of salary) (more…)
Posted in Oil sands, People, Tailings, tagged codisposal, colocate, comingle, Directive 74, Oil sands, Tailings on July 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A great idea, but hard to do practically. I refer to the practice called Co-Disposal of tailings and waste rock. Mike Gowan, a principal of Golder Associates in Brisbane is probably the expert. Here is a link to one of his few publications on the topic. It is best to download and save the PowerPoint presentation, rather than try to open directly from the source. (more…)
Posted in Africa, British Columbia, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, tagged junior mining, Ken Llyle, South Africa, Tom Lloyd, Vancouver on July 20, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Here is a conundrum to ponder. In the posting from yesterday (see posting below this one,) I write of why Vancouver has so many Junior Mining Companies. Here is part of a private email I received from some-body commenting on what I wrote. The author of the comment wishes to remain unnamed: (more…)
Posted in blogs, British Columbia, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), Mining history, tagged company, EPA, junior mining, NI 43-101, Vancouver on July 19, 2011 | 6 Comments »
A professor from far away came today to ask why Vancouver has so many junior mining companies. I had not hitherto pondered this question. We ate, walked, and talked; and here are some of the possible answers we formulated. (more…)
Posted in blogs, consulting, Investing & Finance, Mining history, tagged Alaska, mine, nome, rock creek on July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A direct flight from Vancouver to Anchorage. Then a direct flight over 1,000 miles to Nome. A short drive up through misty green country with views of bison beneath the still windmills and hence to a mine that is not in production. A sad and sorry sight. (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, consulting, People, tagged asterix, books, grandkid, mining, roadmap on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday and today I worked on compilation of a Roadmap for a mining client. A Roadmap is defined by Wikipedia as:
A technology roadmap is a plan that matches short-term and long-term goals with specific technology solutions to help meet those goals.[1] It is a plan that applies to a new product or process, or to an emerging technology.[2] Developing a roadmap has three major uses.[3] It helps reach a consensus about a set of needs and the technologies required to satisfy those needs; it provides a mechanism to help forecast technology developments and it provides a framework to help plan and coordinate technology developments. (more…)
Posted in consulting, People, tagged grandkids, Wii, XBox360 on July 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As I sit at home looking after four grandkids and simultaneously getting mining work done, I give thanks for the Wii and XBox 360. They are excellent babysitters. At least for the three boys. (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, People, tagged fishing, mining, rice lake on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Summer burns on. Mining clients are demanding. Meetings are planned and we must prepare for them. Reports are requested and we must write them. (more…)
Posted in Coal, Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, tagged Canada, mines, Oil sands, wages on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
From the CostMine 2011 Survey of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits, here are some average hourly wages. For selected job categories, I provide three numbers. The first is the average on Canadian metal mines; the second on industrial mineral mines; and the third is on fossil fuel mines. (more…)
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