Spain was a major source of gold to the Roman Empire nearly 2,000 years ago. Today a Canadian mining company seeks to reopen or at least extend these old gold resources. (more…)
Archive for November, 2012
Good EIA News for Astur Gold: Spanish Mining Advances
Posted in About the news, environmental, Europe, Gold, Investing & Finance, People, tagged andujar, astur gold, cary pinkowski, eia, gold mine, salave gold mine, sapin on November 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
South African Mining Salaries: 2012 Survey From CostMine
Posted in Africa, Jobs and Salaries, tagged CostMine, engineer, mining, salary, South Africa on November 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Paste 2013 and the Dragons of Tailings In Perpetuity
Posted in environmental, People, Tailings, tagged 2013, andy robertson, belo horizonte, dragons, paste, Tailings on November 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The following is an “article” that I repeat as is from a recent ACG newsletter. Andy Robertson of InfoMine and Robertson GeoConsultants wrote this. The “article” is at its simplest an announcement of an upcoming conference. But at its most complex this is a scary story of potential dragons let loose on the world to scare the populace into non-mining. Here is what he wrote: (more…)
African Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits: 2012 Survey Results
Posted in Africa, Jobs and Salaries, tagged Africa, CostMine, mine, mine manager, mining engineer, salary, South Africa on November 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Just in from CostMine is the 2012 Survey Results for African Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits. This is a first and sure to become a staple of the mining industry and for all those who work or seek to work or mine in Africa. I cannot tell or comment on all in one posting. So here follows a brief survey of the continent as a whole—in future postings I will look at the data for individual countries. (more…)
Met Opera in Vancouver: Otello, Love, and Tempest
Posted in opera, tagged johan botha, l'elisir d'amore, la boheme, met opera, otello, the tempest on November 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Winter brings gray skys and rain–at least in Vancouver. The sun shone today for the Met Opera broadcast, at the local movie house, of Otello. As did the sun last week for L’Elisir d’Amore, and before that for The Tempest. For the best part of winter is opera. (more…)
Cement Stabilization of Tailings: A New Paradigm for the Long-Term of Mine Closure
Posted in blogs, brandy, environmental, Latin America, Mining history, Tailings, tagged Arizona, bello horizonte, cement stabilization, New Mexico, paste 2013, Tailings on November 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Drive through the wilds of Arizona and New Mexico and see those magnificent red sandstone cliff, standing proud in spite of thousands of years of erosion. It is one of my favorite sights. It is spectacular to behold. It tells me that landscapes can be the same for very long times. (more…)
Limestone Mining Petition, Powered by Potatoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aggregates, Melanchton, mining, ministry, quarry on November 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This week a victory for potato farmers and a reminder that poorly devised mine plans can and should face tough criticism in the public domain. As a native Ontarian, I can’t help but share some perspective and links on the matter.
Sewage Water For Mining: Cerro Verde Leads the Way
Posted in consulting, Environment, mining, Peru, tagged cerro verde, Freeport McMoRan, mine water solutions, MWH, sewage, water on November 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In yesterday’s blog posting, I speculated on the potential for use by Californian quarries of recycled sewage water. Today I read an abstract of a paper to be presented in Lima, Peru next year at the conference on Mine Water Solutions. (more…)
California Quarries and the Future of Mining
Posted in blogs, brandy, California, environmental, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged California, conference, desalination, makeup water, quarry on November 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Another day of webcasts on mining and yet another long argument over the future of mining. We opined in the webcast that filter-pressed tailings is the only way to go with the future of tailings: if a mine cannot afford the costs, they should not begin, for they will not be able to end. Unless they can afford an embankment dam of compacted, durable rock and closure to a site that becomes a place where the rich may recreate like at Cannon Mine that is now a riding stable for the rich. (more…)
The Short and Long Term Future of Advanced Mine Tailings
Posted in brandy, Tailings, tagged edumine, Tailings on November 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The only topic to blog about is the short & long-term future of tailings. These musings are prompted by today’s webcast on tailings by way of thanks to EduMine. Me, Robert Cooke of Patterson and Cooke, plus Ian Hutchison of SES started a three-day, three hours a day webcast on advanced tailings management. (more…)
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