With this cityscape behind him, Simon Moores, Manager of Industrial Minerals Data, a part of Industrial Minerals, told us about the outlook for investing in industrial minerals in 2013. (more…)
Archive for January, 2013
Industrial Minerals Investment Outlook & Lookout
Posted in Investing & Finance, People, tagged bokan mine, industrial minerals, quest rare minerals, roundup, simon moores on January 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Whistle Blowing in Mining and Heavy Civil Construction
Posted in Coal, consulting, health and safety, People, tagged OII, Professor Jennings, safety, whistle blow on January 31, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Mining Project Management: The Lifeguard on Watch
Posted in consulting, tagged microsoft, project, schedule on January 30, 2013 | 2 Comments »
It seems so obvious: at the beginning of a project set up a project schedule; monitor project progress against the schedule; and adjust the schedule, the project team, or the scope of works if things go wrong. Yet surprisingly this is often not done. Reason for not doing this include: inability to set up a schedule; too confident to need a schedule; a desire not to know; or simply inexperience. I know of one senior engineering leader who cannot read a schedule—seems he is dyslexic in that regard. (more…)
Tailings Conferences and Guidelines to kill the Black Swan
Posted in Enviromental, People, Tailings, tagged black swan, FLSmidth, ICOLD, MWH, rob williamson, tailings storage facility on January 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
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The picture above is of the Black Swan causing havoc. I once wrote a paper that claimed the Black Swan causes tailings failures. The EPA picked the paper up and used it in their report on the Pebble Mine and Bristol Bay to conclude that tailings dams fail. So here as an act of contrition are three reports on recent and upcoming tailings activities aimed at killing the Black Swan. (more…)
Gullbridge Tailings Dam Failure, a failure of oversight and action
Posted in About the news, Tailings, Enviromental, consulting, tagged gullbridge, tailings dam, newfoundland, stantec on January 25, 2013 | 2 Comments »
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In December last year the Gullbridge Tailings Dam, somewhere in Newfoundland, failed. Here is a link to the “best,” i.e., most comprehensive report that I can find. Seems like an engineering report prepared about a year prior to the failure resulted in a total lack of action and, as predicted by the report, the dam failed. Here is a link to the engineering report that lead to inaction. (more…)
Why Violence Against Mines? Brothels, Guns, and Youth?
Posted in brandy, First Nations, Human relations and mining, tagged brothel, Guatemala, mines, Tucson, violence, westward look on January 24, 2013 | 3 Comments »
The Westward Look hotel sits proud in the foothills of Tucson. Down in the flats, the lights of the city sparkle and shine like a sea of energy washing over the privileged. You know that somewhere in the pinpoints of light somebody is being robbed, beaten, raped, and maybe killed. But violence is not the predominant activity. Civil order is probably the norm. (more…)
ASCE Daniel Mead Competition and the Need for a Master’s Degree to be Professinally Competent in Mining or Civil Engineering
Posted in consulting, Human relations and mining, tagged ASCE, Daniel Mead, ethics, P/E, professional, student contest on January 22, 2013 | 4 Comments »
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The American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Daniel W. Mead Student Contest involves writing a 2,000 word essay on the following topic. Below I write my own blog essay on the topic as it relates to civil engineers in mining—and there are many of us doing great work. But first the essay topic. (more…)
Guatemala Photos
Posted in consulting, tagged architecture, Guatemala, pipes on January 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Terrorism in San Rafael Las Flores. Escobal Mine, Guatemala Attacked.
Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, Latin America, tagged escobal, Guatemala, mine, san rafaeil las flores, Tahoe Resources, terrorist on January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Brief news reports and an announcement by Tahoe Resources indicate that three were killed in an attack on the Escobal Mine in Guatemala. The local Spanish-language newspaper, El Metropolitano, has a front-page headline “Terrorism in San Rafael Las Flores.” San Rafael Las Flores is the local town where most locals working on the mine live. (more…)
Fraser Alexander: A South African Mining Success Story
Posted in consulting, Mining history, People, Tailings, tagged fraser alexander, gary rae, Mike Gowan, oskar steffen, slimes dam, Tailings on January 11, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
South African and tailings history are now richer as a result of a new book on Fraser Alexander. I have managed to obtain an e-copy of the entire book. I presume I am permitted to send you a copy if you cannot obtain a hard-copy. I am much indebted to those who arranged for me to get the e-copy. I will put you in touch with them if you email me. (more…)
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