When I first came to Canada, I was told by proud Canadians that the country is unique: “Everybody is polite; no protests; and no class action law suites. Not like across the border.” Yet this week I have been contacted by Canadian lawyers seeking a technical specialist to help them start a class action law [...]
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Smelly Anti-Coal-Mining Protests
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Coal, tagged Coal, compliane coal cooperation, mining, port alberni, raven underground on May 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Military Drones for Mines & Tailings
Posted in About the news, Tailings, tagged bluesky, drone, guided autopilot, Tailings on May 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Last week two of the serious magazines that I read more for information than crass pleasure had articles on drones. Those are the unmanned aircraft currently used to kill targets in the Middle East who have, or may want to play terrorist. One of the articles told of the use of drones to catch some nasty people in [...]
EPA Report on Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine
Posted in About the news, acid mine drainage, consulting, environmental, feasibilty studies, First Nations, Gold, Investing & Finance, mining, North America, tagged Alaska, Anglo American, bristol bay, EPA, fish, Pebble Mine on May 19, 2012 | 12 Comments »
The draft report by the EPA on potential mining impacts on Bristol Bay by the Pebble Mine or any of the other seven potential mines in that part of Alaska is published. Here is a link to one report thereon—there are hundreds of news items, so maybe look for others as well if the topic [...]
Mining Students for Opporunity in Chile
Posted in About the news, Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, tagged Chile, communist, mining, student on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Students in Chile are protesting; they are demanding free and better education. The more communist-inclined are demanding nationalization of the country’s copper mines—which produce some sixty-percent of the country’s income. Politicians dither and special-interest groups lobby. It takes six years to get a degree when at most it should take four years.
Yet Another Gold Mining Scam: Abandoned Mines, Abandoned Money & Hope
Posted in About the news, California, Gold, Investing & Finance, tagged California, Gold, mining, scam on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Always on the lookout for mining scams, I came across the news report repeated below. This Californian scammed an elderly couple of $5 million promising to extract gold from abandoned mines. I can never quite understand how somebody who is smart enough to accrue so much money, can be so stupid as to part with it [...]
Fanagalo, Xhosa, or English as the Safe Mine Language?
Posted in About the news, Mining history, tagged Afrikaans, english, fanagalo, mine safety, South Africa, xhosa, Zulu, Zuma on April 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Languages come and go. New ones develop as old ones die out. Latin is now Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, and other dialects of Spanish and French. English may retain its Anglo-Saxon roots, but none of us can now read or understand early English which is effectively a foreign tongue.
Mine Health & Safety as a Guide to Sound Investing
Posted in About the news, health and safety, Investing & Finance, North America, safety, tagged health and safety, hecla, invest, luck silver, mine on March 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A radical thesis: If I had a million dollars to invest in a single mine, I would go meet the mine’s Health & Safety Officer. If they impressed me, I would invest. If they did not, I would get on the next plane and fly to the next mine on the list.
NDP on Oil Sands & Mining. What Thomas Mulcair says about coolies is not cool.
Posted in About the news, Oil sands, People, tagged NDP, Oil sands, tarsands, thomas mulcair on March 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Funny how we all know ever detail of the US Republican presidential hopefuls, yet know nothing about those seeking to head up the NDP, the official opposition party in Canada. Today at this link, I got a taste of who might become the next NDP leader and got a smattering of his attitude towards mining.
My Challenge to SRK to Pull Out of Afghanistan Mining: Leave it to the Taliban
Posted in About the news, consulting, People, tagged Afghanistan, america, Cuba, mining, srk, Taliban on March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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