Soon after the fall of the Berlin wall, we descended on Wismut, East Germany with proposals to help them cleanup the old uranium mines, mills, and tailings impoundments that the Russians left behind. The large American consulting firm that I was working for at the time, believed that with our UMTRA Project experience, we were [...]
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Best of I THINK MINING 2011
Posted in blogs, opera, tagged best of blog, i think mining, opera on January 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A short note to those who follow this blog regularly and to all others who may come across this posting. Just posted in the InfoMine Library are two collations of 2011 pieces from this blogs. They are: Opera 2011. This is a collation of all the postings in 2011 on opera. An eclectic collection of [...]
Does Every State Need Its Own Grand Canyon and Its Own Uranium Mine?
Posted in blogs, Colorado, Enviromental, environmental, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, Uranium, tagged Grand Canyon, Pebble Mine, Saskatchewan, uranium mining on January 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The news is that the area around the Grand Canyon is off-limits to uranium mining for the next 20 years. The Obama administration has banned new mining near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be rich in high-grade uranium ore reserves, the Associated Press reported.
The National Mining Association on Mining Jobs
Posted in About the news, blogs, environmental, Global Warming, Jobs and Salaries, tagged bill wilson, jobs, national Mining Association, nma, obamaccare, taxes on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Once more on the topic of unemployment and the role of mining in giving people jobs. Today I received the following from the U.S. National Mining Association, and it is an honor to be asked and to be able to comply. Jamie Caswell writes as follows:
I THINK MINING 2011 Hits & Misses
Posted in blogs, opera, tagged 2011 statistics, i think mining, new year on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Conforming with tradition, I note here some of the hits & misses of this blog during 2011. There is nothing scientific in what follows; I write on the basis of my impressions.
Consultant Mining Exploration Salaries
Posted in blogs, Jobs and Salaries, People, tagged costmine. exploration salary, jennifer leinart, mining on December 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Jennifer Leinart is about to become a grandmother. Her 25-year old son is about to become a father. He is advancing in the US military flying fighter planes. My son has just been appointed a Commander in the US Navy and is advancing to being the captain of a destroyer. We both rejoice in the [...]
Mining Reputations and Blogger Refutations
Posted in blogs, mining, North America, People, tagged PDAC, Stan Sudol on December 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Republic of Mining is another great Canadian blog about mining. Stan Sudol is the fellow behind the blog. I met him once in Toronto. He is younger than me, although most people are, more energetic than me, and he is more passionate than I am.
Brain Reprogramming for Better Mining
Posted in blogs, consulting, People, tagged brain, cliff saunders, mining, reprogramming on November 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »
One of the side effects of blogging is the occasional email from somebody in the mining industry who is doing things I would never dream of and had no idea was being done. Here is one such email. I repeat an edited version below, for your information and as yet another example of the many [...]
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