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.
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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 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 [...]
Top Mining Blog: Thanks Australian Mining and Mining iQ
Posted in blogs, tagged australian mining, blogs on October 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »
What would my two grandfathers and my father, genuine miners all, think now of their grandson and son who is a mere blogger about mining? They sweated hard deep in the gold mines of South Africa; I sit at a computer generating outrageous opinion. My father told me to studying civil engineer and his advice [...]
Mining Advertizing: Accolades to Vale, Hitachi, Bucyrus, and Others
Posted in blogs, communication, Human relations and mining, tagged bucyrus, cementation, GE, haulmax, hitachi, metso, Vale on October 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Browsing through some of the older postings in this blog, I noticed adverts at the end of a number of the postings. I have always followed a no-advert policy for this blog, lest I find my opinions compromised. So let me assure you that any ads you see on this blog are not there because [...]
Mining travel and travail
Posted in blogs, Diamond, Law (Mining), Oil sands, People, Tailings, tagged blogging, Oil sands, travel on September 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
No blog postings these past two weeks. I have been doing what miners do: working on mines. I have been doing what geotechnical engineers do: travelling to sites to see the soils & rocks. I have been doing what consultants do: going to far-away places to see, think, and advise.
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