Here are some random thoughts about one type of work in mining that is seldom discussed. I write here of the communications manager. Other titles applied to this line of work in mining include: community relations specialist, public relations director, sustainable development officer, stakeholder interactions manager. The list is endless; it all boils down to [...]
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More Jobs in Mining: Public Communications and Relations
Posted in California, Jobs and Salaries, People, tagged communications, public relations, stakeholder, sustainable development on January 7, 2012 | 6 Comments »
2012 Mining Opportunities & Jobs (In Canada?)
Posted in About the news, California, Colorado, consulting, Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, Mining history, Oil sands, Peru, tagged 2012, Canada, jobs, mining, opportunities on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In a previous posting on this blog, I made my mining predictions for 2012. One of them was that we would be regaled by a continuing plethora of articles saying mining will be detrimentally affected by a shortage of workers. Here is one comment on that posting (I edit for spelling and punctuation):
Mining Reading in 2012: Murder, Mayhem, and Oil Sands
Posted in California, Mining history, Oil sands, tagged 9 Dragons, athabaska, death comes to pemberly, history, joyce hunt, mockingjay, Oil sands on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The New Year begins but holiday time continues for a while at least. There is still time to settle down and read a good book. Here is my list of those that I plan to pull out and read.
Petersen Automotive Museum, Cars, Oil, and Gas
Posted in California, tagged midnight in paris, Oil sands, petersen automotive museum, woody allen on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today with a friend we took the six-year old and the fourteen-year old to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. We envisaged this as a men/boys-only event; the opportunity to share a love of machines with our son and grandson. It was a disaster.
Tintin and Huntington Beach Boxing Day
Posted in California, tagged boxing day, central park, Huntington Beach, park, tintin on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The best part of Christmas has always been Boxing Day—the day after Christmas when all tension is gone and you settle back to relax and enjoy the week between presents and the loud shouts of a New Year.
More Huntington Beach Christmas
Posted in California, tagged christmas, Huntington Beach, photo on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another bike ride and more pictures from today of Huntington Beach.
Huntington Beach Christmas
Posted in California, tagged christmas, Huntington Beach on December 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We rode along the beach and to the pier and here are a few of the pictures that I took. Enjoy and enjoy Christmas.
Hugo. Muppets Movie.
Posted in About the news, California, Human relations and mining, People, tagged asa butterfield, brain selznick, Disney, george melies, hugo, movie, muppet movie, mupppet movie on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon, the six-year old grandson and I went to the movie, Hugo. If I had not read him the book before we went, I would still be wondering if this is a European fairy tale, an American dream, a morality tale, a warning to old men not to loose their dreams, or an inspiration [...]
Fraser Institute’s 2010-2011 Mining Survey: The Judgement of Paris?
Posted in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, British Columbia, California, Investing & Finance, Latin America, North America, tagged Fraser Institute, fraser institute. judgement paris, judgement paris, mining on March 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Annually the Fraser Institute comes out with a survey of mining countries and ranks them according to how good a place it is to try to find an ore body, to open a mine, to operate a mine. The Institute gives you a good guide about where to invest. I pay considerable attention to what they say. For this [...]