This report should be mandatory reading for all in the mining industry. If you are a Democrat you will believe it, and believe something should be done—particularly a change in the law and more enforcement of lax and dishonest mine operators. If you are a Republican, you will ignore it, attack it, and say [...]
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Massey Energy denies report of responsibility for Upper Big Branch mine deaths
Posted in About the news, Coal, safety, Underground, tagged big branch mine, Coal, death, massey energy, politicians on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Arizona Mining Statistics
Posted in Coal, mining, Uranium, tagged Arizona, mining, production, statistics on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A quick Monday morning post. Some statistics on mining in Arizona. These numbers are lifted from Arizona Geology, always a good source of information about mining in that state.
Rick Call of Call & Nicholas: The Probability of Mine Slope Failure.
Posted in British Columbia, Coal, consulting, Mining history, People, tagged andy robertson, call & nicholas, dave nicholas, failure probability, ned larson, Open Pit, rick call, slope, srk, steffen robertson and kirsten on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rummaging around in old papers this past week, I came across the yellowing paper of a type-writer-typed paper from 1982. I think I went to Edmonton to present the paper at the 4th Open Pit Operators Conference. I vaguely recall a small city perched on the edge of a river—not at all like the city now that [...]
Richard Burton on Mining
Posted in Coal, Mining history, People, tagged Coal, miner, richard burton, wales, you tube on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“The arrogant strut of the coal miner.” That is how Richard Burton describes the men of the valley where he grew up in Wales. Here is the link to a YouTube of a 1980 clip of Burton on the Dick Cavett Show talking of his brother who went down the mines at thirty and died at [...]
2010 U.S. Coal Mine Executive Compensation
Posted in Coal, Jobs and Salaries, tagged coal mine, compensation, CostMine, executive on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What do the people at the top of U.S. Coal Mining companies earn? Here are some data from the 2010 U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits Survey recently published by CostMine. I have previously on this blog written about the salaries and the wages in the U.S. coal mine industry. This is the final [...]
2010 to 2011 Coal Mine Salary Survey
Posted in Coal, Jobs and Salaries, Uncategorized, tagged coal mine, salary, US on March 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The picture above has nothing to do with this posting. I just liked it and admit it puts me in mind of power and money. Although salaries hardly denote power or money. CostMine is the source of the data I present below on current salaries in the U.S. coal mining industry. As always, we thank them for allowing [...]
2010 US Coal Mine Wages
Posted in Coal, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Open Pit, Underground, tagged 2010, coal mine, US, wages on February 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
CostMine has just sent me a copy of their new 2010 Survey Results U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits. Here are some of the numbers for coal mine wages. In future postings, we will look at salaries and executive compensation.
Sunday Mining Pure Evil Opera
Posted in Church, Coal, mountaintop mining, opera, Tailings, tagged bible, evil, lucretia borgia, mountaintop mining, opera, religion, rodelinda. handel, Salome on January 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pure evil exists. We do not like to admit it, for it scares us to acknowledge the existence of pure evil. If you doubt me on the existence of pure evil, read the history, watch the movies, or see the operas that tell of Agamemnon, Elektra, Salome, Nero, Lucretia Borgia, the Inquisition, Nazis, Stalin, Pot Pol, [...]
Mountaintop Mining: Post-Closure Success Stories
Posted in Coal, mountaintop mining, North America, Reclamation, tagged Appalachia, Coal, Kentucky, mining, mountaintop, sustainable development, Virginia on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Many criticize moutaintop mining. Here is a “Readers-Digest” version of a story on beneficial use of post-mountain-top mining:
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