Just got back from a trip to EKATI. The usual four times a year visit to look at the Long Lake Containment Facility, aka LLCF or tailings impoundment. (more…)
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EKATI to Harry Winston: A Mine for Sale and In Turmoil
Posted in About the news, consulting, Diamond, Investing & Finance, Mining history, People, Tailings, tagged Diavik, Ekati, harry winston, Tailings, take over on November 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Salaries of Chemists in Canadian Mining
Posted in Copper, Diamond, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, mining, North America, Oil sands, Uncategorized, tagged chemical engineer, chemist, Chile, lucrestius, salary, stephen greenblatt, the swerve on September 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just back from Chile. Long, grueling flights, and airport lounges. The benefits, few as they are, included the chance to read Stephen Greeenblatt’s The Swerve. It is the story of the recovery of Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, a long poem in Latin from the BC era. I have ordered both the original Latin version and two translations. For this is of the things I believe. I leave you to read more if you are curious. (more…)
Ekati and Diavik to Harry Winston
Posted in About the news, consulting, Diamond, Global Warming, Investing & Finance, People, Tailings, tagged Diavik, Ekati, Global Warming, harry winston, ice road on August 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The news today is that Harry Winston and BHP are talking about the sale of the Ekati Diamond Mine. Specifically Harry Winston is seeking to purchase the Ekati Diamond Mine. Harry Winston is already talking to Rio Tinto about buying Diavik. If he gets both, he will be a diamond force in the north. (more…)
2012 Survey Canadian Mine Salaries
Posted in Diamond, Jobs and Salaries, mining, North America, Oil sands, tagged 2012, Canadian, mine, salary on June 28, 2012 | 7 Comments »
The CostMine 2012 Survey of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits is the only factual source of information that I know of on the salaries of technical, managerial, and administrative folk who work on Canadian Mines. The data come from fifty-six metal, industrial mineral, and fossil fuel mines. Fourteen are underground operations; thirty-three surface mines. Size ranged from one million to five million tonnes ore or product mined annually. (more…)
2012 Survey of Canadian Mine Wages
Posted in Diamond, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged Canada, fossil fuel, non-union, union, wages on June 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »
CostMine’s newly published 2012 Survey Results of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits is now available. It is expensive; most individuals probably cannot afford it; you will have to get your union or human resources staff to order it if you want to see all the data. Thanks to the folk at Cost Mine, I can give some numbers that interest me and that may interest you. (more…)
On the Morality & Ethics of Diamond Mining: Pebble Mine into Bristol Bay
Posted in About the news, consulting, Diamond, Mining history, North America, tagged BHP, Diamond, edward o wilson, Ekati, ethics, mine, morality, Pebble Mine, social conquest of earth on May 23, 2012 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday I posted a piece on the Pebble Mine. Here is one of the comments on what I wrote—the commenter takes me to task for consulting to the EKATI Diamond mine, while questioning the need for and the practicality of opening the Pebble Mine. First the comment and then my reply, which is an extended essay on the morality & ethics of diamond mining. (more…)
Major Mining In The Not So Cold North
Posted in Diamond, Global Warming, North America, tagged diamonds, Diavik, Ekati, Global Warming, ice roads, mining on March 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I think the business section of the paper is consistently the most interesting; there is always some article which catches your eye. Today’s point of interest has a mining basis which relates to one of the major Northwest Territories diamond mines, Diavik. In short, Rio Tinto is looking to sell its stake in the mine in order to focus on “expanding into more scalable and profitable commodities such as iron ore, copper and uranium” as their investment in diamond mining amounts to less than 2% of total profits. (more…)
Far North Canadian Mining Mischief Bedevils Aboriginal Chiefs
Posted in Diamond, First Nations, Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged attawapiskat, de beers, financial post, Republic of Mining, Stan Sudol on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Canadian Financial Post today posts an article on Ontario’s Far North Act. The author of the article is Stan Sudol who also runs the mining blog Republic of Mining. In his blog he focuses on what is happening in mining in Ontario. That is a subject I seldom deal with, for Ontario is far away and a complex world unto itself. I prefer to write about chance encounters in the street of Vancouver—see the posting just below this one. (more…)
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. (more…)
Sierra Leone Diamond Mining as an Inspration for Tea Pary Politicians and Republican Presidential Hopefuls
Posted in About the news, Africa, Diamond, Investing & Finance, mining, tagged Alaska, artesianal mining, Diamond, Sarah Palin, sierra leone on August 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The news this week has been mainly bad: more crashing stock markets, more idiotic statements from Republican hopefuls, more countries seizing the mines of the country. The saddest part is that the only idea Republican hopefuls have about resuscitating mining in the US is to abolish the EPA and treat companies like individuals. (more…)
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