Fraser Alexander was a foreman on a mine in South Africa in the early 1900s. He was in charge of building the sand and rock dumps. He did this mostly by experience and native skill. One of the problems was the collapse of the advancing face that carried the coco-pans and their rail lines to [...]
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Mine Tailings Jobs in Alberta, Arizona, Botswana, and Everywhere Else
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, Oil sands, Tailings, tagged alberta, Arizona, Botswana, fraser alexander, job, Tailings on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
$200K for a Senior Geotechnical-Tailings Engineer. Why the Economy is Shot.
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, tagged calgary, Geotechnical, salary, Tailings on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There is a madness out there as the search for a senior tailings/geotechnical engineer heats up. Two emails on the topic today. The first promises the job noted below this paragraph. Click on it and you go to Linkedin. As I am not linked-in, I could not access the site to find out more.
$200,000 Working as a Miner
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, tagged income, mining, salary, wage on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The first posting this week as I have just gotten back from working on a mine—and earning far less than $200,000 per year. I note the income of $200,000 a year as my email inbox is filled with links to a report on young folk on Australian mines earning $200,000 a year. Here is the [...]
Tailings and Mine Waste 11 2
Posted in British Columbia, Oil sands, People, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged daryl hockley, michael davies, mine waste, sean wells, Tailings, Vancouver on November 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A great many great presentations yesterday at the Tailings and Mine Waste 11 Conference here in Vancouver. The keynote addresses were topical and provocative. There was applause when in reply to a question, Ransford Sekyi of Ghana said that artisanal miners dig and destroyed the environment and then move on to another place to dig and destroy, and [...]
Oil Sands, Conspiracy Theories, and the Keystone Pipeline
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Enviromental, feasibilty studies, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), North America, Oil sands on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a picture of Jacob fighting with the Angel: a fight of good versus better; of logic versus instinct; of theory versus philosophy; of family versus God; and the ultimate biblical story of submission to higher powers.
Transportation to Mines: Is Light Rail Transport the Answer?
Posted in Human relations and mining, Oil sands, tagged Fort McMurray, LRT, security, traffic on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have spent many hours in airports and planes going to remote mines. In the past four years, I have spent even more time sitting in traffic jams en route to the oil sands mines north of Fort McMurray.
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.
Jack Layton and Canadian Mining
Posted in About the news, Oil sands, tagged canadian mining, juack layton, Syncrude on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The following blog posting at this link has nothing to do with mining—or has it? Today I heard an advert on the radio in which Syncrude, one of the big two oil sands companies, noted that they are the largest employer of aboriginal peoples in Canada. Syncrude has made many rich, but it has also provided work and [...]
Unusual Careers in Oil Sands Mining
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, Tailings, tagged bear, career, deer, marine, Oil sands, Tailings on August 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The sign on the door of the trailer proclaims MARINE ENGINEERING. There is no ocean around Fort McMurray, I commented. I was soon informed that this is the headquarters of those who go out on the tailings impoundments on boats. Thus they are mariners.
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