Posted in acid mine drainage, brandy, consulting, decomissioning, environmental, Geology, Geotechnical, Human relations and mining, Tailings, tagged categories, decision making, pre-feasibility study. feasibiility study, Tailings on April 27, 2013 | 3 Comments »
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Categories are constructs of our imagination. We define categories to aid our thinking, analysis, and decision-making. It is easier to respond immediately if a stimulus fits a preconceived category, than to analyze afresh. A rustle in the brush fits the definition of the category “Tiger in the woods; the tiger could kill us; therefore flee.” Why analyze the situation to decide that the wind is merely blowing through the trees and making a nasty sound? (more…)
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, decomissioning, environmental, Global Warming, Gold, mining, People, Tailings, tagged bristol bay, EPA, Kemess, morrison mine, Pebble Mine, peer review, perpetual management, perpetuity, UMTRA on November 11, 2012 | 7 Comments »
The report by the peer review group brought together to review the EPA report on Bristol Bay and the potential impacts thereon from the Pebble Mine (or other mines that may be developed in the area) is out. (more…)
Posted in About the news, consulting, decomissioning, environmental, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, People, Tailings, Uranium, tagged cannon mine, fired, john gadsby, layoff, mining, syd hillis, worleyparsons on August 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
In early 1983 all was well in the mining consulting world. We had twenty people busy on a great number of mining projects: exploration; resources; site selection; design; contract documents. All those things we did back then: no EIS; no social responsibility; no sustainable development; and no closure planning. (more…)
Posted in decomissioning, environmental, Metallurgy, North America, tagged book, innovation, Mining association of canada, PDAC on May 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Late evening in Santiago, but still I must post this information. At this link you will find a fascinating book put out by the Mining Association of Canada and the PDAC. It is called 100 Innovations in the Mining Industry. It takes a while to download, but be patient. The resultant product is well worth the wait. (more…)
Posted in acid mine drainage, British Columbia, decomissioning, Enviromental, Reclamation, tagged donlin creek, Huntington Beach, wlak away closure on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The sun is shining bright and the day is warm here is Huntington Beach, California, where I am spending time with kids and grandkids. Somehow or other, the pressures of taking the kids to McDonald’s and other diverse hamburger places for lunch, riding the bike down to the beach, being nice at parties to old & new friends, and shopping for the festive season, have left no time for blogging. Plus there were no obvious topics on mining that met the requisite level of interest and contentiousness. (more…)
Posted in acid mine drainage, decomissioning, environmental, Human relations and mining, Mining history, Reclamation, tagged andy robertson, mine closure, Pebble Mine, Witwatersrand on September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The mine closure conference is underway in one of those tourist towns in the Rockies of Alberta. I am not there; somehow the event snuck up on me and I just could not bring myself to go to another conference where I would snooze unceasingly through dull talks in hushed and dark rooms. It is a liberating feeling to know that you have absolutely no desire to go to yet another conference. (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, decomissioning, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged British Columbia, mine closure, Victoria environmental law centre on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mine Closure in any jurisdiction is fraught with difficulty. There are as many rules, and as many different systems of regulations, as there are mining locales. Yet, mostly nobody seems to be getting it right. The failure to fully provide for and implement responsible mine closure arises from the tension between what the miners want to do during mining and when the mine closes, what the regulators should do during mining and when the mine closes, and what the public expects, or at least is entitled to expect at all stages of mining. (more…)
Posted in blogs, consulting, decomissioning, Heap leach, Latin America, Mining history, Reclamation, Tailings, tagged Bellavista, Costa Rica, divorce, failure, geowaste, Heap leach, slimes dam, Tailings on April 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A casual conversation in the parking garage involved this question: “What are the five tailings failures that set the course of history?” (more…)
Posted in blogs, decomissioning, health and safety, North America, Reclamation, tagged alaska mining association, edumine, Greens Creek, Juneau, Kensington mine, mine closure, spring meeting on February 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Alaska Miners Association Southeast Spring Meeting is in Juneau from March 15 to 18, 2011. A preliminary agenda can be found at the link. Topics for sessions include: training, safety, and exploration. On the Saturday following the conference are field trips to Greens Creek or the Kensington Mine. I know Greens Creek well, so may be able to persuade myself to go to the Kensington Mine. (more…)
Posted in consulting, Copper, decomissioning, environmental, Latin America, mining, tagged EVE, Guatemala, license to mine, ron zacapa, Rosemont Copper, rum, social responsibility on January 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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