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Quicksand Incident Control
Posted in consulting, Geotechnical, health and safety, safety, tagged accident, control, death, incident, piping, quicksand on July 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Geotechnical Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities
Posted in Geology, Geotechnical, Heap leach, Reclamation, Waste Rock, tagged Geotechnical, geowaste, Heap leach, Tailings, Waste Rock on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week, EduMine posted a new course that I wrote. As is the title of this posting, the new course is called Geotechnical Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities. I was prompted to write the course when I was called on to explain to a client who is not a geotechnical engineer what is involved in geotechnical engineering. This [...]
Mine tailings, rock dump, and leach pad geotechnical issues
Posted in Geotechnical, Heap leach, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged design, Geotechnical, heap leach pad, tailngs, waste rock dupm on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spent today working on the final section of a new EduMine course I am writing on the topic of Geotechncial Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities, including tailings impoundments, waste rock dumps, and heap leach pads. Here is some text that did not make the cut. I post it here as it is interesting, although [...]
More weekend mining musings
Posted in Geotechnical, mining, North America, Oil sands, People, tagged Fort McMurray, mining, Oil sands on March 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This week has been in Fort McMurray, the center of the mining industry, if you count by mass of material moved and the value of the companies involved. Much of what I did is confidential and not able to be shared in a blog. But here are a few thoughts prompted by the week’s doings.
TETRA TECH a force in mining; a belated awakening
Posted in environmental, Geotechnical, Heap leach, People, tagged consultants, geosyntec, Jacobs, mining, Tetra Tech, Wardrop on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you go to the TETRA TECH website you will find that they have about 10,000 staff. Mike Henderson, the VP Mining with TETRA TECH told me that about 2,700 work for the mining industry.
Mine GeoWaste Engineering: the great texts on geotechnical engineering
Posted in Geotechnical, opera, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged edumine, geowaste, mining, norma, opera, peck, poulos, terzaghi on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Spent today tidying up a new course for EduMine. And listening over and over again to Callas singing Norma—can there possible be a more sublime opera? I already have five courses on EduMine, that site devoted to self-paced learning on topics in mining. They are:
OII, a landfill and geogrids in Los Angeles–no refuse mining please
Posted in Geotechnical on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am currently involved in a project in the oil sands that involves geogrids. Recalling days long ago, I wrote the following today to recount my experience.
Why do we need professional mining engineers?
Posted in California, Geotechnical, Heap leach, Tailings on June 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Just had a drink in the local pub and a heated discussion of the need for professional registration by mining engineers. I am sure I lost a good part of the argument, so to update myself I took a look at the SME publication Study Guide for the Professional Registration of Mining/Mineral Engineers. As background and [...]
Oil sands tailings conference covers mining, history, and technology
Posted in About the news, Geotechnical, North America, Oil sands, Reclamation, Tailings, tagged ALbion Sands, Edmonton, Horizon, mining, Oil sands, Suncor, Syncrude, Tailings on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At the website www.ostrf.com are (or soon will be) Powerpoint presentations from this morning’s session of the First International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, currently underway in Edmonton, Alberta. I recommend them to anyone interested in the history and development of mining and technology. As a geotechnical engineer, my instinct is to go with Ed McRoberts of [...]
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