One of the young engineers here in the office has just started his master degree at a local university. He will continue to work for the consulting company half-time—you have to pay the bills somehow.
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Mining Education:Schools & Salaries
Posted in Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, Software, tagged education. salary, mining professor, salary, university on September 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Geotechnical software for mining: Novotech at thirty
Posted in People, Software, tagged Geotechnical, novotech, Software on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Still on the theme of thirty-year olds in the work place. (See my blog posting below this one for an extended rumination on the topic of thirty-year olds in mining.) This afternoon two thirty-year olds came marketing. I must admire what they are doing. They are setting up and marketing a software company that specializes in geotechnical [...]
SME uranium mine tailings reclamation
Posted in About the news, decomissioning, Software, tagged BRS, Carlson Natural Regrade, Hutson, mine, Reclamation, Riverton, SME, Tailings, Uranium, Wyoming on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another paper from the SME CD Preprints that I enjoyed and recommend is Application of Best Available Technology to Reclamation Design and Integration with Mine Planning by H.J. Hutson of BRS Inc. in Riverton, Wyoming.
Suncor prepares for the worst and so should you
Posted in About the news, Investing & Finance, Oil sands, Software, tagged complex system, gensym, mining, model, Suncor, valuation on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At midweek let us pause to decide if you should buy, hold, or sell your mining stock. This enquiry is brought on by news that Suncor is “preparing for $40 crude…getting ready for the worst.” The issues is should you prepare for the worst and how should you prepare?
WoW to the runes and landscape of sexy mining
Posted in Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Software, tagged Darwin, investment, mining, Runescape, sex, Teck Cominco, WOW on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those stuck inside these weekend by snow, yet yearning for the sexy part of mining, I recommend playing one of those on-line games. You can be a miner of skill and fortune in these games. Here are links to two recent postings about the mining aspect of these games. Just reading these two postings will rapidly [...]
Geotechnical engineers on mines and in mining
Posted in Mining history, People, Software, tagged gemcom, geotechnical engineer, InfoMine, mining, Robertson Geoconsultants, srk on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The website that sponsors this blog also allows me to post more serious writings on the science, technology, and engineering of mining. We have just posted an article on the role of geotechnical engineers on mines and in mining. My co-author is Andy Robertson. It is he who founded Steffan Robertson and Kirsten, Gemcom, and [...]
Weekend mining games from Caterpillar: TV as a genuine mine-training activity
Posted in About the news, Software on September 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The fifteen-year old, fifteen-inch TV died this weekend. Now I have a major problem: disposing of the hazardous waste supposedly inside. With only a bike to transport things, I will probably have to break the old TV into tiny parts and mix them in with kitchen waste to be sneaked into the garbage container of [...]
Virtual mining with computer games
Posted in About the news, Software on May 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Playing computer games is for everyone. Here is my take at four computer games relevant to mining. Before we look at the games, let me state emphatically my basic beliefs re computer games and mining. I think it a waste of money to develop glossy brochures to hand out to students in order to encourage [...]
Data mining of mine data
Posted in About the news, North America, Software on May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The catchy heading to this piece is adapted from one of the talks this afternoon at the CIM conference. The presentation was by Sean Dessureault. He set out the basic principles of data mining in the mining industry and illlustrated these principles by a case history involving examination of fuel consuption at an open pit [...]
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