The journal of the scientists and engineers division of the National Groundwater Association, is called simply enough groundwater. No capitals that I can find. The contents are learned and often obtuse. Here is the abstract of a paper Rationales Behind Irrationality of Decision Making in Groundwater Quality Management in the January-February 2012 issue. It does [...]
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Groundwater Irrational Decision Making Affects Mining Too
Posted in acid mine drainage, Enviromental, tagged decision making, groundwater, irrational on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mining in Brazil. Vale Lauded. Omissive & Peccant Mining.
Posted in environmental, mining, Mining history, tagged Brazil, ferrifero, mining, omissive, peccant, quadrilatero, Vale on January 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Seldom on a Sunday is there a good book about mining to read. Today I hit the jackpot. I read Understanding Mining Around the Quadrilatero Ferrifero. A formidable title, but an easy and pleasant read. Three authors are listed: Paulo Tarso Amorim Castro; Herminio Arias Nalini Junior; and Hernani Mota De Lima.
Mining Obama vs Romney vs Gingrich vs Ron Paul as Supporters of Mining
Posted in British Columbia, Coal, environmental, Europe, Mining history, North America, People, tagged ann romney, coegnant colliery, david davies, Disney, gingrich, Grand Canyon, mining, Obama, romney, ron paul, vancouver junior, wales on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With Mitt Romney well on his way to being the next president, I thought it time to examine their attitudes to mining. OK, I know there are a few more pesky elections and attacks on Romney’s for his capitalistic sins (firing excess workers at unprofitable companies) to get through, but still the news snippets are fun. [...]
Does Every State Need Its Own Grand Canyon and Its Own Uranium Mine?
Posted in blogs, Colorado, Enviromental, environmental, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, Uranium, tagged Grand Canyon, Pebble Mine, Saskatchewan, uranium mining on January 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The news is that the area around the Grand Canyon is off-limits to uranium mining for the next 20 years. The Obama administration has banned new mining near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be rich in high-grade uranium ore reserves, the Associated Press reported.
The National Mining Association on Mining Jobs
Posted in About the news, blogs, environmental, Global Warming, Jobs and Salaries, tagged bill wilson, jobs, national Mining Association, nma, obamaccare, taxes on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Once more on the topic of unemployment and the role of mining in giving people jobs. Today I received the following from the U.S. National Mining Association, and it is an honor to be asked and to be able to comply. Jamie Caswell writes as follows:
Frivilous Mining Conundrums: WalkAway Sustainable Solutions
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 & [...]
Durban, Koyoto, Mining, and Global Warming in Perspective
Posted in About the news, Global Warming, Mining history, tagged durban, Global Warming, koyoto, miing on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For no good reasons that need detain us here, I recently had occassion to go back through old I THINK MINING blog postings. I was surprised to see how much I had written on the topic of global warmining in 2007 and thereafter. The surprise is how little things have changed in those years since I first took [...]
Total’s Joslyn Mine 6-Year Approval Disgrace
Posted in About the news, consulting, environmental, feasibilty studies, North America, Oil sands, tagged approval, joslyn, mining, Oil sands, permit, total on December 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today’s Globe and Mail reports: “The Harper government has approved Canada’s fifth oil sands mine after the project spent six years under regulatory scrutiny, prompting a senior cabinet minister and energy executives to argue lengthy reviews are unacceptable.”
Mining Jobs & Careers at and around the Tailings Impoundment
Posted in acid mine drainage, environmental, Jobs and Salaries, mining, Tailings, tagged career, jobs, mining, Tailings on November 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here are some careers in mining working on the tailings impoundment, tailings storage facility, containment facility, or whatever it is called locally.
Tailings and Mine Waste Ended: There Be Dragons Out There
Posted in environmental, People, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged andy robertson, dragon, ed mcroberts, mine waste, nothung, siegfried, tailngs on November 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The conference on Tailings and Mine Waste 11 is ended and we can now sit back and reflect on what it all means. The easiest way to do this is to look at the PowerPoint slides from Andy Robertson’s keynote address. They are now on InfoMine at this link.