The Wisconsin legislature has just posted a proposed new law on mining in the state. The full document is available at this link. At 191 pages it is not a short read; but it is a must-read. And it is a fascinating read. It is serious and sometimes frivolous. Consider these sections that caught my eye on [...]
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Design A Mine Waste Facility: Guidance From Wisconsin
Posted in acid mine drainage, environmental, Law (Mining), mining, Tailings, Underground, Waste Rock, tagged law, Reclamation, Tailings, Waste Rock, Wisconsin on February 14, 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:
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.
Another Bottle of Water For Failure at China’s Sichuan Mines
Posted in About the news, Asia, Enviromental, environmental, health and safety, tagged bottled water, China, lafarge, longmen moountain, mianyang, sichuan on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From the ChinaDaily.com.cn a report that “Residents of Mianyang, a city in Sichuan province, have begun buying bottled water in a panic after authorities announced that the chief local water source had been contaminated by residue washed away by floodwaters from a local manganese plant.”
Trek, Cannondale, and Seymour Riding
Posted in British Columbia, environmental, health and safety, tagged bike, caoondale, lower seymour, sex, trek, Vancouver on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Mining made the metals and money; so today I bought a new bicycle. I do not need a new bike, but what the hell, it is beautiful and so light that I can pick it up with two fingers.
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