There is no mine water solution for the Pascua Lama mine in the high Andes of Chile and Argentina. Here is one report: (more…)
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Easter weekend for miners; Opera; Orpheus and Euridice.
Posted in brandy, Church, Global Warming, Mining history, opera, tagged easter, euridice, eurydike, Global Warming, gluck, lower seymour conservation area, opera, orfeo, orpeus on March 31, 2013 | 2 Comments »
On the mines of South Africa, a long time ago, Easter was a special occasion. It was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn; it was a long weekend when even the miners did not work; it was a family time; and we went to Church to pray for lives lost and redeemed. For through the year, there were always deaths and distress. After Lent, this seemed an appropriate time to reminisce. (more…)
Mining Investment Advice from Willis and from Ernst & Young: Share the Benefits and Share the Water
Posted in Community relations, Global Warming, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, mining, tagged benefits, ernst & young, investment, Tailings, water, willis on February 5, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Here are links to two e-books on the issues of risks and mining in 2013. Both required reading if you are investing in mining:
EPA Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Peer Review Report: Perpetual Management & Argument
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…)
What Do Mining Engineers Do?
Posted in consulting, environmental, First Nations, Global Warming, health and safety, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, mining, Mining history, People, Policy and procedure, tagged career, civil engineer, education, fly-in, fly-out, mining engineer. NGO on November 9, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Over a span of nearly forty years consulting to the mining industry, I have worked with many mining engineers. On the basis of long experience, I can say with confidence that mining engineers spend most of their time in meetings, listening to consultants and staff and making hard decisions about the mine they work for or manage. (more…)
Stop Enbridge. Save the Salish Sea. Sail Wind.
Posted in British Columbia, First Nations, Global Warming, Human relations and mining, Oil sands, tagged enbridge, North Vancouver, protest, salish sea on September 3, 2012 | 8 Comments »
On yet another sunny day in a record-breaking streak of dry weather, I rode down to a park here on the North Shore where they we demonstrating to stop pipelines from the oil sands to the coast of BC and hence to China. (more…)
Mining Risks & Investment Risks According to the Major Mining Companies
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Commodity, Community relations, consulting, Global Warming, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, mining, tagged Anglo American, annual report, BHP, conga mine, InfoMine, investment, mining, Pebble Mine, Rio Tinto, risk on August 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Each year, each mining company produces an Annual Report. Ignore the color pictures of locals, women geologists, heart-rending schools & hospitals built with mining profits, and go instead to the sections headed RISKS. (more…)
Ekati and Diavik to Harry Winston
Posted in About the news, consulting, Diamond, Global Warming, Investing & Finance, People, Tailings, tagged Diavik, Ekati, Global Warming, harry winston, ice road on August 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The news today is that Harry Winston and BHP are talking about the sale of the Ekati Diamond Mine. Specifically Harry Winston is seeking to purchase the Ekati Diamond Mine. Harry Winston is already talking to Rio Tinto about buying Diavik. If he gets both, he will be a diamond force in the north. (more…)
The Parched Midwest and Batman on West African Mining
Posted in Global Warming, Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged batman, bugger you, drought, french revolution, holy crap, ice age, Iowa, iowa city on July 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I am in Iowa near Iowa City. The land is parched, the corn stunted, the grass brown, and the rivers low. The talk is all of drought and despair. The heat is intense and unpleasant. I try to remind myself it is nice to be warm after a long, wet winter in Vancouver, but to no avail. (more…)
Major Mining In The Not So Cold North
Posted in Diamond, Global Warming, North America, tagged diamonds, Diavik, Ekati, Global Warming, ice roads, mining on March 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I think the business section of the paper is consistently the most interesting; there is always some article which catches your eye. Today’s point of interest has a mining basis which relates to one of the major Northwest Territories diamond mines, Diavik. In short, Rio Tinto is looking to sell its stake in the mine in order to focus on “expanding into more scalable and profitable commodities such as iron ore, copper and uranium” as their investment in diamond mining amounts to less than 2% of total profits. (more…)
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