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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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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…)

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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:

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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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