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EPA’s Pebble Mine Review: Presidents in the Making

Posted in blogs, consulting, environmental, Human relations and mining, North America, tagged , , , , , , on May 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Background:  In response to requests, the U.S. EPA has undertaken to review the Pebble Mine.  They are apparently acting  in terms of the Clean Water Act, although many dispute their authority to do so.   The review is taking place before any formal submittals have been made by Anglo America, and many claim that Anglo should [...]

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Women & Gays in Chile Mining

Posted in blogs, consulting, Human relations and mining, Latin America, tagged , , , , , on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Today I received an email from a student at one of those ivy-league universities in the east.  She asked my opinion on a number of issues about Chile.  Apparently she and a group of fellow student are about to go to Chile to report on the following:

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Maps, Museums of Santiago, and Mines of Australia.

Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Mining history, tagged , , , , on May 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »

While in Santiago, which I left yesterday, I went to the Museum of Fine Arts.  They have an exhibition of old maps—those gorgeous colorful and ornate affairs replete with curlicues and swirls.  I spent much time just stunned by the size and beauty of the maps. 

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Innovation in Mining. A New Book from PDAC and the Mining Assocation of Canada

Posted in decomissioning, environmental, Metallurgy, North America, tagged , , , on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Late evening in Santiago, but still I must post this information.  At this link you will find a fascinating book put out by the Mining Association of Canada and the PDAC.  It is called 100 Innovations in the Mining Industry. It takes a while to download, but be patient.  The resultant product is well worth the [...]

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Calama, Chile Mining the Beauty of the Land

Posted in consulting, Geotechnical, Latin America, mining, tagged , , , on May 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »

And we went north, to the north of Chile where there is no vegetation and the geology is clear and the beauty is in the rocks and sediment nakedly exposed to the intense blue sky and our curious gaze.  Words cannot describe the power of this landscape which is not on any tourist’s map, for [...]

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2011 Wages for U.S. Metal and Industrial Mineral Mines

Posted in Copper, Gold, Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged , , , , , on May 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »

There are conventionally 2,080 work hours in a year.  Thus somebody earning a wage of $20 an hour gets the equivalent of a salary of about $42,000.  Considering the mine manager makes about $100,000 to $150,000 a year, it is interesting to take a look at actual wages paid to miners in the United States [...]

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U.S. Metal and Industrial Metal Mine Salaries for 2011

Posted in Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged , , , , , on April 30, 2012 | 3 Comments »

There is no such thing as an average miner.  There is no such thing as an average salary.  Yet we can get some idea of how well mining people are paid by looking at the average salaries for 2011 on U.S. Metal and Industrial Metal Mines.  Here are some averages from the recently published CostMine, [...]

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A walk through Santiago

Posted in Copper, Latin America, Mining history, tagged , , on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Being a Sunday I took long walks through the city.  Here are some pictures of things that caught my attention.  A typical street scene with public clock and advert.   The copper man–indeed a live human all dolled up in copper.  The spires of the cathederal in the main square.  This is the statue of [...]

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Russian Mining Engineer Seeks Advancement

Posted in Europe, Jobs and Salaries, tagged , on April 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Can you help a Russian mining engineer?  I often get personal emails from readers of this blog seeking advice or help.   I cannot help them all; but I try to answer them all and give my opinion that might help them. 

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Travels Around Santiago

Posted in consulting, Latin America, Uncategorized, tagged , , on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This is another diary item: about today’s car trip 100 kilometers north of Santiago, then to the coast, down the coast, to Valpariso, and hence back to the city.  This is magnificent, awe-inspiring county-side.  No words could fully capture it so here a few pictures. The Headquarters of the Chilean navy.  A navy ship at [...]

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