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.
Archive for the ‘Australia and New Zealand’ Category
Maps, Museums of Santiago, and Mines of Australia.
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Mining history, tagged Australia, maps, mines, museum, santiago on May 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
U.S. versus Australian Mine Manager Salaries
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Coal, Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged Australia, income, salary, U.S. on April 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today Jennifer Leinhart of CostMine sent me these two volumes: 2011 Survey Results: U.S. Coal Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits 2011 Survey Results: U.S. Metal & Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits
Why Invest in Australian Mining?
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, blogs, consulting, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, tagged Australia, bubble, burst, invest, mining on March 25, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Right now it seems a no-brainer: invest in Australian mining. Well, maybe this is not good advice. According to a smart young Australian with whom I chatted this week, Australia is headed for decline, decay, and mining investment disaster.
Mining Impact Benefit Agreements
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, British Columbia, Community relations, First Nations, North America, Policy and procedure, tagged First Nations, IBA, impact benefit agreement, John Hart on March 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I received an email stating that a Technology Review I wrote had just been put up on the InfoMine website. Now, I haven’t had the chance to write many reviews so I am a little proud this as it is the first to be lovingly loaded onto a server somewhere. As I’m sure you [...]
Mining Subsidence and Loss of Water to Mines
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Coal, environmental, Europe, Mining history, North America, Underground, tagged Coal, mining subsidence, woronora on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” comes to mind when you look at the above photos. I was talking to a colleague about his trip to Timmins, Ontario for an Undergraduate Geological Engineering field trip to visit the old gold and base metal mines. I too had to share a few [...]
Cost Estimator Jobs in the Mining Industry
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Jobs and Salaries, mining, Money & Mining, tagged Australia, cost estimator, jobs on March 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The arrival at a big number before a project and the logging of smaller ones during – that is what I associate with the role of a cost estimator. It is one profession that I feel I know, not that I can do it; I just grew up with it.
While My Boss Isn’t Looking
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Jobs and Salaries, Uncategorized, tagged careers, future, games, mining on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the course of many years and more than 1,400 postings I have been the only writer for this blog. Time to bring in a fresh perspective. This piece is by Fergus Murphy of Trinity College, Dublin. He is a master’s civil engineer working with us. His writing caught my eye. I like his attitude. [...]
New Zealand Mining Debate: Lamb vs Lignite?
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Coal, mining, tagged lamb, mining, mutton, new Zealand, straterra on January 26, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Growing up in South Africa, we ate a great deal of mutton. It was cheap & available. I knew nothing of steak and salmon until I got to Vancouver, where salmon is cheap & available. Yet I still long for the gamey taste of mutton. I found it once in Mexican Hat in the Navajo [...]
$200,000 Working as a Miner
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, tagged income, mining, salary, wage on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The first posting this week as I have just gotten back from working on a mine—and earning far less than $200,000 per year. I note the income of $200,000 a year as my email inbox is filled with links to a report on young folk on Australian mines earning $200,000 a year. Here is the [...]
EduMine and AIG on professional development
Posted in About the news, Australia and New Zealand, consulting, tagged aig, edumine, leearning on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This post is replete with contradiction, cynicism, and self-promotion. Yet I am making a genuine attempt to make a serious point, even though I degenerate into foresaid faults.
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