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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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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

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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.  [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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