The Huffington Post was sold this week for millions. For years I have dipped into it occasionally for a balance on the news. I even fought the folk here at InfoMine telling them the format is attractive and easy to use. At last this advice is getting implemented–but only partially.
Archive for the ‘communication’ Category
Mining.com Updates a New Gold Price Image
Posted in blogs, communication, Copper, Gold, Investing & Finance, mining, Uncategorized, tagged Copper, egypt, Gold, Huffington Post, mining.com, price, silver on February 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Consulting to Good & Skilled Mining Clients
Posted in communication, consulting, mining, tagged amanger, client, consulting, ego, project on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During a career as a consultant spanning nearly forty years, I have consulted to many different types of clients. Some I would say I have worked for; a few I have worked with. In this latter category, I include the best client every, and the second best, who moved on this week.
Facilitating Mining Meetings
Posted in communication, consulting, feasibilty studies, tagged facilitate, faciltator, meeting, mining on September 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Last week we participated in a mining-related meeting. Present were five folk from the mining company paying the bill—an indication of the significance to their operations of the issues on the table. Also present were experts from six consulting companies. One of the companies was the “engineer of record” as they are doing the detailed design and construction [...]
More on racialism in mining thanks to Erc Holder
Posted in communication, First Nations, Law (Mining), tagged BC, Eric Holder, First Nation, mining, negotiations, racilism on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An earlier piece on racialism in mining (see two postings down) has elicited one fine comment, and a great deal of discussion around the office. The only discussion I will partially record was at lunch with a young fellow who heads a failing junior-mining company. He is a miner and a Canadian and I [...]
Mining in sign language
Posted in communication, Community relations, tagged american sign language, fort belvoir, mining on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fort Belvoir in Virginia is a large army base. Today we drove the fall woods that cover much of the base to a small school for the military kids. In a large classroom, mothers convened for the baby sign-language class. All but one of the ten kids has normal hearing. All were younger than about two-years [...]
Sustainable mining is no longer sustainable–the oil sands verbal slip affects us all
Posted in About the news, communication, Oil sands, tagged ASA, development, Fort McMurray, mining, Oil sands, responsible mining, Shell, sustainable on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The front page of Fort McMurray Today carries a long article on the call by the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that Royal Dutch Shell’s use of the word “sustainable” to describe their oil sands projects is both misleading and ambiguous. Here is a link to another good web report on the finding. They say:
Consultants’ Mining Blogs: Theory & Practice: and a Recipe for Disaster & Success
Posted in communication, Community relations, tagged blogging, blogs, consultants, groundwater, mining on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Boarding a flight to Fort McMurray (a mining town if ever there was one) a fellow consultant asked my opinion about what he called “Consultants’ Mining Blogs.” He works for a local medium-sized consultant to the mining industry and is considering a blog of their own to impress their mining clients. The flight was full [...]
ICMM: recycle garbage, reuse ideas, and sustain responsibility
Posted in communication, Human relations and mining, People, tagged AngloGold, ICMM, responsible mining, sustainable mining, Teck Cominco, Tony Hodge on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday morning brings: the continuing heat of a high pressure system; the incessant whine of grass cutting; and the clanging of garbage collection trucks. Monday also brings a slew of new mining-related newsletters and promotional literature. That from The International Council of Mining and Metals is worth reading—and comment. This issue deals with the usual: responsible mining [...]
Thanks for the comments: insight on this blog’s inner workings
Posted in communication, tagged blog, Huntington Beach, i think mining, mining on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a short note to those who have recently posted insightful comments on articles on this blog. I am “holidaying” with grandkids in California and can barely access the internet. But the details of the blog, including vetting of the spam comments and posting of the valid ones, are managed by staff at InfoMine in Vancouver. I owe [...]
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