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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Mining Investment Advice from Willis and from Ernst & Young: Share the Benefits and Share the Water
Posted in Community relations, Global Warming, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, mining, tagged benefits, ernst & young, investment, Tailings, water, willis on February 5, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Butte, Montana Mine not Guilty of Building Damage
Posted in About the news, Community relations, Law (Mining), North America, tagged anaconda, apartment, arco, butte, cracked house, law, mining, Montana on December 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Caution: Life May be Uneven, Wet, & Dangerous
Posted in blogs, British Columbia, communication, Community relations, tagged caution, dangerous, signs, wet on September 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
From the weekend photo collection, a few of the oh-so-many signs posted to warn us to beware & behave. You get the feeling that all public places are dangerous and that extreme caution is required if you dare venture out-of-doors.
Mining Risks & Investment Risks According to the Major Mining Companies
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Commodity, Community relations, consulting, Global Warming, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, mining, tagged Anglo American, annual report, BHP, conga mine, InfoMine, investment, mining, Pebble Mine, Rio Tinto, risk on August 30, 2012 | 4 Comments »
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…)
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 have put together by now, that review is about the Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA). (more…)
Deloitte predicted the Peru Newmont Cajamarca Debacle
Posted in About the news, communication, Community relations, First Nations, Investing & Finance, Peru, tagged cajamarca, Deloitte, Newmont, Peru on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Deloitte a new report Tracking the trends 2012, The top 10 trends mining companies may face in the coming year. The report starts with this quote: (more…)
CBC Slates Mining Agency, the Failure of Bill C-300, and Guatemala
Posted in About the news, Community relations, Mining history, opera, tagged Bill C-300, CBC, Guatemala, hudbay, mining. canada, Murray Klippenstein, occupy wall street, TV on November 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I do not watch the Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC). Seems nobody else around the office does either. Personally I find the idea of a government-run radio and/or TV network repulsive—smacks of big brother. And a waste of money, apparently a billion dollars a year. (more…)
What the Conservative Majority Means For Mining
Posted in About the news, Community relations, North America, People, tagged Canada, Conservatives, election, elizabeth may, Harper, liberals, mining, NDP on May 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s Sunday: Bomb Libya; Kill Guatemalan Kids; and Ride Bikes.
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Community relations, Latin America, tagged ariadne auf naxos, Guatemala, libya, marlin mine on March 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Bombing Libya and the opera Ariadne Auf Naxos both force us to confront the questions of what is good and what is bad, what is moral and what is amoral, what are gods and men to do in the face of comedy, farce, & tragedy, what to do when the choice is life or death, and is it better to remain silent and survive, or die at the hands of a tyrant bent on genocide? (more…)
Mining Social Media for Meaning in Mining
Posted in blogs, communication, Community relations, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged alaska miners association, blogs, facebook, mining, Pebble Mine, socila media, twitter, you tube, zoe mullard on March 22, 2011 | 9 Comments »
The boat slide quickly along the calm sea, but tidal waves were forming and threatening a rough voyage. We stood on the deck gazing at a blue ocean, green trees, and towering peaks of snow. A peaceful scene wrought of turmoil and storm that reminds you the world is not always beautiful. (more…)
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