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:
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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 »
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.
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 »
As I write, the results are in: the Conservatives are the majority party in the Canadian parliament and the New Democratic Party is the official opposition. The Liberals and the Party of Quebec are trashed. The immediate question is what does this mean for the mining industry?
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, [...]
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.
Continue as a mining engineer? But run and blog along the way to professional satisfaction, prosperity, and community benefit.
Posted in blogs, Community relations, Geotechnical, Investing & Finance, tagged career, community development, investing, mining engineer, Sandia on February 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Here is an edited e-mail I recently received: I am young mining engineer with three years experience. I am at that point where I should really commit myself to the trade or back off and go a different direction. I am thinking about an advanced degree/further education but I am not sure on what: Mining engineering, geotechnical engineering [...]
The Residual Value of a Diamond Mine: Towards a Secure Philosophy of Mine Closure
Posted in Africa, Community relations, decomissioning, Diamond, Jobs and Salaries, Reclamation, tagged Botswana, closure, Diamond, mine, philosophy, value on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The art, or is it science, of mine closure is still a youngster. There is no agreed fundamental philosophy or even technical approach. This is strange when you consider that mining has been around for a long time and many mines have been worked out. Most have been abandoned as the many abandoned mine [...]
Anvil Mining, the Un-DRC, and NGOs Class Action Law Suites
Posted in About the news, Africa, Community relations, Copper, due dilligence, health and safety, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), People, tagged anvil mining, Bill C-300, CAAI, DRC, impunity, John Sabine, Kilwa, NGO on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We will have to await the course of fighting lawyers to learn how this story plays out; but even now there is plenty to tell and plenty to cogitate. It all relates to helping the democratically elected government of the DCR kill seventy of its own. In short the story, as I pick it up from a number [...]
Good Mining Advertizing? Anglo angles watery appeals.
Posted in Community relations, Heap leach, Reclamation, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged advert, Anglo American, ladies hard hats, Pebble Mine, porn, water on November 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have often railed against those unimaginative mining ads that show ladies in hard hats standing in front of a large truck, smiling as they try to look natural and in support of women in mining.
Bill C-300 Fails: Reflections on Perfidy
Posted in About the news, Community relations, Law (Mining), North America, tagged Bill C-300, Canada, Liberal, NDP, star chamber on October 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The news is that the private member Bill C-300 failed to pass in the Canadian parliament yesterday. This bill would have allowed any agitator anywhere to accuse a Canadian mining company of anything that irritated the accuser; the bureaucrats in Ottawa would have judged; the mining company would have had no way to defend themselves; [...]
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