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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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 »
Bill C-300 vs. Piedra vs. Copper Mesa Mining
Posted in Community relations, Law (Mining), North America, tagged Bill C-300, copper mesa, [oedra on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are in the Canadian mining industry and have not yet read Bill C-300, I recommend you go to this link and read the draft bill. And having read it, I recommend you call your “friendly politician” and tell him/her what you think.
Goldcorp’s Guatemala Marlin Mine Shut Down
Posted in Community relations, Investing & Finance, Latin America, tagged Goldcorp, Guatemala, marlin mine on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Late breaking news from an e-mail just received. And this is sad news. This is the result of concerted false information disseminated by interested parties. It stands as a sober reminder to all miners and investors of the importance of keeping abreast of local politics, NGO activities, and lies, damn lies, and statistics. It proves [...]
Marlin Mine Human Rights Assessment
Posted in Community relations, consulting, Gold, health and safety, Human relations and mining, Latin America, Law (Mining), tagged crack, earthquake, Goldcorp, Guatemala, houses, human rights, marlin mine on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At this link is the Executive Summary of the Human Rights Assessment of Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine. The full report does not yet appear to be available; although there is a promise it will be when the Spanish translation is available.
Guatemala mining and the good person philosophy
Posted in Church, Community relations, consulting, environmental, First Nations, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, tagged Goldcorp, Guatemala, marlin, mining, sustainable on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The mists settle over the valley. A large-wing-span bird soars the wind. The sun sets pink and red over purple hills. This is the view from the mining camp where I am now.
Malema and Mining Opponents–including Bill C-300
Posted in Africa, Church, Community relations, Law (Mining), mining, tagged Bill C-300, malema. south africa. nationalize, mining on March 16, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Julius Malema has called for the nationalization of South Africa’s mines. I have warned investors to stay away from South African mines as long as Malema and his ilk are rampant. A new report on Malema and those who seek to gain control of first world mining operations also reveals much about the motivations of [...]
Avatar as a criticism of mining or a reflection of deep cultural memory
Posted in blogs, Church, Community relations, Enviromental, First Nations, Human relations and mining, Latin America, Mining history, tagged avatar, Bill C-300, james cameron, nonobtainium, Pebble Mine, sustainable mining, tribe on January 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
My grandson, four-years old, and me went this afternoon to see Avatar. This is the billion-dollar-grossing movie from James Cameron that is now all the rage.
Roundup tools for mining engagement with aboriginal peoples
Posted in Community relations, tagged aboriginal, Anglo American, First Nation, INAC, mining, Newmont, roundup, tools on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From this afternoon’s Roundup a few “tools” that were mentioned that may be useful when undertaking aboriginal engagement.
Sicilian vespers for Sudbury mining
Posted in Community relations, First Nations, Jobs and Salaries, North America, opera, tagged crisis, Cuba, david leadbeater, mining, nickel, Sudbury on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The boom and bust of the price of nickel is best seen in a chart. My computer skills do not permit me to shown the fifteen-year price of nickel. Try the link or use the many features of CommoditiesMine to produce your own graph. Whichever way you look at it, the price of nickel spiked [...]
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 [...]
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