Monday and to serious mining topics. Today’s topic is mining impact benefit agreements. I received an email from somebody asking me what I knew of the topic. Very little in truth. I sought help and this is the reply I received:
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Mining Impact Benefit Agreements
Posted in British Columbia, First Nations, Jobs and Salaries, mining, North America, tagged aboriginal, Ekati, First Nations, impact benefit agreement, mining, PDAC on February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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:
Far North Canadian Mining Mischief Bedevils Aboriginal Chiefs
Posted in Diamond, First Nations, Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged attawapiskat, de beers, financial post, Republic of Mining, Stan Sudol on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Canadian Financial Post today posts an article on Ontario’s Far North Act. The author of the article is Stan Sudol who also runs the mining blog Republic of Mining. In his blog he focuses on what is happening in mining in Ontario. That is a subject I seldom deal with, for Ontario is far away [...]
Mining Injustice Solidarity Network Conference
Posted in About the news, environmental, First Nations, Oil sands, tagged dave vasey, mining injustice solidarity, network, tar sands, toronto on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the weekend of a conference on mining that will not make headlines in the mainstream press. The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network is holding the conference in Toronto.
The White Tiger: manipulating blogs for mining benefit, social media, and takovers.
Posted in blogs, British Columbia, First Nations, tagged century mining, Edwards John, Tyee, white tiger on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A very different mining blog; I refer to the Century Mining Blog. It tells us up front that “this blog is open for viewing by the general public, but posting is restricted to Blog Members.”
Infaticide by Guatemalan Mining Protestors
Posted in About the news, blogs, First Nations, Human relations and mining, Latin America, People, tagged catherine nolan, FREDEMI, Guatemala, marlin mine, protest, San Jose Ixcaniche, university northern british columbia on March 5, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Last month a baby died in Guatemala near the Marlin Mine. The baby died because of the actions of protestors come to disrupt mining operation.
The People of Mine Closure: Inspiration from the Getty Center, Los Angeles
Posted in California, First Nations, Human relations and mining, North America, Reclamation, tagged getty center, Los Angeles, mine closure, People on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today we took the kids to the Getty Center in the mountains of Los Angeles. The architecture is superb; the art work terrible–a testament to money in the absence of taste. The only piece that brought a smile and that captured the interest of the kids was the outdoors sculpture pictured here.
More Mine Closure Issues: California Redux
Posted in California, environmental, First Nations, Investing & Finance, Mining history, North America, Reclamation, tagged angle camp, brian fagan, mine closure, san francisco, skyrocket, yamana on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some forty miles east of San Francisco is an old mine. It operated for about five years and never made a profit. Then it was closed. It has been “in closure” ever since and millions have been spent on lawyers, lobbyists, consultants, and actual works to make dilution the solution. It will never be [...]
Mine Closure Criteria: Thoughts from Narnia
Posted in British Columbia, environmental, First Nations, Law (Mining), tagged aslan, c. s. lewis, closure, dawn treader, God, mining, narnia on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today we took the California grandkids to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third in the Chronicles of Narnia. Then we went to Barnes & Noble and bought Prince Caspian, which we had not hitherto seen. We watched Prince Caspian this evening, and so I am now satiated with Aslan, Caspians, Narnians, [...]
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