The draft report by the EPA on potential mining impacts on Bristol Bay by the Pebble Mine or any of the other seven potential mines in that part of Alaska is published. Here is a link to one report thereon—there are hundreds of news items, so maybe look for others as well if the topic [...]
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EPA Report on Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine
Posted in About the news, acid mine drainage, consulting, environmental, feasibilty studies, First Nations, Gold, Investing & Finance, mining, North America, tagged Alaska, Anglo American, bristol bay, EPA, fish, Pebble Mine on May 19, 2012 | 12 Comments »
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 [...]
Cultural Norms Affect Mining
Posted in brandy, British Columbia, First Nations, Human relations and mining on February 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Friday. An early end to the day. A quick stroll to a disreputable pub amidst the glass towers of Vancouver. Four miners around a small round table, heavy with IPA ale and serious talk.
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 »
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:
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.
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