Today was cold, mainly as a result of last night’s snow which left a wet slush on the sidewalks of the townhouse complex. I trudged through the slush to dispose of garbage in the common shed from which it is collected at irregular intervals. Lying in the shed was a yellowed copy of an old [...]
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Is Sex Necessary?
Posted in health and safety, Mining history, tagged e. b.. white, is sex necessary, sex, thurber on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gleision Colliery Mining Fatalities Re-examined
Posted in About the news, Coal, health and safety, tagged colliery, gleision, queen elizabeth on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What with Welsh miners in the news and possibly becoming a feature of the presidential election, let us turn to a story of the death of four miners last year in a Welsh coal mine. Here is what Queen Elizabeth said in her Christmas message about the deaths:
Another Bottle of Water For Failure at China’s Sichuan Mines
Posted in About the news, Asia, Enviromental, environmental, health and safety, tagged bottled water, China, lafarge, longmen moountain, mianyang, sichuan on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From the ChinaDaily.com.cn a report that “Residents of Mianyang, a city in Sichuan province, have begun buying bottled water in a panic after authorities announced that the chief local water source had been contaminated by residue washed away by floodwaters from a local manganese plant.”
Trek, Cannondale, and Seymour Riding
Posted in British Columbia, environmental, health and safety, tagged bike, caoondale, lower seymour, sex, trek, Vancouver on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Mining made the metals and money; so today I bought a new bicycle. I do not need a new bike, but what the hell, it is beautiful and so light that I can pick it up with two fingers.
Why Dams Fail in Mining and Civil Projects
Posted in Asia, health and safety, Mining history, Tailings, tagged bakun dam, blondin, dam, quality control, sinhoydro, verwoerd on April 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes tailings dam fail because of the poor quality of the construction. Sometimes mine geowaste facilities fail because of poor design. On the basis of today’s events, I conclude that they may fail because of poor concepts, poor understanding of the theory, and plain simple incompetence.
Rules is Rules. In Mining Too!
Posted in health and safety, tagged accident, fire, rules on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The following arrived in my in-box this morning. Enjoy. The Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, Kansas, when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina.
Mine Safety. Mine Safety in Alaska.
Posted in health and safety, North America, safety, tagged fort knox, Greens Creek, kensington, MSAH, safety on March 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Mining can be the safest activity. What you need is the right safety program and skilled people to lead the mine safety program. That is the message that comes through clear from the presentations this morning at the Alaska Miners Association Conference in Juneau, Alaska.
Alaska Miners Association Spring Meeting
Posted in blogs, decomissioning, health and safety, North America, Reclamation, tagged alaska mining association, edumine, Greens Creek, Juneau, Kensington mine, mine closure, spring meeting on February 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Alaska Miners Association Southeast Spring Meeting is in Juneau from March 15 to 18, 2011. A preliminary agenda can be found at the link. Topics for sessions include: training, safety, and exploration. On the Saturday following the conference are field trips to Greens Creek or the Kensington Mine. I know Greens Creek well, so [...]
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 [...]
An Open Letter to Jennifer Moore of MiningWatch
Posted in About the news, First Nations, health and safety, Latin America, safety, tagged death, earthquake, Goldcorp, Guatemala, haiti, jennifer moore, marlin mine, MiningWatch on November 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This morning’s e-mails brought this announcement from MiningWatch. We congratulate Jennifer Moore who has been hired by MiningWatch to deal with the Marlin Mine in Guatemala. It is with great excitement that we announce that Jennifer Moore has been hired on as our new Latin America Program Coordinator. Jennifer’s excellent skills and extensive experience as [...]
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