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.
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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 »
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 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
The Week in Mining: Investing in Chile, Congo, and China
Posted in About the news, Africa, health and safety, Investing & Finance, Latin America, tagged Bill C-300, Chile, China, Congo, investing, mining, NGO, rape on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Watching National Public Radio this evening induces weekend reflections on a week in mining. The good news story is the final rescue of the Chilean miners–now back with family, wives, mistresses, and the press. The bad-news story is rape of villagers in the Congo. The endless story is the death toll in Chinese mines. We [...]
Small Mining Consultant Health & Safety
Posted in consulting, health and safety, safety, tagged H&S, mining consultant, nose ring on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in Fort McMurray and on the oil sands mines. The question that was asked by a junior engineer working for a small consulting firm providing services to a big oil sands company is “What Health & Safety Plan do we implement?”
Quicksand Incident Control
Posted in consulting, Geotechnical, health and safety, safety, tagged accident, control, death, incident, piping, quicksand on July 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
An incident is a small event that is a bit out of the ordinary; a mere trifle; a nuisance & irritation; a bit embarrassing maybe; but in the end nothing to worry about. Or is this correct?
Guatemala, Goldcorp, Marlin and the White-Man’s Burden of Mining; The Next Earthquake Disaster and Many Dead
Posted in About the news, Church, Gold, health, health and safety, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Latin America, tagged burden, earthquake church, Goldcorp, Guatemala, lies, marlin, mining on July 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Goldcorp Marlin Mine in Guatemala is a fascinating case history in the ups and downs of mining, of the license-to-mine, of community relations, of so-called sustainable development, and the role of law in a just system. Then there is the fascinating aspect of a government that may not be entirely competent or uncorrupt; [...]
Cold comfort best-practice mine safety
Posted in Diamond, health and safety, safety, tagged BHP, Ekati, safety, zero harm on June 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
And hence from LA to the Canadian Northwest Territories and a lecture on mine safety. I do not know the statistics, but in terms of focus, surely Ekati must be the most safety-conscious mine I have ever been on. BHP can be justifiably proud of the attitude and actions of the people here who [...]
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.
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