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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. 

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CIDA Supports Canadian Mining: The Pros & Cons of a Rising Debate

Posted in About the news, blogs, Enviromental, Human relations and mining, People, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Soon after the fall of the Berlin wall, we descended on Wismut, East Germany with proposals to help them cleanup the old uranium mines, mills, and tailings impoundments that the Russians left behind.  The large American consulting firm that I was working for at the time, believed that with our UMTRA Project experience, we were [...]

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Barrick’s Beyond Borders Blog

Posted in blogs, Human relations and mining, Latin America, Law (Mining), mining, Peru, tagged , , on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »

On the right-hand side of this posting is my blog-roll.  Here I list all the blogs that I have found that are true blogs or reasonable facsimiles of a blog about mining.  I have just added a new one to the list.  It is called Beyond Borders.  It is run by Barrick and subtitled Responsible [...]

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Social Responsibility in Mining

Posted in British Columbia, First Nations, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged , , , on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

A short note to share with you a site that I came across today.  Here is the link to the procedings of the First International Seminar on Social Responsibility in Mining held in Santiago, Chile in October 2011.  I have not had time to download and look at all of the PowerPoint presentations.  Those I [...]

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Hugo. Muppets Movie.

Posted in About the news, California, Human relations and mining, People, tagged , , , , , , , on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This afternoon, the six-year old grandson and I went to the movie, Hugo.  If I had not read him the book before we went, I would still be wondering if this is a European fairy tale, an American dream, a morality tale, a warning to old men not to loose their dreams, or an inspiration [...]

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Swearing in Mining Terminlogy

Posted in communication, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged , , , , on November 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »

There are no swear words in this posting so read on in clear conscience.  Yet today I learnt a new swear word.   This from my grandson who heard it from a fellow grade 1 student.  

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Oil Sands, Conspiracy Theories, and the Keystone Pipeline

Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Enviromental, feasibilty studies, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), North America, Oil sands on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a picture of Jacob fighting with the Angel:  a fight of good versus better;  of logic versus instinct; of theory versus philosophy; of family versus God; and the ultimate biblical story of submission to higher powers. 

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Transportation to Mines: Is Light Rail Transport the Answer?

Posted in Human relations and mining, Oil sands, tagged , , , on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I have spent many hours in airports and planes going to remote mines.  In the past four years, I have spent even more time sitting in traffic jams en route to the oil sands mines north of Fort McMurray. 

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Mining Advertizing: Accolades to Vale, Hitachi, Bucyrus, and Others

Posted in blogs, communication, Human relations and mining, tagged , , , , , , on October 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Browsing through some of the older postings in this blog, I noticed adverts at the end of a number of the postings.  I have always followed a no-advert policy for this blog, lest I find my opinions compromised.  So let me assure you that any ads you see on  this blog are not there because [...]

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Mine Closure: 10 things that go wrong

Posted in acid mine drainage, decomissioning, environmental, Human relations and mining, Mining history, Reclamation, tagged , , , on September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The mine closure conference is underway in one of those tourist towns in the Rockies of Alberta.  I am not there; somehow the event snuck up on me and I just could not bring myself to go to another conference where I would snooze unceasingly through dull talks in hushed and dark rooms.  It is [...]

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