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 asa butterfield, brain selznick, Disney, george melies, hugo, movie, muppet movie, mupppet movie 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 [...]
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.
Transportation to Mines: Is Light Rail Transport the Answer?
Posted in Human relations and mining, Oil sands, tagged Fort McMurray, LRT, security, traffic 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.
Mining Advertizing: Accolades to Vale, Hitachi, Bucyrus, and Others
Posted in blogs, communication, Human relations and mining, tagged bucyrus, cementation, GE, haulmax, hitachi, metso, Vale 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 [...]
Mine Closure: 10 things that go wrong
Posted in acid mine drainage, decomissioning, environmental, Human relations and mining, Mining history, Reclamation, tagged andy robertson, mine closure, Pebble Mine, Witwatersrand 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 [...]
Mining for Harry Potter
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged britannia museum, harry potter, horcrux, mining, voldermort on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we took the oldest grandsons to the Britannia Mining Museum, about an hour north of Vancouver up the Sea to Sky Highway—surely one of the most beautiful drives in the world. Today we took them to see the new Harry Potter movie.
Delusions of Disaster-Prone Mining Companies
Posted in consulting, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged C Pitzer, CIM, disaster, international, mine, SAFEmap on June 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Here is an abstract from the CIM conference in May 2011. Beware that this is a baffling abstract—hardly clear what the point is, but somehow I get the impression there is a new idea there. If only the authors were forced to prepare papers instead of being let off the hook with some pusillanimous abstract. This abstract [...]
Is British Columbia failing to plan for and close mines responsibly?
Posted in British Columbia, decomissioning, Human relations and mining, mining, tagged British Columbia, mine closure, Victoria environmental law centre on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mine Closure in any jurisdiction is fraught with difficulty. There are as many rules, and as many different systems of regulations, as there are mining locales. Yet, mostly nobody seems to be getting it right. The failure to fully provide for and implement responsible mine closure arises from the tension between what the miners want [...]
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