A commenter on this blog once asked: “What is it like to live in a fly-in, fly-out mining camp?” Here is my answer; it is based on a recent trip and three-day stay in a northern Canadian fly-in, fly-out mining camp. You get up early on Monday morning to be at the side-airport by six o’clock. The sun [...]
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Fly-In, Fly-Out Mining Camps
Posted in consulting, Human relations and mining, People, tagged fly-in. fly-out. miing camp. EduMine on June 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pablo Neruda on Chile Mining
Posted in mining, Mining history, People, tagged Chile, mining, pablo neruda, poet on May 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In search of books in English, I walked far around the northeast parts of Santiago. I found a small store at the metro station called Escuela Militar selling books in English. Before that I had walked past the military school that gives the station its name. The buildings are forbidding: vast arrays of columns and [...]
Chile Placer Gold Mining
Posted in Gold, Mining history, People, tagged Alaska, Chile, Gold, placer miining on April 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Before coming to Santiago, I had thought of Chile as a place of copper mines. Today I learnt that gold was and is a major mined product of Chile. Today I lunched with two young geologists exploring the hillsides above an old placer deposit which, they tell me, financed the founding of Santiago and ultimately [...]
EduMine, AMEC, and Me on Mine Tailings
Posted in consulting, People, Tailings, tagged amec, conference, edumine, geoff blight, kimberly morrison, michael davies, steve vick, Tailings, Tailings and Mine Waste, Teck, todd martin on April 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It was almost six months ago that we met at the 2011 Tailings and Mine Waste Conference in Vancouver. It is only six months until we meet at the 2012 conference in Colorado, and before that we have to write the papers.
Pebble Mine and Anglo American Investment Advice
Posted in Investing & Finance, People, tagged Anglo American, invest, Pebble Mine, Tailings on April 16, 2012 | 5 Comments »
The original of this posting caused a stir. Rereading the posting, I can see why. So to any offended, I say sorry. In vino veritas. Nevertheless I edit, but stick to my original thesis: this is a rumination on investing, not engineering. So I write only about my investing thoughts, not about profound and difficult [...]
Fidel Castro is certifiably mad; at least on mining.
Posted in Latin America, People, tagged Castro, Cuba, mining on April 10, 2012 | 6 Comments »
There are many reports on today’s new about a rant and rave by Fidel Castro on mining. Granted the old man is certifiable mad and that he runs a country supported by nickel mining and we can safely ignore all he says. Another testament to the tragedy of Cuba as supported by Canadian mining. And to [...]
Beach Boys and Girls – Mine Tailings Beach Pioneers and Innovators
Posted in Geology, Geotechnical, mining, Mining history, People, Tailings, Uncategorized, tagged beach slope prediction, Kupper, Melent'ev, mining, Tailings on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Beaches have a way of attracting attention. Hoards of curvy North Americans flock each year to ocean-side resorts just to sit in pools and stare at beaches. Early explorers travelling by sea sought coves with protected sandy beaches to land their parties and fly their flag. Even whales and sharks, distracted by the bounty of [...]
Roy L. Soderberg and his contribution to mine tailings
Posted in Mining history, People, Tailings, tagged dan kealy, richard busch, roy l soderberg, Tailings and Mine Waste on April 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Abstracts for the Tailings and Mine Waste Conference 2012 to be held in Keystone, Colorado October 14-17, 2012 are due the end of this week. Here is one idea that should be written up, but probably won’t. How about somebody out there volunteering. How about a survey of the work that Roy Soderberg did for tailings. I [...]
NDP on Oil Sands & Mining. What Thomas Mulcair says about coolies is not cool.
Posted in About the news, Oil sands, People, tagged NDP, Oil sands, tarsands, thomas mulcair on March 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Funny how we all know ever detail of the US Republican presidential hopefuls, yet know nothing about those seeking to head up the NDP, the official opposition party in Canada. Today at this link, I got a taste of who might become the next NDP leader and got a smattering of his attitude towards mining.
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