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Saturday is opera day. Tonight it was Adelaide di Borgogna, an early Rossini opera. The story is simple, yet complex: another tale of political intrigue, of wars lost & won, of loves spurned & returned, of the cry for independence. Continue Reading »
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Posted in brandy, communication, consulting, mining, People | Tagged blue and white, bridge, dictator, freedom, graffiti, hunger games, paste 2013, paulo abrao, rum jungle | 1 Comment »
Professor Jere Jennings who taught so many of us now-old civil engineers in mining used to say: “When you have read everything there is to read, when you have done all the calculations possible, then drink a bottle of brandy and exercise engineering judgement.” Continue Reading »
Posted in brandy, consulting, Environment, mining, Mining history, People, Reclamation, Tailings, Uncategorized | Tagged brandy, cannon mine, filter pressed tailings, Greens Creek, judgement, Oil sands, optimum seasonal deposition, pond 5 suncor, Prof Jennings, ralp peck, Tailings | 1 Comment »
A few random thoughts that I penned (typed) today on the topic of cement amendment of filtered tailings. The tailings are the result of facts and processes beyond the control of the stack designer. The ore and its inherent variability dictate the fundamental nature of the tailings particles. The grind the process engineer dictates to get the most gold, silver, copper, or other valuable material being mined, dictates the size and gradation of the tailings. The ability of the filter equipment manufacturer to squeeze water out of the fluid-like tailings dictates the moisture content of the tailings as received by the stack operator. Continue Reading »
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A while ago I speculated on mine energy balances. Here is an email I received commenting on the previous posting. The email was from Herman van Antwerpen of M-Tech in Potchefstrrom, South Africa. Continue Reading »
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This past weekend, a colleague sent me word of the Tailings & Waste Management Workshop to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa 29 to 31 July. The course is to be lead by Dr. Gordon M Ritcey of GM Ritcey & Associates in Ottawa, Canada. Although the workshop announcement says he is an International Consultant and Adjunct Professor of Hydrometallurgy at Curtin University WA School of Mines. Continue Reading »
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Capilano University students have wrapped all art in black plastic. Seems the university is cutting funding to the arts program and the students have responded by blacking out art on the campus. Continue Reading »
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