Posted in About the news, Coal, health and safety, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, North America, tagged BC, chinese coal miners, court case, federal government, union on November 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Thus far I have refrained from commenting on the fact that Chinese miners are here and more are coming to mine coal in a British Columbia coal mine. It is the sort of topic crafted to get one into trouble whatever you write. But maybe the time is now right—considering a report that a Federal Court has agreed to decide if two British Columbia unions have standing to seek an injunction that would stop more Chinese coal miners coming to work at Tumbler Ridge. (more…)
Posted in About the news, British Columbia, Tailings, tagged BC, failue, HB mine, salmo, Tailings on July 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in British Columbia, opera, tagged ballet, BC, bliss, glass, mozart, ravi shankar, resources, Teck on May 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We thanks another mining company for supporting the arts in British Columbia. Teck Resources is listed as a Corporate Partner of Ballet BC in the program for last night’s ballet, Bliss. (more…)
Posted in communication, First Nations, Law (Mining), tagged BC, Eric Holder, First Nation, mining, negotiations, racilism on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An earlier piece on racialism in mining (see two postings down) has elicited one fine comment, and a great deal of discussion around the office. The only discussion I will partially record was at lunch with a young fellow who heads a failing junior-mining company. He is a miner and a Canadian and I respect his opinions and stories. Particularly the one I note below on racialism in negotiations to open mines.
Posted in About the news, Copper, First Nations, Gold, Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), tagged BC, First Nation, fish, God, Kemess, mining, Northgate, war, Xeni Gwet'in on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For two very different views of mining in British Columbia, see these links:
The first tells of the proposed Prosperity Mine near Williams Lake. The open-pit, copper-gold operation would generate $5 billion in “economic activity” over a projected 20-year life. The Xeni Gwet’in First Nation opposes the mine because getting water for the mine would involve destruction of Fish Lake described as “a pristine fishing hole under the shadow of Anvil Mountain, the lake is home to a unique subspecies of rainbow trout.”
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