There is no mine water solution for the Pascua Lama mine in the high Andes of Chile and Argentina. Here is one report: (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Chile’
Advanced Tailings Management: The 3Cs, 3Ss, and 3Ts
Posted in People, Tailings, tagged 3C, 3S, 3T, arcadis, Chile, citt, conventional tailings, EduMine. webcast, patterson and cooke, sergio barrera, Tailings, thickened tailings on November 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There is still time to register to attend the EduMine webcast on Advanced Tailings Management. Next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 8 to 11 am Pacific Time, we present a webcast on Advanced Tailings Management. (more…)
National Mining Association Minerals Make America
Posted in blogs, brandy, consulting, Latin America, People, tagged Chile, jamie caswell, LAX, Marriott, mining, mining makes america, national Mining Association, take over on October 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This week again in Santiago, Chile.: exhausting meetings; deep & intense deliberations; keeping up with mining geniuses; writing reports of profound importance; trying to expedite significant decisions; and trying to make mining happen in large projects. The issues are lack of power and the cost of water ($2.50 per cubic meter.) The challenges are multiple models that seek to solve the same problem, yet produce vastly divergent results. Add to that the diversity of the ore body, an absence of full quantification of variability, and the statistics of risk tolerance. (more…)
Chile Earthquake and Tailings Seismic Response
Posted in About the news, Latin America, Tailings, tagged Chile, earthquake, response, seisimic, Tailings on October 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »
What Government has to do to Support and Make Mining
Posted in About the news, brandy, British Columbia, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), mining, tagged afgansitan, Anglo American, Canada, Chile, Chinese, Copper, democrat, escobal, Guatemala, jennifer moore, mining, navy, Pebble Mine, police, power, Red Chris, republican, romney, ryan, Taliban on September 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
MineWeb reports that workers have left the copper mine in Afghanistan being developed by the Chinese because of fears of Taliban attacks. It appears that the Taliban has target the mine, stating that they do not believe the people will benefit from the mine and that profits will be siphoned off by the Afgan elite and the Chinese. (more…)
Walking a tight-wire rope: jobs and profit in Australian mining
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, Coal, Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, Peru, tagged Australia, Chile, jobs, Peru, shovel, shovels, wire rope, wire ropes on September 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »
On the plane from Santiago to Dallas, I sat next to an Australian from Newcastle. He told me that he was on a round-the-world trip to promote his product. He explained that his company makes the wire ropes used on the big shovels so common in open-pit mining. (more…)
Salaries of Chemists in Canadian Mining
Posted in Copper, Diamond, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, mining, North America, Oil sands, Uncategorized, tagged chemical engineer, chemist, Chile, lucrestius, salary, stephen greenblatt, the swerve on September 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just back from Chile. Long, grueling flights, and airport lounges. The benefits, few as they are, included the chance to read Stephen Greeenblatt’s The Swerve. It is the story of the recovery of Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, a long poem in Latin from the BC era. I have ordered both the original Latin version and two translations. For this is of the things I believe. I leave you to read more if you are curious. (more…)
Women and High Salaries in Mining
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, mining, People, tagged BHP, Chile, ginat mine, mining, Rio Tinto, santiago, women. salaries on September 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On Sunday I was lucky enough to go to lunch with four beautiful, intelligent young women. One is doing post-doc studies, one is a vet, one a graphics designer, and one a civil engineer in mining. I am sure all earn high salaries. We ate in the old market in the center of Santiago. I paid. (more…)
Mining Decision Making: Risk Assessment and The Big Picture vs the Details
Posted in blogs, brandy, consulting, mining, tagged Chile, decision making, mining, risk assessmreent, santiago on September 11, 2012 | 5 Comments »
I am in Santiago, consulting on a new project, trying to help make a decision about alternative mining and waste disposal methods. (more…)
Santiago and Mining Consulting in Chile: Committee Think & Value
Posted in blogs, brandy, consulting, Latin America, mining, People, tagged Chile, consulting, santiago on August 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I am back in Santiago, having barely survived the long flights, excess food & drink in Business Class, and the two hours getting through Chile Immigration & Customs. Seems like twelve planes arrived at the same time; I have never seen an airport anywhere as crowded and slow. This is part of the life of a mining consultant: lots of glamour at the expense of extreme patience in line to see surly passport inspectors and those who believe you are smuggling packets of peanuts. (more…)
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