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 ‘conference’
California Quarries and the Future of Mining
Posted in blogs, brandy, California, environmental, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged California, conference, desalination, makeup water, quarry on November 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Another day of webcasts on mining and yet another long argument over the future of mining. We opined in the webcast that filter-pressed tailings is the only way to go with the future of tailings: if a mine cannot afford the costs, they should not begin, for they will not be able to end. Unless they can afford an embankment dam of compacted, durable rock and closure to a site that becomes a place where the rich may recreate like at Cannon Mine that is now a riding stable for the rich. (more…)
Paste 2013: Abstracts Review
Posted in Enviromental, Latin America, Oil sands, Tailings, tagged 2013, belo horizonte, conference, paste on November 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today I looked through the abstracts submitted for Paste 2013 in Belo Horizonte in Brazil next year. Here is what I wrote—it will be all over InfoMine soon enough. (more…)
Mining Conferences: Why, When, and How
Posted in consulting, opera, tagged Chile, conference, mining, paste tailings, santiago on April 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today it rained in Santiago, Chile. And it turned cold. There were hawkers selling umbrellas at the entrance and exit of the metro stations that I use on the way to the office. They were shouting paraguas and doing a brisk business selling to drenched commuters. In Vancouver this would hardly qualify as rain, but here after many, long dry days, this is rain to be celebrated and enjoyed with a new paraguas. (more…)
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. (more…)
Conferences on Sustainable Mining
Posted in communication, mining, tagged CIM, conference, mining, SME, sustainable on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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The Canadian Institute of Mining (CIM) has just sent me the preliminary program for the May 6 to 9 conference in Edmonton. Here are the papers on sustainable mining: (more…)
Technical Papers on Mining and 2012 Conference Attendance
Posted in communication, consulting, Law (Mining), Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged 2012, conference, Tailings and Mine Waste, technical paper on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
With the new year growing old, our thoughts turn to the conferences of 2012. And the technical papers we may write and present. I am reminded of this by today’s email on the soon to be first meeting to set about organizing Tailings and Mine Waste 2012. So soon, so soon after the last conference? (more…)
Tailings and Mine Waste 2011 Materials Availability
Posted in Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged conference, daryl hockley, mine waste, Tailings on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A brief note from the Conference Secretariat of the recent conference on Tailings and Mine Waste 2011:
We are pleased to notify you that many of the presentations from the Tailings and Mine Waste ’11 conference are available online through the InfoMine Library. Please note: only those presentations with permission from the authors have been made available (look for “Presentation” in parenthesis)
We are also delighted to share the results from the facilitated discussions, led by SRK Corporate Consultant, Daryl Hockley. Please click here to see the results of this dynamic set of discussions.
Finally, InfoMine is pleased to present the Tailings and Mine Waste Continuous Conferences portal which is now active here. The purpose of the Continuous Conference is to enhance the exchange of information between practitioners in the field through papers, notes and a discussion forum.
Tailings and Mine Waste 2011
Posted in Mining history, Tailings, tagged conference, history, mine waste, Tailings, Vancouver on September 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today the papers for the upcoming conference Tailings and Mine Waste 2011 went to the printer. The conference is in Vancouver November 6th and following. There are still about 40 places left to take full attendance to the limit of rooms size of 300. (more…)
Tailings & Mine Waste 1978 to 2011
Posted in Mining history, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged conference, mine waste, Tailings on June 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
November is just around the corner and that means we had best start writing our papers for the Tailings & Mine Waste 2011 conference to be held in Vancouver 6 November onwards. (more…)
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