Posted in brandy, consulting, Gold, health, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, Oil sands, tagged bhp billiton, bull cook, cooking, East Geduld, Ekati, escobal, food, Fort McMurray, free state, Greens Creek, Guatemala, guatemala. suncor.il sands.east geduld. ekati, hawk inlet, marlin mine, Oil sands, Professor Jennings, Suncor, tro on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Most mines have a place where the miners eat. Let us celebrate the cooks at these places by telling of the many fine meals we have enjoyed in these mining canteens. In celebrating cooks at mining canteens, I also seek to describe a job in mining that most do not write about. If you like cooking, then maybe a job at a mine canteen is for you. (more…)
Posted in Human relations and mining, Oil sands, tagged Fort McMurray, LRT, security, traffic on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have spent many hours in airports and planes going to remote mines. In the past four years, I have spent even more time sitting in traffic jams en route to the oil sands mines north of Fort McMurray. (more…)
Posted in About the news, Asia, Gold, Investing & Finance, tagged Entree Gold, Fort McMurray, Gold, journalism, Mongolia, profit on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Is it possible to loose money mining gold? Nobody wants to loose money mining gold. In the sphere of lose journalism, it is possible to loose money mining gold. Here is a part of one report on a company that “lost” money mining gold. (more…)
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, British Columbia, Church, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged Anglican, Australia, BC Mining Week, Bishop, Fort McMurray, penhorwood, tom morgan on May 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Sunday night looking to Monday and a day on the oil sands mines. Flew from rainy Vancouver to sunny Fort McMurray. Tomorrow we will deal with issues of surface water management and the failure of sand berms inundated by ponded water. A salutary lesson in the need for proactive and conservative planning before starting construction. (more…)
Posted in Investing & Finance, Oil sands, tagged airport, Fort McMurray, invest, oil sands. security on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No pictures with this posting. Seems WordPress cannot upload pictures when my computer is linked via the Nomad Inn system in Fort McMurray. (more…)
Posted in About the news, Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, People, tagged avatar, Fort McMurray, michael moore, mining, movies, Oil sands, republican on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many years ago in Tucson, I went with some hard-core Republicans to see a Michael Moore film. They hated him as the incarnation of liberalism and anti-commerce. Yet today’s news is that this same Michael Moore is in deep support of mining. How so? (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged democracy, Fort McMurray, freedom, huntignton beach, Oil sands on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a strange photo: We have all sat at some time or another in a pool or hot-tub luxuriating in the moment of being; in the physical luxury of warm water and blue sky; in the visceral pleasure of perfect surroundings. In Huntington Beach, California when I am visiting the kids and grandkids, I love to go to the town-house pool and hot tub. Swim a couple of lengths; watch the tall palm trees ululating in the breeze; run to the hot-tub; delve deep into the heat and the physical shock of hot; then sit and chat to the locals about the big political issues. The BIG ISSUES in a town-house complex include which trees to prune, which trees to cut down, and what species of tree to plant to replace lost trees. (more…)
Posted in Human relations and mining, Oil sands, tagged airport, enterprise car rental, Fort McMurray, mining, Oil sands on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a view of the flags at the airport in Fort McMurray. It is impossible to calculate the number of consultants to oil sands and employees of mining who have passed through this primitive airport. For three years, I have been told they are going to upgrade this crowded and crunched facility. But nothing has happened other than addition of a bar to the reception area. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), North America, Oil sands, tagged Fort McMurray, immigrant, Oil sands on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Flying into Fort McMurray, I chatted to the lawyer sitting next to me. He got his degree at the University of British Columbia, worked awhile for a law firm serving the mining industry, took a post with the Federal Government in Ottawa dealing with Kyoto Treat (“we should never have signed it.”), and was now on his way to investigate implementation of immigration laws as they affect the oil sands mining industry. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged Fort McMurray, jobs, mining, Oil sands on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a personal and unscientific survey of jobs in the oil sands and in Fort McMurray. These few observations are prompted by discussions I have had this week with folk in Fort McMurray this week as I plied my trade on one of the mines. (more…)
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