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Paarl is the only South African brandy I can get in Vancouver. It is rough—not like cognac—but rather the flavor of the veldt & bush, of scrub & dust, of a long-forgotten home & inequities long-rectified. Thus inebriated, I blog. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Guatemala’
Mining Proposals for Filter Pressed Tailings: Greens Creek to El Morro
Posted in blogs, brandy, consulting, Mining history, Tailings, tagged dry stack, escobal mine, filter pressed, Greens Creek, Guatemala, marlin mine, paarl bandy, proposal, rob dorey, Tailings on March 26, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Why Violence Against Mines? Brothels, Guns, and Youth?
Posted in brandy, First Nations, Human relations and mining, tagged brothel, Guatemala, mines, Tucson, violence, westward look on January 24, 2013 | 3 Comments »
The Westward Look hotel sits proud in the foothills of Tucson. Down in the flats, the lights of the city sparkle and shine like a sea of energy washing over the privileged. You know that somewhere in the pinpoints of light somebody is being robbed, beaten, raped, and maybe killed. But violence is not the predominant activity. Civil order is probably the norm. (more…)
Guatemala Photos
Posted in consulting, tagged architecture, Guatemala, pipes on January 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Terrorism in San Rafael Las Flores. Escobal Mine, Guatemala Attacked.
Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, Latin America, tagged escobal, Guatemala, mine, san rafaeil las flores, Tahoe Resources, terrorist on January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Brief news reports and an announcement by Tahoe Resources indicate that three were killed in an attack on the Escobal Mine in Guatemala. The local Spanish-language newspaper, El Metropolitano, has a front-page headline “Terrorism in San Rafael Las Flores.” San Rafael Las Flores is the local town where most locals working on the mine live. (more…)
Gold Fever: a new set of lies from Iowa about the Marlin Mine, Guatemala
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged andrew sherrburne, filmscene, gold fever, Goldcorp, Guatemala, hardacre film festival, marlin mine, tommy haines, university of iowa on January 3, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Gold Fever is yet another in a long line of lies about mining, blasting, and house cracking. Here is a link to the film. I could not raise the sound, but the images are visual enough to let you know that once again this is scandalous propaganda not based on facts or even elementary investigation–just another pastiche of pictures of weeping women and cracked houses attributed to mine blasting. (more…)
Globe and Mail Lies About Marlin Mine, Duck Shit, and Earthquakes
Posted in About the news, blogs, brandy, consulting, Latin America, People, tagged corporate knights, earthquake, Globe and Mail, Goldcorp, Guatemala, magazine for clean living, marlin mine, report on mining, stephanie boyd on December 2, 2012 | 5 Comments »
The Canadian national newspaper, The Globe and Mail is delivered to the office foyer each morning. The first to get to the offices picks it up and dumps it on the small table in the kitchen where we make coffee and tea in the gallons needed to remain alert through an average day’s work. (more…)
What Government has to do to Support and Make Mining
Posted in About the news, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), mining, British Columbia, brandy, tagged Anglo American, Canada, Chile, Chinese, Copper, Guatemala, mining, navy, Pebble Mine, Red Chris, Taliban, jennifer moore, power, republican, police, romney, escobal, ryan, democrat, afgansitan 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…)
The Economist and Macleans on Mining, Guatemalan & Oil Sands
Posted in brandy, British Columbia, consulting, Latin America, People, tagged Economist, Guatemala, john grisham, riverview hospital, the stree lawyer on August 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Another perfect day of August sunshine in Vancouver. As the sun set, the kids watched an old Superman movie. I caught up on reading the many magazines that find their way to my desk. Here is a summary of their stories on mining. (more…)
Ernst & Young on 2012-2013 Mining Risks
Posted in About the news, Africa, Investing & Finance, Latin America, tagged ANC, Bolivia, ernst, Guatemala, nationalization, South Africa, Tahoe Resources, young on July 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
That venerable firm, Ernst & Young have just issued their latest, Business Risks Facing Mining and Metal 2012-2013. It is worth looking at their site at this link and downloading the report’s Executive Summary. To whet your appetite, here is the number one risk they write about, namely Resource Nationalism: (more…)
Reality versus Perception in Mining; Arthur Swarson of Life Insurance on the Risks of Mining
Posted in consulting, health and safety, Latin America, mining, People, safety, tagged arthur swarson, fiction, Guatemala, life insurance, risk, santiago, wingmen on June 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Today was one of those days when you question reality and contrast fact with fiction. For you ask: is fiction merely a reflection of reality? Do we read fiction to escape or understand reality? Is fiction perception distilled or fact distorted by experience? (more…)
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