Posted in About the news, brandy, consulting, Human relations and mining, Latin America, tagged amnesty international, escobal, Goldcorp, guatemals, mine, obama care, Tahoe Resources, terrorist on May 3, 2013 | 3 Comments »
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If you read this blog, you will know that in the past four or so years, I have visited the Marlin and Escobal Mines in Guatemala many times. (Do a search with these key words in the box at top-right to get all I have written about these visits.) (more…)
Posted in About the news, Copper, Investing & Finance, Open Pit, tagged bingham canyon, investment rule, kennecottt copper, mine, mormons, Utah on April 12, 2013 | 3 Comments »
A massive slope failure has occurred at the open pit of the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah. Here is a link to a magnificent collection of photographs of the failure, which appears to have taken out part of a building, access roads, and filled the bottom of the pit with slide material. Nobody was hurt: the mine had been monitoring movement and when deformation increased from 1 mm a day to 5 mms day they pulled out all workers. A fine testament to the engineers who study rock and soil slope stability in the open pit mine context. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, tagged mexico, mine, wage on March 11, 2013 | 2 Comments »
In a previous posting I reported on Mexican mine salaries. Here are some numbers on wages at mines in Mexico. The full details are available from Cost Mine and their Mexican Mine Wages, Salaries and Benefits 2013 Survey Results. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, tagged CostMine, environmental manager, mexico, mine, mining, salary, wage on March 8, 2013 | 5 Comments »
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Just arrived on my desk is the CostMine Mexican Mine Wages, Salaries & Benefits 2013 Survey Results. This sixty-two page document is chock-full of data on wages and salaries at Mexican mines. I recommend that you and your company or union get a copy and compare your income to the ranges and averages documented here. (more…)
Posted in About the news, Africa, tagged masvingo, mine, renco mine, water, Zimbabwe on February 21, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Lazily browsing the web, I came across this report from Zimbabwe about a mine running out of water. There is so much one could say, that I refrain from comment and just post the story as I found it. You will no doubt draw your own conclusions. (more…)
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…)
Posted in California, Mining history, tagged christmas, Huntington Beach, mine, South Africa on December 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When I was a kid on a mine in South Africa, the day after Christmas was truly Boxing Day. The excitement of presents subsided and we got to play with the new toys at leisure. There was no TV so we truly sat quietly and read the new books Santa had brought. The servants were off for the day and our parents, every reluctant to cook, simply spread the left-overs from which we picked as fancy and appetite dictated. The sun shone ever-bright and we dipped yet again into the mine swimming pool and got ever more burnt to produce today’s sun-scorched skin and cancers. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Jobs and Salaries, tagged 2012 survey, Congo, CostMine, DRC, mine, salary on December 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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Here from the new CostMine 2012 Survey of African Mine Salaries are some figures for those working on mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — the first set of numbers are the range of salaries, the second is the average, and the third is the number of years of experience of those reporting salaries. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Jobs and Salaries, tagged Africa, CostMine, mine, mine manager, mining engineer, salary, South Africa on November 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Just in from CostMine is the 2012 Survey Results for African Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits. This is a first and sure to become a staple of the mining industry and for all those who work or seek to work or mine in Africa. I cannot tell or comment on all in one posting. So here follows a brief survey of the continent as a whole—in future postings I will look at the data for individual countries. (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, Jobs and Salaries, tagged Canadian, CostMine, mine, salary on August 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Here is a quote from a report on the web today:
65% of mining professionals surveyed expect raises of over 15% in the next year, with nearly one fifth of survey participants seeking salary increases of over 35%. Geologists in particular are highly optimistic about short-term remuneration gains, with 39% seeking rises of 25% or more. The heady optimism of mining professionals with regard to near-term remuneration levels could place further pressure on mining companies already beleaguered by uncertain commodities prices. (more…)
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