Too many sub-par publications sprout on about the shortage of experienced engineers in mining. “They are retiring and will leave the industry bereft,” is what the young journalists write too often. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘paste tailings’
Old Men in Mining. The Advantages of Mining Experience When Dealing With Paste Tailings.
Posted in blogs, brandy, consulting, mining, Mining history, tagged filter pressed tailings, old men in mining, paste tailings, Pebble Mine on June 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
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…)
No More Thickened Paste Tailings; Lots More Filter-Pressed Dry-Stack Tailings
Posted in People, Tailings, tagged cooke, dry stack, filter press, paste tailings, paterson, rheology, Tailings, thickened tailings on February 16, 2012 | 5 Comments »
On the 31st floor of a Vancouver downtown hotel this afternoon, we attended an open house arranged by Paterson and Cooke. They presented the opening of their newVancouver office. And caused me to think a radical thought that I write about here, namely are we entering the era of the end of paste tailings? (more…)
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