I have just added another blog to my blogroll–see list to the right of the page for Strings, Connections, Links. It is not a blog about mining per se. But many of the postings are of interest to the miner concerned with project management, the environment, sustainability, the built environment and a host of other eclectic topics. The site came to my attention when the blog author, Andrew Abernathy sent me a comment on some postings on this blog. Here is what he wrote (I repeat with his permission and some editing to protect the innocent.) (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Rosemont Copper’
Thoughts on Mining Placemaking, Arizona Mining, and Rosemont Copper
Posted in blogs, Copper, People, tagged andrew abernathy, placemaking, Rosemont Copper, strings connections links on July 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
More on EIAs for Mines, New, Expanded, or Closing
Posted in consulting, Enviromental, Environment, Human relations and mining, mining, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged eia, EIS, environmenal impact, mining, Rosemont Copper on March 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Integral to any new mine or expansion of a mine is the preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). If you seek to significantly expand the mine’s tailings, waste rock, or heap leach facilities, you may have to prepare a new or supplemental EIA. Here are references to and extacts from some documents that we recently collected from the web. I do not provide links—you can easiy find them via a Google search if you are inteested. (more…)
Sunday Sermon: Sex and Ethical Mining
Posted in Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, opera, People, tagged alternative mining indaba, ethical mining, Pebble Mine, Rosemont Copper, sex at dawn on February 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »

The cost to attend the South African Mining Indaba was R12,000. So there was another meeting called Alternative Mining Indaba. A report on that conference is at this link. The report is long and convoluted. I have difficulty in working out what their point is, but it is something to do with ethical mining. A quote: (more…)
Arizona Mining Politics: Cruz vs Hart
Posted in About the news, Copper, environmental, Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), North America, People, tagged Arizona, cruz, hart, Rio Tinto, Rosemont Copper, state mining inspector on October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Always on the lookout for strange and unusual happening in mining? Here is one from Arizona that caught my attention as I browsed through the blogs that mention mining. Seems the post of State Mining Inspector is on the ballot and, as you would expect, there is a challenger to the incumbent. (more…)
Tucson mining crater from Canadian meteor
Posted in Copper, tagged colonialism, Copper, mining, Rosemont Copper, Tucson on September 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mining is all about colonialism. If you define colonialism as taking the resources of a poor country and sending them back refined product. Consider these examples of mining colonialism:


