Here is an example of confused reporting that pricks one’s interest and sets the canary alarm bells ringing: The shutdown [of the Tower Mine, Utah] came a day after University of Utah researchers presented findings about the dangers of deep coal mining at a conference at the federal Bureau of Land Management in Salt [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Salt Lake City’
Do not entrust your life to mining professors: rely on your own judgement
Posted in health and safety, Underground, tagged Kim McCarter, Professor Jennings, Salt Lake City, Tony Brink, Tower Mine, UtahAmerica, William Pariseau on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SME on the past, present, and future of mining: balancing the young and the old with good food
Posted in About the news, Mining history, People, tagged ACME Burgers, Elaine Cullen, Kay Sever, Optimiz Consulting, Prima Consulting Services, Salt Lake City, SME on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The technical sessions of the SME meeting in Salt Lake City that I sat in on this afternoon perfectly capture the past, present, and future of mining. First the future: Kay Sever President of OptimiZ Consulting spent the whole afternoon on process optimization in mining. She gave her mini-course at the invitation of Young Leaders group [...]
Virginia Tech, then Reno, then South Dakota as the winners of the SME students competition
Posted in feasibilty studies, North America, tagged California, competition, mining, quarry, Salt Lake City, SME, South Dakota School of Mines, Virginia Tech on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The rowdiest and most lively room this evening at the SME in Salt Lake City was the Student Mixer in the Hilton Hotel. The future leaders of the mining industry gathered to drink–and the drink lines were long–and talk. I wondered in as part of a small role CostMine had in supplying the students with [...]
SME, Salt Lake City, and escaped, retired miners make good
Posted in Human relations and mining, Mining history, North America, tagged conference, Douglas B Silver, miners, mining, Salt Lake City, SME on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Salt Lake City and a savage storm bearing down black on the city. We are safely (we presume) esconced in the Salt Palace, another of those endless conference centers where at five pm the Society of Mining Engineers Annual Conference kicks off.
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