Posted in British Columbia, California, Colorado, consulting, Mining history, People, tagged bike, consulting, Huntington Beach, oak ridge, office, srk on July 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Today I rode up the trail between the trees & ferns dappled by sun & blue sky. After a long uphill climb with leg muscles screaming in pain, I came on the downhill section. Changing gears, I sped up and sped faster and faster down. Coming on a turn I have taken many times, something went wrong. (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, consulting, Hydrology and hydraulics, tagged British Columbia, groundwater, modeling, rgc, srk on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in About the news, consulting, People, tagged Afghanistan, america, Cuba, mining, srk, Taliban on March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Posted in consulting, mining, North America, People, safety, tagged drilling, Greens Creek, srk, syd hillis on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the past, we have all done silly things at mines that constitute safety violations. Here I record a drilling program I worked on in 1981 and 1982 at the then-proposed Greens Creek mine in Alaska. I post with only minor edits what I found last weekend amongst some old papers in the attic. (more…)
Posted in British Columbia, Coal, consulting, Mining history, People, tagged andy robertson, call & nicholas, dave nicholas, failure probability, ned larson, Open Pit, rick call, slope, srk, steffen robertson and kirsten on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rummaging around in old papers this past week, I came across the yellowing paper of a type-writer-typed paper from 1982. I think I went to Edmonton to present the paper at the 4th Open Pit Operators Conference. I vaguely recall a small city perched on the edge of a river—not at all like the city now that it has spread across vast swaths of open country that was once field and nature. (more…)
Posted in Mining history, tagged kirsten, logo, orange, Robertson, srk, steffen on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Andy Robertson burst into the office to present his grand new company logo. That much I recall from the mid-1970s. He proudly explained that the two lines represented two soil or rock strata, and that the kind of inclined line represented a drill rig pushing into the strata, and the zig-zag of the strata represented the changes wrought to the strata by the expertise of Steffen Robertson and Kirsten. (more…)
Posted in consulting, environmental, Law (Mining), Mining history, Oil sands, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged amec, Ausenco, EBA, srk, Tailings, Vail on October 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Vail, Colorado was once a mining town. Now it is a Disney horror of fake Alpine buildings clinging to an image that is rooted in conspicuous consumption. To survive the off-season, all food prices are half-price.
The conference on tailings and mine waste is just ended and we have left this ski resort, newly informed on the state-of-the-art and practice of tailings management in mines world-wide. Here are some reflections on the state-of-things: (more…)
Posted in consulting, Investing & Finance, Jobs and Salaries, People, tagged julius malema, Mandla Lamb, nationalization, Roger Dixon, South Africa, srk on October 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have often warned agains investing in mining in South Africa. Julius Malema is the reason I have given in the past. But here are two more reasons.
At this link is what can only be branded as a disgusting story of family nepotism and the “nationalization” of South African mining. I quote some of the story: (more…)
Posted in consulting, Mining history, People, tagged bill brown, groundwater, magaliesberg, srk on April 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here is a brief recollection of times past and how a consultant enters a new area of practice. (more…)
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, tagged amec, geosyntec, job, perth, salary, srk on December 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pity the poor consultant to the mining industry. If you are in the industry you know what I mean. If you are not in the industry, it does not matter what I mean. The question we seek to answer here is what does the consultants’ individual engineers get paid and are there jobs out there for them right now. (more…)
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