Posted in About the news, brandy, British Columbia, Human relations and mining, Investing & Finance, Law (Mining), mining, tagged afgansitan, Anglo American, Canada, Chile, Chinese, Copper, democrat, escobal, Guatemala, jennifer moore, mining, navy, Pebble Mine, police, power, Red Chris, republican, romney, ryan, Taliban on September 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
MineWeb reports that workers have left the copper mine in Afghanistan being developed by the Chinese because of fears of Taliban attacks. It appears that the Taliban has target the mine, stating that they do not believe the people will benefit from the mine and that profits will be siphoned off by the Afgan elite and the Chinese. (more…)
Posted in About the news, consulting, People, tagged Afghanistan, america, Cuba, mining, srk, Taliban on March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged afganistan, mining, Taliban on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The most unusual news item today is that the Taliban has announced its support for mining the country. That is mining as in mineral extraction from the ground, not blowing up everybody. The Taliban says it will wait for all foreigners to leave the country before it fully supports mining. (more…)
Posted in Asia, Copper, Investing & Finance, tagged Afghanistan, Copper, karzai, mining, Taliban on April 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The idea is so unusual that we must pause to consider it: could mining (the extraction of metals from the ground) help in the demining (removal of explosive devices from the ground) in Afghanistan? (more…)
Posted in About the news, tagged Africa, Cuba, mining, PDAC, Taliban, Tibet on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This report on a typically polite Canadian adventure played out at PDAC:
It was peaceful, loud and attention-grabbing. Seven pro-Tibetan activists posed as delegates to a downtown Toronto mining convention yesterday morning, then unfurled a six-metre red banner that read “HDI – STOP MINING TIBET.” Some chanted “Tibet is our land” and “stop mining in Tibet,”while two others laid motionless on the floor under the banner, in what they called a “mock die-in” to protest Canadian mining in Tibet.
Posted in Church, tagged Afghanistan, Canada, Cuba, First Nations, Geology, Globe and Mail, mining, Taliban on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mining is the answer to Afghanistan’s political problems. If you believe that, I also have a nice bridge for sale that will speed your morning commute. I did not make up the idea that mining could save Afghanistan from itself and, more significantly, the Taliban and poppy growers. In the first part of a restricted article at the Economist’s website I found this–the text that follows, not the photo which I copy from flickr :
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