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SME, climate change, and mining risks & challenges
SME is over and now we have time to slip the CD of Preprints into the computer to read the technical papers. The sad part is that most of those who presented talks did not bother to prepare a...
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Cold comfort best-practice mine safety
And hence from LA to the Canadian Northwest Territories and a lecture on mine safety. I do not know the statistics, but in terms of focus, surely Ekati must be the most safety-conscious mine I...
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Mining Impact Benefit Agreements
Monday and to serious mining topics. Today’s topic is mining impact benefit agreements. I received an email from somebody asking me what I knew of the topic. Very little in truth. I sought help...
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Cooking for Miners. Eating at Mines
Most mines have a place where the miners eat. Let us celebrate the cooks at these places by telling of the many fine meals we have enjoyed in these mining canteens. In celebrating cooks at mining...
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Major Mining In The Not So Cold North
I think the business section of the paper is consistently the most interesting; there is always some article which catches your eye. Today’s point of interest has a mining basis which relates to one...
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On the Morality & Ethics of Diamond Mining: Pebble Mine into Bristol Bay
On Saturday I posted a piece on the Pebble Mine. Here is one of the comments on what I wrote—the commenter takes me to task for consulting to the EKATI Diamond mine, while questioning the need for...
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Weekend Mining Roundup: 63 Highways to Health and Words
The weekend looms, so here is a roundup of the items I have saved for bogging about and that I know I will never get to unless I summarize now: From Mining iQ on Fly-in, Fly-out camps: Other common...
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The Best Mine Waste Cover is No Cover. Cold Climate Ruminations
It is snowing in Vancouver. Nothing sticking to the roads, but the trees are white and beautiful. Nothing much to do outside or inside for that matter, so just a few thoughts on mine waste disposal...
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Tema Isenmann and Multotec
Just home from a four-week journey that took me to Peru, Chile, Keystone CO, Banff, and Ekati NWT. It is good to be back in the house where you can throw off the formalities of travel, eat simple...
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