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Afghanistan mining and the U.S. Navy versus opium and agriculture
Sitting in the 8:30pm sun of Fort McMurray reading e-mails, I saw this one from my son, who is in the U.S. Navy station in the Pentagon in Washington, DC–he states: “Interesting…maybe it will...
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Afghanistan & Australian mining and other weekend thoughts
Friday is upon us, so here are a few idle thoughts to ponder over the weekend. Re Afghanistan mining, I refer you to this link where we read: A Chinese state-owned firm has already been awarded...
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Mining History and Cooking to Entertain Grandkids as an Old Mining Consultant
The easiest way to start kids off in that most entertaining pastime, cooking, is to buy one of those pre-prepared pizzas. Take the kids to the grocery store and let them help choose the frozen pizza....
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Fraser Institute’s 2010-2011 Mining Survey: The Judgement of Paris?
Annually the Fraser Institute comes out with a survey of mining countries and ranks them according to how good a place it is to try to find an ore body, to open a mine, to operate a mine. The...
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Why Dams Fail in Mining and Civil Projects
Sometimes tailings dam fail because of the poor quality of the construction. Sometimes mine geowaste facilities fail because of poor design. On the basis of today’s events, I conclude that they may...
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How to Invest, and not Loose in Mining Gold
Is it possible to loose money mining gold? Nobody wants to loose money mining gold. In the sphere of lose journalism, it is possible to loose money mining gold. Here is a part of one report on a...
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Turkish Tailings Dam Failure: All OK According to Authorities?
Barely another day, and another failure of a tailings dam. And a slew of denials and lies from those responsible. Here is part of the longest report I can find on the incident: A crisis desk was...
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Another Bottle of Water For Failure at China’s Sichuan Mines
From the ChinaDaily.com.cn a report that “Residents of Mianyang, a city in Sichuan province, have begun buying bottled water in a panic after authorities announced that the chief local water source...
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The Top Gold Mines from Natural Resource Holdings
The news seems to be uniformly gloomy: The ANC Youth League saying nationalization of mines must occur; Rio Tinto and BHP cutting staff and costs: Barrick’s credit rating downgraded because of Pascua...
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Philex Tailings Dam Failure and the Failure of Company Lawyers
The myth that modern tailings dams are immune to malfunction and failure is evidenced by a series of new reports on the Philex tailings dam. Here are links and extracts from two of the reports on...
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