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Climate change; carbon footprint; oil sands; and traffic to Fort McMurray
Three days in Fort McMurray, Alberta, and the center of oil sands mining. Here are some thoughts prompted by driving from city center to mining center. The traffic is terrible. The...
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Does the religion & crusade of global warming impact the mining industry?
Sunday and time to contemplate on religion. Not necessarily the church type, rather the secular. Last night I watched a new DVD of Verdi’s obscure opera Jerusalem. Verdi reworked his better...
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The Mining Week in Review
As the week winds down, here are some of the more way-out postings I have encountered this week on the subject of mining: Gold Mining for Dummies, writes of an uncle who bought a California gold...
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Sustainable Reclamation of Post-Mining Cartagena
A short posting to start the week. Here is a link to the most fascinating presentation at the Tailings and Mine Waste 2010. It deals with reclamation planning in an area of Spain where mining...
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UMTRA, INAC, and a New Canadian Mine Closure Criterion for Global Warming
In a small Japanese restaurant near the office, we discussed global warming’s impact on mining. The Environmental VP of an auspicious mining company said that their mining company’s policy was to...
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Durban, Koyoto, Mining, and Global Warming in Perspective
For no good reasons that need detain us here, I recently had occassion to go back through old I THINK MINING blog postings. I was surprised to see how much I had written on the topic of global...
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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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Easter weekend for miners; Opera; Orpheus and Euridice.
On the mines of South Africa, a long time ago, Easter was a special occasion. It was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn; it was a long weekend when even the miners did not work; it was a...
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Mine Closure in the Cold of Canada: Perpetual Surveillance and Maintenance...
Constructing covers over mining wastes at sites in cold climates involves consideration of these factors that are unique to cold climates: Short construction periods, unless you are prepared to work...
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Desmond Tutu Visit Fort McMurray
I gave up allegiance to the Anglican church in South Africa when it was still white dominated. I decided the priests were venial, greedy liars. This was long before Desmond Tutu became the head of...
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