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Gold to exceed $1,000 and all the other mining failuresSep 15, 2008
Port Townsend is at the upper end of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. I am told that the miners departed from its harbor to head north to Alaska.
Diamonds & Crowns as the ICMM issues new AIDS Good Practice GuideSep 4, 2008
Let us turn our gaze from the political conventions in the USA to Africa. If you can keep your eyes off those $300,000 diamond studs that Cindy McCain is wearing. Now that is a triumph for mining.
Titanium mining murder is just baby politicsSep 2, 2008
We enjoyed a weekend of cycling–I even bought a new TREK road bike. And we avoided the TV news. Just how much can you listen to about cyclones and family matters?
Mining poetry for investment advice: how to avoid the crush of the crowd to madnessAug 22, 2008
The weekend looms, so nothing serious today. Rather mining-inspired poetry. Mining poetry is rare. Mining investment advice in poetry is even more rare.
Landfill mining: urban waste resources for recycling?Aug 12, 2008
Landfill mining is superficially attractive. But before we get bombarded by articles expounding the virtues of landfill mining, let me burst a few bubbles.
Mining Jokes for full glasses and reservesDec 21, 2009
As befits the weekend before Christmas, we attended two parties, one in a West Vancouver and one in Whistler. Both were well-stocked with people working in the mining industry. The short story that received the most votes for capturing the...
Weekend reading for miners (not minors)Dec 18, 2009
Friday reading recommendations:
Anything by Alistair MacCloud.
One or more of the short stories at the Whistler Writers Group.
MacCloud is a published Canadian author. A long time ago I read a magnificent short story by him about...
Hawthorne Gold, the Cassiar Gold Project, and Bryan Farbridge, mining engineering studentDec 17, 2009
A fine PowerPoint presentation is available at this link. I was privileged to be present when Bryan Farbridge, a student in the mining and mineral exploration program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) made the...
Platinex, $5 million, and the perils of Bill C-300Dec 15, 2009
The Toronto Sun reports re Platinex and a $5 million dollar payout from the Ontario government to settle a law suite:
Ontario will pay mining firm Platinex $5 million to drop lawsuits against the government and a First Nations band and end a...
The best and worst mining stories of the weekend, 2009, and the decadeDec 15, 2009
Christmas begun in earnest this weekend. I braved the minus thirty-four degrees of Edmonton to attend The Nutcracker with mining folk. Then supper at a fancy restaurant and much talk of the past decade—the first of the 2000s and soon...
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