Will the University of British Columbia ever offer an MBA in mining? Seems like a good idea. They have the expertise. They have the reputations. Surely there is a need.
Here is one way to make money from mining that I have not hitherto thought of: do what Rick Santorum did. It is described in a report at this link thus: Santorum did not register as a lobbyist, but he aided corporate and other interests as a consultant. He was paid $142,500 by Consol Energy, a [...]
Over the years on this blog and elsewhere I have written about mining investment. In particular, I wrote a course for EduMine called Mining Investment – Understanding the Risks. The course has proven to be popular, and now the folk at EduMine have persuaded me to give the course as a live webcast. The webcast is planned [...]
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.
This must be every miners nightmare: contradicting opinions on the safety of your tailings facility. At this link is a report that is not all that specific about the technical issues, but pretty clear about the debate.
Soon after the fall of the Berlin wall, we descended on Wismut, East Germany with proposals to help them cleanup the old uranium mines, mills, and tailings impoundments that the Russians left behind.
The news wires are abuzz with the announcement that Obama has caved into his party's environmental wing and killed the Keystone pipeline that would have carried Canadian oil to the refineries along the Gulf coast.
Would you believe any government, anywhere, that promises to spend $1.6 B on roads and bridges to nowhere, while the mines pollute the local water and fill lakes with tailings?
