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1, 300, 500: the law of small things and big consequences in mining
Funny how little things can have big consequences. We all know big things can have big consequences, but that is not my current point. Take for example Barack Obama and his pesky priest. How can you...
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Appeal court restores sanity to Canadian drug use in mining
The Alberta Court of Appeal recently overthrew a ruling by a lower court (the Queen’s Bench) that John Chiasson was the victim of discrimination when he was terminated by Kellogg Brown & Root –...
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Sawridge buffet excess panic and the virtues of Syncrude oil sands mining
On the southern outskirts of Fort McMurray is the Sawridge hotel. It is expensive and very difficult to get into. There is nothing special about the rooms. Maybe the attraction is the roofed...
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Buffalo symbolize Oil Sands mining reclamation: why we like the man-made...
On route 63 past the Suncor turnoff and north past Syncrude, buffalo come in two types: concrete statues and real. The concrete statues look like what you see at Splash Mountain and the real ones...
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Oil sands mining and tailings protests: the Vancouver liberal at his best
The disconnect between reality and idealism is stark. Or is it just the disconnect between Fort McMurray and Vancouver? The people on the oil sands mines I worked with are honest and earnest. But...
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Oil sands tailings conference covers mining, history, and technology
At the website www.ostrf.com are (or soon will be) Powerpoint presentations from this morning’s session of the First International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, currently underway in Edmonton,...
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Jack Layton and Canadian Mining
The following blog posting at this link has nothing to do with mining—or has it? Today I heard an advert on the radio in which Syncrude, one of the big two oil sands companies, noted that they are...
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Water Covers for Tailings–During Operation and Post Closure
Subaqueous disposal means placement of tailings into or beneath a water cover. Deposition of tailings into a lake is the most common subaqueous method. In many instances the embankment dam is...
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