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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.
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.
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?
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 is superficially attractive. But before we get bombarded by articles expounding the virtues of landfill mining, let me burst a few bubbles.
A fine paper at the Banff, Alberta conference on Tailings & Mine Waste is that by John Sobokowicz and Norbert Morgenstern. It is called “A Geotechnical Perspective on Oil Sands Tailings.” In fact it would be a great paper if the...
Last week to Banff, Alberta and the 2009 Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste. In time they promise to post on their site the PowerPoint presentations. One that is worth summarizing now is by AMEC engineers, Michael Davies and Todd Martin, both...
We have David Baines of the Vancouver Sun to thank for a new story on mining investment gone bad. We use this case history to formulate another Investment Rule: Do not buy shares in a mining company controlled by one man.
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Design is the art of applying the principles of science in formulating practical solutions to real-life problems. Design is the act of coming up with a cost-effective way to build and operate a physical structure, whether it be a bridge, a building,...
If you invest in mining stocks by the numbers and trends, you must read the article in the October 12, 2009 New Yorker. The article is called The Secret Cycle. I provide a copy of the summary of the article at the end of this posting. The...
