U.S. and Canadian mine CEO compensation 2011 to 2012
How much compensation does the executive of a Canadian mining company deserve? We cannot answer that question. We can only tell what they do earn. Here are some numbers from CostMines’ 2012 Survey...
View ArticleJunior mining company executive compensation in 2011-2012
Yesterday I blogged about the compensation of CEOs of major mining companies in Canada and the United States. Today let us turn to the stalwarts of the industry, namely the executives of junior mining...
View Article2012 survey of Canadian mine wages
CostMine's newly published 2012 Survey Results of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits is now available. It is expensive; most individuals probably cannot afford it; you will have to get your...
View ArticleEnvironmental coordinators make $96,000 per year: Canadian wage survey round...
The CostMine 2012 Survey of Canadian Mine Salaries, Wages and Benefits is the only factual source of information that I know of on the salaries of technical, managerial, and administrative folk who...
View ArticleBritish Columbia Tailings failure at the HB mine near Salmo BC
A short note to end a sunny day. There is a report of potential failure of a tailings dam on the news. Here is what is reported: The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) Emergency Operations...
View ArticleClean Mining versus Dirty Mining
Is the opposite of clean living dirty living? Is the opposite of clean mining dirty mining? If I ride home on my bike along Adanac taking about an hour—clean living—and then settle down to a brandy, a...
View ArticleMadrid, Spain mining riots for coal subsidies
While the United States Congress debates HR4402, a bill which would make it easier and cheaper to mine in the United States, Spanish coal miners are protesting cuts by the Spanish government in...
View ArticleHR 4402 passes with democratic support; could it really get easier to mine in...
This just in from Jamie Caswell of the National Mining Association. Hi Jack, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to follow up on H.R. 4402, the “National Strategic and Critical Mineral Production Act,”...
View ArticleSteven Pinker’s Angels of Better Nature on The Pebble Mine debate
The grandkids are in residence. They take less than five minutes to cover the living room floor with a blanket of plastic crap. I revolted; gathered the plastic pieces into a plastic bag; and threw...
View ArticlePaul Ryan on mining
It is a reasonable question to ask: where does VP pick, Paul Ryan stand on mining? All I could find is that he appears to have made money from mining. This is part of the report: Ryan’s latest...
View ArticleAlaska's Fort Knox mine: A driver of the local economic engine
A reader of my blog sent me this link. It is a 2011 report on the economic benefits of the Fort Knox mine in Alaska. Although the report is from 2011, it still presents some statistics worthy of note....
View ArticleGiant Mine to cost billions to cleanup and look after for thousands of years
The news wires are alive with reports of a billion dollar estimate for remediating the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Here is an extract from one report: Documents obtained by...
View ArticleGoldcorp’s blog: Above Ground Online
Not sure how I missed this one: a genuine blog from a major mining company. Goldcorp has a blog at this link called above GROUND ONLINE: Our World of Community Responsibility. It has been going for...
View ArticleTrue price and value of gold: Massive scam or cost of a suit?
The expensive clothes store at the entrance to our office building is advertising “two hand-made suits for $1,500.” This tells that the price of gold will decrease a lot more. For historically the...
View Article'Never let engineers talk to the client'
“I have managed projects of 800 people. I never let the engineers talk to the client. That is what project managers are for–to talk to the client. I am here to take over this project and make it...
View ArticleTen books every miner should read
Today I was sent this link. It is to a site where people ask questions and commenters provide answers. I find most such sites silly and this is no exception. Although the question is profound: As a...
View ArticleWhat it takes to be a mine manager at a fly-in, fly-out camp
I have not posted on this blog the past few days. The reason: I was at a fly-in, fly-out camp where the internet connection is sporadic and they do not make it easy to access spurious blogs. Plus...
View ArticleTsilquot’in Nation and BC Mining–Canada’s supreme court ruling
Almost everybody in mining that I talk to has an adverse opinion about the recent Canada Supreme Court ruling that the Crown has a duty to obtain First Nations or Aboriginal consent before mining on...
View ArticleWhat caused the Mount Polley tailings pond failure?
Image from Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre It is always a very sad day when a major tailings facility failure occurs. As one commenter noted to me: “Whatever the facts, the...
View ArticleMt. Polley: Expert panel review
We are heartened by today’s announcements re. the Mt Polley tailings facility failure. In particular we applaud the choice of experts retained to do the engineering review. CBC New reports as follows...
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