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WHAT AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY MEANS
Let’s be thankful to the founding fathers for their foresight in providing for a constitutional separation of powers. Otherwise, this election could be worse than it is. Although our president-elect’s voting record was the most liberal in the Senate, he has threatened to bankrupt our industry, and as he has diametrically different views of freedom and liberty than those expressed in the Constitution, he will find putting those views into law very difficult... |
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ENVIROS GO NUCLEAR, BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY
After Paul Newman died on September 26, news broke that, although he contributed to environmental causes, he was also a secret supporter of something anathema to environmentalists: nuclear power. His interest began with filming of Fat Man and Little Boy—a 1989 movie about the Manhattan Project, where he met the nuclear power advocate who authored the book that served as the movie’s primary
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QUARRY ACADEMY CAN MAKE OPERATION MORE EFFICIENT
For decades the quarry business was a quiet one. Quarry owners were able to make a decent profit by providing a good product for local construction companies. But that has changed. Specifications for aggregate, sand, and other quarry materials are now more exacting and small traditional quarries that haven’t kept up with the times will be facing difficult challenges in the next few years, especially since energy costs have a significant impact on quarrying... |
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December
2008/January 2009 Articles |
MINES FIND NEW USES FOR SATELLITE IMAGERY
Twenty years ago, satellite imagery was the new frontier for geologists, who used it to prospect for promising geological structures in remote areas. However, as the cost has declined and quality of satellite imagery has improved, more mines are finding new uses for them. “Satellite imagery is now being used in engineering and logistics,” noted Sandy Perry, owner of Perry Remote Sensing in Colorado...
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RECLAMATION MEANS A GOOD RESEEDING PROGRAM
Reseeding is more than a way to cover bare dirt. When done in a positive and creative way, reseeding and reclamation can help win community support and stop the environmentalists in their tracks.
Peabody Coal used reseeding as a way to reach out to the local Indian community by reintroducing traditional plants that had become scarce...
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The Perennial Power of Coal: New Directions from an Old Challenge
Getting the most for one's money [or as much possible output for your input] is more than a basic economic doctrine: that simple phrase has become a philosophical mantra for much of a democratic Western society. Recent field-tested research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Department of Mining and Geological Engineering's faculty, coordinated and documented by Associate Professor Rajive Ganguli, has successfully substantiated this principle...
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International
Commentary-China in Africa
China’s commercial and diplomatic strategies in Africa are raising pointed concerns about the absence of transparency or corporate social responsibility by Chinese state- owned companies on the Continent. China’s strategy of swapping infrastructure for resources in Africa is accelerating, with recent multi-billion dollar deals planned with Niger, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Canadian
Stock Exchange-Will New Leadership Solve Our Financial
Problems?
The market has taken no prisoners and literally put everybody in front of the firing squads. Those who avoided execution are hiding in the hills awaiting climate change or other forms of extraterrestrial communications or for those living in the US the coming of Obama to provide a solution to their problems . In Canada with the same leader and a minority government no short term solutions are expected. Like all of you I have suffered extreme pain and the financial wounds are healing very
slowly...
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DOMESTIC
MINING-CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR MINE LOOK AT HISTORY AND THE ENVIRONMENT When the Cripple Creek Mining District first drew people 150 years ago, the environment was just something miners dug holes in. Today, however, reclamation is critical to restoring the community to pre mining days and to keeping the mine going after 2012. Last year the Cripple Creek and Victor Mine (CC&V) was recognized by the State of Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety for its voluntary reclamation of the Independence Mine tailings...
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LOOKING
FOR THE TYPICAL MINING CAMP
For those of us who enjoy mining history, there is a big
hole when it comes to places to visit. On one end, there
are the tourist towns with a mining heritage; Virginia
City, Tombstone, Bisbee, Leadville, etc. They do have
museums, but they tend to focus on the rowdy side of a
miner’s life like bars, dance halls, and such. And,
they seem more interested in making money than giving
you a real taste of mining life in the late 1800s...
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Mining Affairs Forum
“Now What?”
(and a vignette on global warming and environmentalism)
Anyone in the know in business knows what dangers lurk in Washington from the middle of January on--I don’t think I can add much to what everyone is lamenting. The upcoming danger of socialism infecting every aspect of American society represents the greatest threat to our nation that we have ever known. Most voters, in my opinion, had no clue as to what they were voting for and their “future shock” may take a few years to wake them up. If they ever wake up, that is. |
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GOOD SLEEP IS A KEY TO SAFE SHIFT WORK
Many mines are 24 hour a day operations, which means the special problems of shift workers have to be considered. If not, productivity can suffer along with fatigue induced accidents.
Man is a daytime creature. Our bodies are designed to function in tune with the circadian cycle, the 24-hour pattern of day and night. Our bodies want to be awake during the day and they want to sleep at night...
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SAFETY CULTURE ADDS TO THE BOTTOM LINE
Perennially successful companies have developed cultures that strive for perfection and see that “excellence” as an investment that contributes to the bottom line.
Ironically, one of the factors that mark these successful businesses is a real commitment to safety and an understanding that safety contributes significantly to corporate profits. This was proved in an Executive Workplace Survey done by the Liberty Mutual Group...
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Mining
and Technology-Software Updates
Carlson Software: Carlson Mine Financials - Get the
total picture to improve mine efficiency and lower costs
Carlson Mine Financials is a new module from Carlson
Software that enables scheduling and tracking of all
mining resources and activities – work crews, in-use
and non-assigned equipment, supplies, fuel, labor and
miscellaneous costs – to determine the most cost
effective and efficient ways to achieve desired
results...
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