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Mine Tailings Jobs in Alberta, Arizona, Botswana, and Everywhere Else
Fraser Alexander was a foreman on a mine in South Africa in the early 1900s. He was in charge of building the sand and rock dumps. He did this mostly by experience and native skill. One of the...
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Jobs in Mining Process Engineering: Understanding The Process & Profession
When I think of a place or a country, in my ignorance I generally believe all the people who make up that country to be of a similar stock, have like personality traits and characteristics. That view...
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Weekend Mining Roundup: 63 Highways to Health and Words
The weekend looms, so here is a roundup of the items I have saved for bogging about and that I know I will never get to unless I summarize now: From Mining iQ on Fly-in, Fly-out camps: Other common...
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Sherritt International Mine Containment Wall Failure
Here is how one source describes the spill: About 100 employees and contractors working for Sherritt [International Mine] are at the site trying to determine how a wall in the containment pond was...
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Mt Polley: Directive 74 or Bust
I have written extensively in this blog about the Alberta Directive 74. Generally I have been derogatory about the Directive. For example at this link I write the following: That incredibly silly...
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