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I THINK MINING has moved to http://ithinkmining.blog.infomine.com

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: I THINK MINING is at http://ithinkmining.blog.infomine.com/  Please change your bookmarks. … more →

Gas from coal versus valley-fill mining: a new national debate or civil war?10 comments

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: In the early 1960s in South Africa my parents moved to Evander, a mining town in sight of Sasol wher … more →

Tags: Coal, Global Warming, North America, oil sands, Uranium

Maryland coal mine slope stability accident a wake up call to ignore political correctness

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: It is hard to believe that a 23-meter high wall of an open pit coal mine in Maryland can just fail a … more →

Tags: Coal, North America, Open Pit

Mining absences and the midwest

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Nothing about mining, just a brief report on personal doings.  I have just arrived in Cedar Rapids a … more →

Tags: About the News

Kansas mining revisited

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: My two older kids did their undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.  … more →

Tags: Coal, Environment, Mining history, North America, People

Mining research & development should be kept out of the universities and away from other cosseted groups?2 comments

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: A conference was planned, people were writing and organizing, and then thing went awry. Here is what … more →

Tags: About the News

Pit lakes as the focus of sustainable development - how to preclude a post-closure disaster

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Stuck in the warm sun besides the beach in southern California this week, I still had time to look u … more →

Tags: About the News, Open Pit, Enviromental, reclamation

Is sport more dangerous than mining?2 comments

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Here is a story that hit my e-mail inbox sent by somebody from somewhere. The publisher is AAP NewsW … more →

Tags: About the News, Australia and New Zealand, People

Routes 141 & 299: examples of post-mining sustainable development1 comment

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: A road that winds so much and goes up and down so many steep grades could have be built for one reas … more →

Tags: About the News, Mining history, community relations, North America, Global Warming

Salary Update for Canadian Mines - are you earning enough?

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Here is a brief survey of wages  – are you earning enoughand salaries in Canadian mines in 200 … more →

Tags: About the News, Jobs and Salaries, North America, People

Consulting opportunities in global warming & mining1 comment

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: The most interesting question asked of me regarding global warming is:  As a consultant, how can I m … more →

Tags: Global Warming

Tolukuma mine tailings disposal contamination, condemnation, and conundrums 1 comment

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Here is one of those reports on mining that infuriates the reader because of incompetent brevity and … more →

Tags: Australia and New Zealand, Enviromental, Hydrology and hydraulics

Blog advertising to the mining industry: groundfloor opportunities3 comments

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: The conclusions from the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada are pretty obvious:  (1) not many … more →

Tags: About the News

More mining opportunities in global warming

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: How can mines benefit from global warming?  Greg Easterbrook, in the April 2007 Atlantic Monthly not … more →

Tags: community relations, Global Warming, Investing & Finance

Mining equipment, Firwin, and military exploits — support our troops

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Browsing websites can be fun.  They open your eyes to details of the familiar that you had not previ … more →

Tags: Equipment, People

Oregon mining museums: opportunities for sustainable resource development

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: There are, or at some time in the past have been, at least 270 mines in Jackson County, Oregon (Mind … more →

Tags: Human relations and mining, Mining history, North America, Gold

New mines for Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela: Who benefits?

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Mining news from Cuba and Bolivia does not normally make headlines.  Over the weekend this piece app … more →

Tags: Law (Mining), Latin America

BC ex-minister of mine's e-mail found and published: WOW!

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: A while ago I wrote about the BC Minister of Mines who resigned over a “nasty” e-mail.  … more →

Mining-2000 is a career choice in spite of mining-1980

Jack Caldwell wrote 2 years ago: Is this a sad story, or is it a story of human ability and success?  Persist a little while, for the … more →

Tags: Human relations and mining, People, Jobs and Salaries


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