December 15, 2011

Clark touts oil sands, but not pipeline BC Local News Dec-14-2011

Redford both avoided expressing an opinion directly. The twin pipelines would carry lighter petroleum to Alberta and diluted oil sands crude back to a new deep-water port at Kitimat, where…

December 15, 2011

Exeter University and BGS join together in a “critical” alliance

In response to growing unease over supply of critical metals for high-tech manufacturing and green technologies, the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the University of Exeter have agreed to join…

December 15, 2011

New Bridon mining ropes factory in UK

Bridon International has invested £30m in a Tyneside factory that will produce multi-strand ropes in gross package weights of up to 650 t - which according to Bridon will make…

December 15, 2011

Immersive introduces new dozer operator training tool

Immersive Technologies has announced a new release of their dozer operator training technology for use with their Advanced Equipment Simulators including the PRO3. The new tool includes extensive new training…

December 15, 2011

Alberta Shuts In Gas Wells to Protect Oil Sands Development

Oil Daily Alberta's oil sands industry has scored an important victory in the province's ongoing gas-versus-bitumen battle, with the province's oil and gas regulator deciding this week to shut in…

December 14, 2011

The Richard Brown Show – Ezra Levant – Climate change and the role of the oil sands

14 Dec 2011 15:00:00 -0600 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:00:00 -0600 Climate change and the role of the oil sands. Ezra Levant, Host of The Source on the Sun News…

December 14, 2011

Durban, Kyoto, mining, and global warming in perspective

For no good reasons that need detain us here, I recently had occassion to go back through old I THINK MINING blog postings. I was surprised to see how much…

December 14, 2011

Clark touts oil sands, but not pipeline

B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan are preparing a "Canadian energy strategy" to present to Ottawa by this spring.

December 14, 2011

2011 Mine Exploration Salaries from CostMine

The folk at CostMine have just sent me their most recent publication, 2011 Survey Results; International Exploration Salaries, Wages and Benefits.

December 14, 2011

Hundreds pack hearing on bill affecting 1.2 billion tonne Wisconsin iron ore mine

Hundreds piled into a public hearing Wednesday on a new bill affecting a huge iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin. "Many stood against the wall and dozens more stood outside…