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 Finnish Mining Boom Prompts Regulation Backlash on PollutersWednesday, May 16, 2012Finland’s mining companies stand to face tougher rules as environmental damage prompts regulators to check the Nordic nation’s mining boom. read more » Growth Prospects for Uranium Stir ConcernsMonday, April 16, 2012At the back of a South Texas uranium processing facility, a few dozen black container drums stood outside, waiting to be shipped. Each was filled with about $50,000 worth of yellowcake, a powdery substance created from raw uranium. read more » From explorationist to service providerMonday, April 16, 2012Energold Drilling Corp. is a leading global specialty drilling company that services the mining and energy sectors in the Americas, Africa and Asia. read more » Peru implements law to calm mining, oil disputesTuesday, April 03, 2012Peru implemented a new law that aims to calm debilitating social conflicts over natural resources in the top global metals exporter, and the new rules could cover indigenous and peasant communities in much of the country. read more » Uncertainty Analysis in Mining & GroundwaterWednesday, March 14, 2012We have just downloaded hundreds of pages of papers, theses, and blog postings on Uncertainty Analysis in groundwater analyses for mining projects. read more » Bomvu Ridge and Groundwater Modelling in MiningFriday, March 09, 2012This is a story of a time before computers; before groundwater conceptual models, numerical models, baseline models, and predictive models; before groundwater model calibration, verification, or sensitivity analysis. read more » Canadian Firm’s Mining Project in Argentina Halted Amid ProtestsMonday, January 30, 2012Authorities suspended Canadian firm Osisko’s open-pit gold mining project in the northwestern Argentine province of La Rioja amid grassroots protests. read more » No link between mining, well water complaintsThursday, January 26, 2012A yearlong study of groundwater in some southern coalfield communities showed no evidence of widespread pollution related to mining, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection said ... read more » New US Topo MapsWednesday, January 25, 2012USGS will produce new US Topo maps for another 20 states in 2012. read more » Airborne Geophysical Survey Offers New Insight Into Permafrost in AlaskaMonday, January 23, 2012A pioneering airborne electromagnetic survey in the Yukon Flats near Fort Yukon, Alaska, by the U.S. Geological Survey has yielded unprecedented images of the presence and absence of permafrost to depths of roughly 328 feet. read more » A Chilean tailings beachMonday, January 23, 2012Copper Bay’s pending IPO introduces investors to a unique copper project, according to broker Ocean Equities. read more » Natural Acid Rock Drainage in ColoradoFriday, December 23, 2011This report, Natural Acid Rock Drainage Associated with Hydrothermally Altered Terrane in Colorado, examines the water quality and geology of several areas in Colorado exhibiting acid rock drainage (ARD) that is not caused by mining, but by nature. read more » ioGlobal - Resource Analytics & Data Systems AutomationMonday, December 19, 2011ioGlobal delivers applied geochemistry consulting, resource analytics, and data system automation solutions to the resource and environmental industries. Check it out. read more » Subsidence caused by abandoned minesThursday, December 15, 2011When Robert and Karen Umberger looked outside their Elmo home on a cool spring morning in 2010, there was something funny about the 6 by 8 foot hole in their front yard. To wit, there wasn't a 6 by 8 foot hole in their front yard the morning prior. read more » How to read the EPA press release regarding frackingMonday, December 12, 2011The EPA study does not blame fracking per se for being an aquifer polluter as many of the journalists ascertained. read more » Historical overview of traditional and modern gold mining in GhanaWednesday, December 07, 2011Good paper on pre-colonial methods of mining in the gold rich west African country of Ghana. read more » Copper mining: In situ recoveryTuesday, December 06, 2011Oxide copper deposit mined by solution mining methods (video). read more » USGS Data - Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) Thursday, December 01, 2011The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) have collaborated on the development of a notably enhanced global elevation model named the Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010 (GMTED2010) that replaces GTOPO30 as the elevation dataset of choice for global and continental scale applications. read more » Yukon: Handbook of Reclamation Techniques and Mining Land UseWednesday, November 30, 2011This handbook has been prepared by the Yukon Government for use by operators conducting mineral exploration programs under the mining land use regime of the Quartz Mining Act. read more » Canadian study casts doubt on seabed mining prospectsTuesday, November 22, 2011With a Vancouver-based company now licensed to open the world's first undersea mine off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a new Canadian-led study of whether ocean-floor extraction of copper, gold and other metals is "worth the risk" concludes that ... read more » Canadian industries may have to pay more for waterThursday, November 17, 2011While a shortage of water is not an imminent issue facing Canada, the overall demand by the natural resource sectors is increasing ... read more » Mining one day, tourism eventually: BHP Tuesday, October 11, 2011BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam project, set to be the world's biggest mine, could have a second life as an outback tourist attraction when it closes. read more » New USGS Science for Managing Arizona’s GroundwaterWednesday, September 21, 2011Over the last 70 years, groundwater in Arizona's alluvial basins was depleted by more than 74.5 million acre-feet, or approximately three times the maximum storage of Lake Powell. read more » Electrified Bacterial Filaments Remove Uranium from GroundwaterTuesday, September 06, 2011Hair-like filaments called pili enable some bacteria to remove uranium from contaminated groundwater. read more » Geologists Ship Out, Hoping to Claim Piece of Arctic for CanadaFriday, September 02, 2011With two research icebreakers, over 100 geologists and geographers from Canada and the United States, three Inuit mammal spotters on the watch for vulnerable wildlife, and two underwater autonomous vehicles that can operate beneath sheet ice, a geological survey team set out last night to crush their way through the last untrammelled regions of the Arctic, mapping the sea floor as they go. read more » Esri and DOI Introduce Landsat Data for the World Tuesday, May 03, 2011Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost four decades' worth of Global Land Survey (GLS) Landsat data developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and DOI's US Geological Survey. read more » Water problems associated with undersea coal miningTuesday, April 26, 2011Coal mining under the sea has been carried out in many different parts of the world. The first consideration associated with undersea mining or for that matter under bodies of water or under sub-surface aquifers, is to ... read more » Schlumberger Water Services Launches Diver-Office Premium v.2011.1Friday, March 04, 2011Schlumberger Water Services (SWS) today announced the release of Diver-Office Premium* v.2011.1 comprehensive groundwater monitoring software. read more » GeoVisionary Monday, February 07, 2011GeoVisionary is the result of a collaboration between Virtalis and the British Geological Survey. Combining a powerful data engine with a virtual geological toolkit enables geoscientists to visualise, analyse and share large datasets seamlessly in an immersive, real time environment. read more » In Congo, Diamonds are Whose Best Friend ?Monday, January 10, 2011This was my first trip to Mbuji Mayi. I knew it as Congo’s city of riches: the diamond mecca of the country. But whatever I expected is not what I found. read more » Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar RegionMonday, December 06, 2010The 144 pages atlas is the result of a three-year collaborative project with partners from northern EU countries, as well as Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, the USA and Russia and gives a detailed overview of circumpolar soil resources relevant also to agriculture, forest management, water management, land use planning, infrastructure and housing and energy transport networks. read more » Cave Breccias and Archaeological SitesTuesday, September 07, 2010Generally, deposition of allochthanous material in caves follows that for most stratified surface deposits; that is, the deposits are locally younging upwards and they tend to be horizontally bedded, and deposits frequently show fining-upwards following stream floods. Many bone breccias may show distinct layering but rock breccias in caves may not conform to such a simple regime. read more » Quicksand Incident ControlWednesday, July 07, 2010An incident is a small event that is a bit out of the ordinary; a mere trifle; a nuisance & irritation; a bit embarrassing maybe; but in the end nothing to worry about. Or is this correct? read more » SinkholesTuesday, June 08, 2010When water from rainfall moves down through the soil and encounters bedrock in karst terrain, the bedrock begins to dissolve along horizontal and vertical cracks and crevices in the rock. Eventually, these cracks and crevices ... read more » Reed Gold MineMonday, May 31, 2010One Sunday — supposedly in the spring — twelve-year-old Conrad Reed, son of John, chose to go fishing with several siblings in Little Meadow Creek on the family farm rather that attend church with his parents. While busy alongside the creek he saw "a yellow substance shining in the water." Its weight was later said to be approximately seventeen pounds. John Reed, unable to identify it, set the heavy stone aside as a useful doorstop and continued life as usual. read more » Trouble at the Bottom of the OceanThursday, May 13, 2010Early research on how to avoid hydrate buildup eventually led to the discovery of naturally occurring methane hydrates in the '70s, which are found pretty much everywhere temperature and pressure conditions permit—in the sea-floor sediments of all oceans deeper than about 2,000 feet and in permafrost. The majority of the world's methane is stored in hydrate form rather than gas form. read more » Switzerland geologist on trial for 'causing quakes' Monday, March 29, 2010The head of a geothermal energy company has gone on trial in Switzerland accused of damaging property by triggering earthquakes. read more » Texas earthquakes may be linked to wells for gas miningThursday, March 11, 2010"The earthquakes were right in our backyard, and quakes don't happen too often in Texas," says seismologist Brian Stump of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, senior author on a Leading Edge journal study. "We usually only get small ones." read more » Understanding the types of aquifers in the Canadian Cordillera hydrogeologic regionThursday, March 11, 2010Groundwater is often viewed as a mysterious and challenging resource to manage as it is hidden underground. Generally, the only obvious sign of groundwater to the public is water flowing from a spring
or from a well. Where and how the groundwater got to the spring or well and how much is available are questions of interest when trying
to protect the resource. read more » Glaciers - Science and Nonsense Thursday, February 25, 2010Alarm started with ‘global warming’ but since the Earth failed to warm in the past 10 years it changed to ‘climate change” and most recently to “carbon pollution.” But the most graphic scare is still of rising sea levels, so many articles continue appear describing sea level rise of many metres caused by the melting of the icesheets. read more » Combating acid rock drainage: industry collaborates on ARD GuideTuesday, February 09, 2010A guide to reducing Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) has been produced by The International Network for Acid Prevention. This internet-based global best practices guide for the prevention and mitigation of ARD was recently published by the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP). INAP is an international consortium of major mining companies, working collectively to combat the issue of ARD. read more » Boldly Going Where No Man (or Woman) Goes: USGS Unmanned AircraftFriday, January 08, 2010"In dangerous and remote areas, such as polar regions, volcanic islands, and expansive deserts, remote-controlled unmanned aircraft can provide more detailed, more timely data about the status of natural resources and environmental conditions than would be feasible by any other means ..." read more » Deeper open pitsMonday, December 07, 2009Surface mines are always seeking to extract more from their existing ore bodies by going deeper, or steeper, or both. Doug Minchin, Director, Rock Australia notes that as well as open pit mines getting larger and deeper, slope design is becoming more aggressive with concomitant high risk in size of failures and consequences. "Slope Failure, even a small rock fall threatens the safety of personnel, plant and equipment, productivity and potentially overall mine viability." read more » DOE-Sponsored Mississippi Project Hits 1-Million-Ton Milestone for Injected CO2Thursday, November 05, 2009A large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) storage project in Mississippi has become the fifth worldwide to reach the important milestone of more than 1 million tons injected. As a result, it is helping to both further carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a mitigation strategy for global climate change and move forward G-8 recommendations for launching 20 projects of this type internationally by 2010. read more » Cutting down carbon dioxide emissions in India’s coal sectorTuesday, October 20, 2009A recent study, commissioned by Christian Aid and written by researchers from the Universities of Surrey and Edinburgh, reveals the prospects for Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) technology in India. It examines whether CCS could be a suitable technology for cutting down India’s carbon dioxide emissions. read more » Geothermal Power, Lithium Mining Two-in-One in CaliforniaFriday, October 09, 2009Geothermal power plants can extract lithium from underground brine and sell it to battery makers. One geothermal project is turning to startup Simbol Mining to try it out read more » Canadian Study Scrutinizes Carbon CaptureWednesday, October 07, 2009In the face of mounting support for clean coal and the billions being invested in carbon capture and storage, or C.C.S., technology, a new assessment from the University of Toronto’s Munk Center for International Studies has a stern warning for policy-makers: there could be dramatic unintended environmental consequences to sequestering huge amounts of carbon dioxide in the earth's mantle. read more » Burning coal deep down has huge potential, untestedTuesday, October 06, 2009Burning coal underground could be one of the next breakthroughs to increase the world's energy supply, similar to establishment of Canadian oil sands, executives and academics told a conference in London on Monday.
read more » Monitoring faults could predict earthquakes: studyThursday, October 02, 2009Geologists working near California's San Andreas Fault have found a way to monitor the strength of a geologic fault — a finding which could be used to predict when a fault would fail and cause an earthquake. read more » The road to GrasbergWednesday, September 30, 2009Until Bechtel built the first road in the early 1970s, and Freeport Indonesia subsequently developed the area, subrivers were the only access inland to the foothills of the Jayawijaya mountain range on Irian Jaya that hosts what is arguably the greatest ore complex discovered in the world to date, the Grasberg and Ertsberg copper gold deposits. read more » Viva Las CrucesWednesday, September 30, 2009After an almost year-long suspension Las Cruces in southern Spain made the final leap into production in June. Daniel Gleeson examines a mine reporting contained copper of some 2,425 MIb, an estimated 15-year mine life and some exciting copper processing advances. read more » The Coal ConundrumWednesday, September 30, 2009Coal is depended on for a variety of processes. Whether it's electricity generation, steel production or conversion into liquid fuels, it is a fuel on which our society is very dependant. Clean coal will take time and money before it can proliferate. In order to meet the demands that industry and society impose coal needs to be mined quickly and efficiently. read more » To leach or not to leach?Wednesday, September 30, 2009In-situ leaching (ISL) or in-situ recovery was developed in the mid 1970s as a method for extracting uranium from typical roll-front type deposits located in water saturated permeable rocks that were not suitable for conventional mining. It was conceived independently in both the (former) USSR and the USA using similar approaches in engineering and technology. read more » Planning for the futureWednesday, September 30, 2009In the introduction to ICMM's Planning for Integrated Mine Closure: Toolkit, the authors describe planning for closure as being "about how to design a mine operation in order to facilitate closure. When a project is designed,there is a lot of scope to do so with closure in mind..." read more » Researchers Study Impacts of Coal Mining on Water ResourcesMonday, August 31, 2009As the federal government announces new plans to protect water resources, these research efforts are underway to provide objective scientific information to policy makers and to those involved in the debate surrounding mountaintop-removal and other forms of coal mining. read more » Mercury-tainted fish found widely in U.S. streamsThursday, August 20, 2009Scientists have detected mercury contamination in every one of hundreds of fish sampled from 291 freshwater streams, according to a U.S. government study released on Wednesday. More than a quarter of those fish contained concentrations of mercury exceeding levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency for the protection of people who eat age amounts of fish, the U.S. Geological Survey report said. read more » Satellites unlock secret to Northern India's vanishing waterFriday, August 14, 2009Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade – and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame. read more » Time-Series Photos From Space of Aral Sea DeathMonday, July 13, 2009The destruction of the Aral Sea is one of the great engineering disasters of the 20th century, a mistake on a scale so vast that photographs from space are needed to capture it. read more » The Arid DeviceThursday, July 09, 2009Industry and governmental agencies have known for years that the water quality in the Powder River Basin coals is quite good. In fact, CBM produced water has greatly enhanced livestock operations, through the development of watering areas in previously unused or under-used pastures. read more » Frack Attack - Drilling Technique Under ScrutinyThursday, June 25, 2009Four years after a widely used but controversial oil and gas production technology was exempted from federal regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, Congress is taking another look at the process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. read more » Water Treatment Technologies for Oil Sands MiningThursday, May 28, 2009To produce oil from the oil sands field in Alberta, huge amount of water is used. Specifically, water is used to separate bitumen from the sand at a high water to oil ratio. read more » Climate Change Impacts MiningThursday, April 09, 2009The most intriguing paper from the 2009 SME conference is entitled Climate Change Risk and Impact Assessment for Global Diversified Mining Group. read more » Pyrophoricity of PRB coals - considerations for coalbed methane developmentFriday, April 03, 2009Natural coal fires along coal outcrops in the Powder River Coal Field or Powder River Basin have occurred throughout the more recent geologic history of the area. Researchers using modern fission-track dating techniques on the baked and fused rock associated with ancient fires have dated in-place coal burn areas as old as middle Pliocene ... read more » Man-made earthquake?Thursday, February 05, 2009Did dam trigger the devastating 2008 Sichuan quake? read more » Groundwater Monitoring ToolsTuesday, February 03, 2009Here is an announcement by VMS-Profound of new groundwater monitoring equipment read more » Carlson Natural Regrade Wins INTERMAT Silver Innovation AwardTuesday, January 27, 2009Intermat officials recently announced that Carlson Software's Natural Regrade land reclamation software won a Silver Award in the Services Category of their Innovation Awards. read more » South African Mine Water Best Management PracticesTuesday, October 28, 2008Here are links to a magnificent series of e-publications from South Africa on management of mine water read more » Perpetual Mine Water TreatmentFriday, October 24, 2008Here is a collection of writings on the issue of perpetual treatment of mine waters. read more » Heap Leach Pad RisksWednesday, September 03, 2008Risk management enables you to identify risks and take action to avoid them before you get hurt. At least that is the theory. read more » Connelly on Mine GroundwaterTuesday, July 29, 2008In the old days when SRK still went by its original name, Steffen Robertson and Kirsten, Dick Connelly and I were given the task of pounding the pavements to develop a groundwater practice in South Africa. read more » The Meaning of Long Term?Monday, July 21, 2008These terms are often carelessly bandied about in the mining industry: long term; on-going; foreseeable future; several centuries; perpetuity; forever; sustained. What really do they mean? read more » In-Lake Tailings Disposal Tuesday, June 17, 2008A new report from the Globe and Mail states that sixteen Canadian mining companies have applied to dispose of mine tailings in lakes across the country. read more » Pierina Gold MineThursday, June 12, 2008GoldSim to the rescue again: an abstract for the conference on Tailings & Mine Waste ’08 tells of a water balance model for the Pierina Gold Mine in Peru using GoldSim for the entire plant. read more » GoldSim and the Marillana MineFriday, June 06, 2008GoldSim is a computer code that enables you to model systems consisting of units (elements) into, through, and out of which things flow. read more » Invitation to Submit a Presentation to IECAMonday, May 12, 2008I received an email from the International Erosion Control Association inviting me to submit a presentation proposal for Environmental Connection 2009, IECA's annual conference read more » Erosion Control EducationWednesday, May 07, 2008The International Erosion Control Association is a source of On-Demand education opportunities. read more » ASTM Publishes New Compilation on Erosion and Sediment Control TechnologyFriday, April 18, 2008ASTM International announces the publication of a new compilation, ASTM Standards on Erosion and Sediment Control Technology, 2nd Edition. read more » WetlandsWednesday, April 09, 2008More on Wetlands for stormwater protection from the Center for Watershed Protection. read more » Center for Watershed Protection AnnouncementWednesday, March 26, 2008In a continued effort to provide all communities with the tools needed to protect their watersheds, the Center is posting online previews of most of the slideshows sold on CD. read more » Wallingford and WaterinfoTuesday, March 04, 2008From the Waterinfo e-news put out by Wallingford Software, here are a few news items and a bit of promotion that I thought worth recording for those interested in hydraulics and software. read more » Non-Traditional Uranium MiningFriday, February 29, 2008Here is a way to get more uranium from old mines and simultaneously protect surface water quality. In the paper Non-Traditional Utilization of Uranium Deposits After Underground Mining Completion, Rapantova et al. write of recovery of uranium from groundwater read more » Tailings ElectroosmosisTuesday, February 19, 2008Electroosmosis involves application of an electric voltage across a porous material to increase the hydraulic gradient, thereby speeding up fluid flow and hopefully consolidation, strength gain, and reduced permeability. read more » Aquifer Depressurization ManagementTuesday, February 05, 2008This paper describes a fascinating case history: Management of Aquifer Depressurization System in Hazelwood Mine, Latrobe Valley, Australia by J. Fernando of International Power and D. Nag of Monash University. read more » Giant Mine Ground FreezingMonday, January 14, 2008An extreme example of ground freezing to control groundwater pollution from a closed mine, is the Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada. read more » Durham CoalfieldsFriday, January 11, 2008The February 2007 edition of the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology included a paper entitled Migration of polluted mine water in a public supply aquifer. read more » GoldSim White PapersWednesday, January 09, 2008Two white papers from GoldSim that are, in my opinion, worth downloading and reading read more » Mine Water PlanMonday, December 17, 2007The July 2007 issue of International Mining included a fun article Minimizing water use and its pollution. Here is the best part of the article and what I will call the SRK Principles for a Mine Water Plan. read more » FracMan - An UpdateMonday, December 03, 2007Fracman is a powerful way to model groundwater flow in mines where the flow is in the fractured bedrock. read more » The Drying WestFriday, November 23, 2007The New York Times’ Jon Gertner writes of the water crisis in the West in a long and insightful piece The Future is Drying Up. read more » Wardrop Mine DewateringTuesday, November 06, 2007I have recently posted two EduMine courses: Surface Water Management at Mines and Groundwater in Mining. Here is something from Wardrop that I wish I had added to the course on groundwater. read more » Urban Stormwater ManagementFriday, November 02, 2007If you are involved with or responsible for surface water management at a mine, this volume is for you. I refer to a magnificent new e-publication called Manual 3 Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices. read more » Riprap Design Procedures ManualTuesday, October 16, 2007Many a mine needs to control erosion in the surface water channels. If the mine is blessed with an abundance of good quality rock, riprap may be the most economic approach to limiting erosion. read more » The Judicious Use of Computer ModelsTuesday, September 25, 2007Here is some practical advice I cull from Hydrology and Floodplain Analysis (1988) by Philip B. Bendient and Wayne C. Huber. read more » Groundwater Modeling ToolsMonday, September 17, 2007Over the last decade, great strides have been made in developing numerical models covering virtually all aspects of mining hydrogeology from traditional 2D seepage models to complex models simulating multi-phase flow and multi-species contaminant transport. read more » Surface Water CalculationsFriday, September 14, 2007The September issue of Stormwater contains one of the best articles about surface water I have read in quite a while. read more » Performance Based CodesTuesday, September 11, 2007There has been much criticism of the draft Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for Mining recently published by the World Bank. read more » Arizona Mine Water NeedsMonday, July 30, 2007The Arizona Republic takes a long and hard look at water resources for new mines in Arizona. read more » Groundwater ModelsWednesday, July 25, 2007On many a project, preparing and running the groundwater model is the largest cost item. Why is this? read more » International Mine Water AssociationFriday, July 20, 2007Kudos to the International Mine Water Association for making the proceedings of the Congresses, Symposia, and Meetings so readily available. read more » Erosion Control ProductsFriday, May 11, 2007It takes a paper magazine to remind you of information that has not yet found its way across the internet. I recently got the March/April issue of Erosion Control. read more » Fracture FlowMonday, May 07, 2007A comprehensive book, free on the web: Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow – Contemporary Understanding and Applications. This 1996 publication was prepared by the following committees read more » Darcy's LawTuesday, May 01, 2007I have always admired Henry Darcy, but never thought to join his fan club—you can at this link. There you can find all the intimate details of his birth, life, and death. There is even some information on his works and equation. read more » Groundwater SoftwareTuesday, April 24, 2007Here are some places you can find information about software that you may need to deal with groundwater in the mining context. read more » Software BluesTuesday, April 10, 2007The next book on my reading list is Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can’t Predict the Future, by Orrin H. Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis. read more » Groundwater TerminologyWednesday, April 04, 2007Let us examine some of the many terms that are used to refer to water in soils and rocks. I prefer the simple Anglo-Saxon sounding groundwater. read more » Groundwater PeopleTuesday, April 03, 2007Of all the disciplines at the intersection of science, engineering, and technology, groundwater is the one that demands the most application of art. read more » Groundwater BookTuesday, April 03, 2007Recent flooding of the shaft and underground mine workings at the Cigar Lake uranium deposit in Saskatchewan reminds us of the significance of groundwater in mining. read more » FracManWednesday, March 28, 2007It seems so obvious: most mines involve cutting into rock, and rock is fractured. Therefore the stability and groundwater flow patterns of the mine opening, whether open pit or underground, will be controlled by the fractures. read more » Montana MiningFriday, March 23, 2007The idea started in Montana and now is spreading across the west: no new mining unless you can prove up front that you won’t need perpetual water treatment when you shut down. read more » Australian Mine Water UseWednesday, March 14, 2007You must pay attention when the news item starts thus: “Using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, Australia’s natural science agency CSIRO has established that water used by the mining industry read more » Brazilian Dam BurstFriday, March 02, 2007The web was recently awash in the flood of news about the failure of a “bauxite mine tailings dam burst” in Brazilian read more » Quecreek Mine Flooding DisasterMonday, February 26, 2007At about 9 pm on July 24, 2002 a work crew of nine men from the Quecreek Coal Mine in Somerset Pennsylvania nearly lost their lives read more » Mine FloodingThursday, February 22, 2007Ground freezing is on way to control the inflow of water to a mining operation. If flow quantities are low, it may be easier to pump from dewatering wells, of from the mine workings themselves read more » New Hampshire GeomorphologyFriday, January 12, 2007There are no mines in New Hampshire that I know of; except surely some aggregate mines and gravel pits? Regardless, the volume I refer you to does not address the impact of mining at all. read more » Sand and Gravel Mining Permits in Pinal County, ArizonaTuesday, December 19, 2006Sand and gravel mining in floodplains occurs nearly everywhere. If you want to mine sand and gravel in Pinal County, Arizona, you will need to comply with the requirements read more » McArthur MineFriday, December 15, 2006The McArthur Mine in Australia was in the news recently. I vaguely recollect reading reports of a controversy surrounding the mine. read more » Stream UnderminingWednesday, December 13, 2006Subsidence on underground mine workings can disrupt surface water flow and impact groundwater. This simple fact is brought home simply and starkly by a fine brochure from Hatch Mott MacDonald read more » Utah Mine ReclamationFriday, December 08, 2006This volume is the best primer on Mine Reclamation I have yet come across: The Practical Guide to Reclamation in Utah. It should be your first stop on a tour of mine reclamation reading, even if your mine is not in Utah. read more » Utah Abandoned Mines ProgramFriday, December 08, 2006This is a valuable reference if you mine in Utah. It is also valuable if you are simply interested in the story of mining in Utah, the abandoned mines in Utah read more » BLM Mined Land ReclamationMonday, December 04, 2006A comprehensive manual on mine reclamation is probably a pipe dream. The topic is too large and multi-disciplinary to get all the information in one volume. read more » Colorado Mine ReclamationFriday, December 01, 2006A recent report (June 2006) makes fascinating reading and instructive reporting. I refer to the Reclamation Feasibility Report Henson Creek Watershed read more » Water Management for MinesMonday, November 27, 2006Ralph B. Peck said that he read the adverts in new magazines first. He maintained that if you truly want to know what is developing technically in your field, you should follow the adverts before turning to the technical papers read more » Jiri Open Pit MineFriday, November 03, 2006Download the technical paper, the digital data, and the program input parameters for a new publication “An Open-Pit Coalmine Surcharged by Artesian Water Pressure”. This paper is downloadable from read more » Glamis Review ReportFriday, October 20, 2006A rare peek into the exclusive world of peer review of tailings dams. We hear so much about the need, and see so little of the implementation. read more » Rock Filter Dams for Sediment ControlWednesday, August 30, 2006Compliance with discharge standards for the amount of sediment in runoff from mines demands a holistic approach to runoff control. Sediment dams are but one aspect of an overall approach to mine sediment control. read more » Mining WaterMonday, August 28, 2006From Mineweb: An old saying in the West is that "water flows uphill; towards money." Water was legally defined as a commodity in the year 2000, which paved the way for multinational corporations to buy and manage water systems. read more » 7th ICARD Abstracts On-LineTuesday, August 22, 2006All 209 pages are now available on-line. That is, you can now see for free over two hundred abstracts of all the papers presented at the 7th ICARD Conference in St Louis in March 2006. read more » BioteQThursday, August 17, 2006How do you address Acid Mine Drainage? 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