Politics and Biogeochemistry

Our favorite mining consultant Jack Caldwell weighs in on the names of those who will peer review the EPA report that says mine development poses a real risk to Bristol Bay.

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They trot out profound and pusillanimous statements

Jack Caldwell, who has spent most of his working life consulting to the mining industry, has some investment advice when it come to the Pebble Mine.

The Pebble Mine cannot cheaply or safely dispose of their tailings. So avoid them as an investment. News reports this week talk of tailings dams as big and as long as the Great Wall of China. This is a good analogy.  And one day those dams will fail and wipe out the salmon industry, regardless of what you say.

It gets better.

I have read everything I can lay my hands on about the Pebble Mine and its tailings. They are clueless. They are professional consultants struggling to tell an optimistic story. They are obviously influenced by their client.  They trot out profound and pusillanimous statements. It is a farce.

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The Anglo American and Rio Tinto shareholder meeting is taking place this Thursday in London and the NRDC will be there to deliver 400,000 signatures in opposition to the mine.

They should bring a copy of Jack's blog post to hand out to investors.

Good Mining Advertising?

Not according to Jack Caldwell who has spent most of his working life consulting to the mining industry. In his blog Think Mining Caldwell skewers the new Anglo American "Good Mining "ads.

I have often railed against those unimaginative mining ads that show ladies in hard hats standing in front of a large truck, smiling as they try to look natural and in support of women in mining. 

I have often railed against those ads, so beloved by consultants to the mining industry, in which we see a pristine lake, a stream, gushing river, or glass of clean water and an exhortation to contact said consulting company for a commitment to sustainable mining. 

Now we have Anglo American delving, as it were, into new waters as they show this impossibly good-looking man-miner making an empty statement: Good Mining, Good Water, Good Manners.

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