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Do we really need so many studies to tell us why change is so difficult? If we just take a minute to think about our past, and observe human interactions, there are clear reasons, and also things we can do about it...
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Read MoreIn situations where there may be significant differences in perceived risks, and particularly when we are dealing with a number of stakeholders, we really need to take the time to understand one another's views.
What impacts our perceptions? And how can we come to see eye to eye?
Read MoreEveryone views waste as a cost centre. We move rock out of the way to get the good stuff. The shiny metals, the high-value gemstones, the money makers.
But what if we've had it wrong all this time and we just haven't been seeing the full potential held within the volumes of rock that we move?
Read More2018 marks the 20th anniversary of my undergraduate degree in geological engineering, as well as my whole-hearted dive into the mining world. I’ve watched many fantastic ideas, methodologies and technologies come forth, often to be squashed and put back on a shelf, and it's time that this stops!!
I’ve decided that it’s time to go big or go home, to start shouting about the possibilities, to start connecting the right collaborators and helping with finding the right solutions for big risk and sustainability-related opportunities.
Will you be a supporter?
Read MoreHighlighting the benefits of the PMI Global conference. This was a great event to attend for learning about many different strategies for projects, soft skills development, networking, and getting a little individual support.
#PMIcon17
Read MoreHow do we get more buy in to actually turning tailings wastes into a product?
Is there more opportunity to create products out of those things or have them used as some other sources of reclamation materials to stabilize other sites.
How do we encourage more collaboration on that front?
Read this article, based on sessions of the Mines and Technology conference held in Toronto, October 2-4, 2017, where a panel had a dialogue around this question.
Read MoreHow can we move forward to embrace new technologies, and the piloting of the many technologies already available, which can both recover value from, and reduce the risks of tailings management?
Read this article, based on sessions of the Mines and Technology conference held in Toronto, October 2-4, 2017, where a panel had a dialogue around this question.
Read MoreLast week I attended the Mines and Technology Conference in Toronto, to catch up with what is happening in the mining world, and to moderate a panel on Evaluating the Impact of Technology on Tailings Management.
At this conference, we heard a lot about how we can be using all of the data that we seem to own or have access to. And how we should enable our front line employees to make better decisions, to improve performance on several fronts and to lower costs, using said data.
And we saw examples of where all of this is happening, the technologies available to help us along, and a lot about how to help everyone transition with these significant changes into the way that we do things.
We are on the right track, but there are still things not being discussed.
So with that, I am going to write a short series to cover some of the risks and opportunities for which we need to pay more attention to, specifically with respect to our waste management practices.
Some of this I covered with the panelists, quotes from which I will include. Some I have added depth to - for you can't cover everything in just a half-hour session!
I hope you'll enjoy!
Read MoreTailings. One of those parts of the mining business that everyone loves to hate.
External stakeholders see them as large, ugly ponds of toxic sludge, fearing their presence, fighting against their development. Not in my backyard.
And to the mining business, tailings make up a significant cost - unfortunately being something that no conventional mine has ever been able to eliminate.
So what can be done about it? Are there alternatives?
Read MoreCompanies have long been approaching motivation and engagement of employees in the wrong way. Research over the past 60 years has not only proven this, but it has also shown better ways to naturally engage and motivate people.
Are you creating a space where your team can flourish, flow and grow?
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