Category Archives: politics of mining

SAMARCO PANEL ATTRIBUTES PRIMARY CAUSE OF FAILURE TO INEFFECTIVE SEPARATION OF SLIMES AND SANDS AND INADEQUATE DRAINAGE OF SANDS

Posted on August 29, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Moments ago Vale, BHP and Samarco concluded their press conference presenting the findings of their indepdendent panel on the causes of the Fundao Tailings dam failure . The report was commissioned by Vale. A full copy in English is up at … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Macg. Robertson, Catastrophic Tailings Failures, Causes Of Catastrophic Tailings Dam Failures, Environmental Risk Management, Fundao Talings Dam, Germano Tailings Dam Failure, Height Limits of Earthen Dams, Metallic Mining Risk Management, Mine Risk Management, mining public liability, Pimenta De Avilar, politics of mining, Public Liability & Financial Risk, Rate of Raise for Upstream Tailings Dams, Samarco Dam Failure, Samarco Indepemdent Panel Report, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mining Financial Risks Post-“Super Cycle” Point to Escalated & Unexamined Already Accrued Public Liabilities & Environmental Security Losses

Posted on February 19, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Although this Ernst & Young report on “post super cycle” mining business risks speaks from the miners point of view, not from the environmental risk/public liability point of view, the economic realities presented here are what Bowker Chambers (2015) was pointing at … Continue reading →

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TASEKO TEETERING: ANOTHER SCHOLZ VETTED “Mining Metric Original” Accrues Ever More Potential Public Liability While It Struggles With Too Much Debt And Too Little Cash Flow

Posted on January 28, 2016 by lindsaynewlandbowker

 With copper prices dropping below $2 per pound, Taseko may just be trying to keep afloat during 2016. It has an estimated $65 million USD in cash at the end of 2015, and requires approximately $2.25 per pound copper to … Continue reading →

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SAMARCO DAM FAILURE LARGEST BY FAR IN RECORDED HISTORY

Posted on December 12, 2015 by lindsaynewlandbowker

April 19,2018  Update Through creation of a magnitude index  which creates a single vector out of data for release, run out and deaths, we have confirmed that the Fundao is the largest failure in recorded history with a magnitude score … Continue reading →

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OPTIONS & STRATEGIES FOR LOWERING AND FUNDING PUBLIC & ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES OF TSF FAILURES

Posted on October 13, 2014 by lindsaynewlandbowker

The following is the introduction to the summary and conclusions section of a major paper we have been collaborating on with another and far more distinguished co-author who speaks mining truths always and only with humility and quietness. So chances … Continue reading →

Posted in bannaism of maine, corporatocracy, craig Vogt, Dr.Chris Seeley, mining truth, Mt. Polley, plutonomy, politics of mining, polluter pays, Robert E. Moran, TSF Risk Manageent | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MOUNTAIN X: WOULD YOU ISSUE A PERMIT TO THIS MINE

Posted on February 28, 2014 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Most of our work on Maine’s very poor effort to devise a workable and responsible mining statute has been moved to  https://wordpress.com/stats/day/mininginmainethennow.wordpress.com A Clinical Reassessment of Bald Mountain, Aroostook County Maine February 28th, 2014  LD 1772 A Resolution to Reject … Continue reading →

Posted in Bald Mountain Aroostook Maine, BEP, Black Hawk Mining Co., Boliden, Bowker Associates, Bowker Associates Science & Research In The Public Interest, Center For Science in Citizen Participation, David Chambers, Environmental Risk Management, GO NO-GO Technical Framework, LD1772 126th Maine Legislature, Lindsay Newland Bowker, Maine Mining Regulations, Maine Mining Statute, massive sulfide risk management, Mining Regulation, politics of mining, volcanogenic massive sulfide | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Historic Legislative Rejection of Mining Rule Expected

Posted on February 24, 2014 by lindsaynewlandbowker

It seems there is political will to reject Maine’s Mining rules but a glitch in the mining statute requires some housekeeping and most likely also suspension of the 1991 rules until the legislature has rules it can approve. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw0jCpuVRzgEQWcyTjQ3LWMxa2xGWmQwMXowS2F2d0hjU2Fj/edit?usp=sharing It … Continue reading →

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Giant Cups of Poison: The Politics of Mining & Mining Science For Sale

Posted on February 2, 2014 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Dr. Robert Moran, has been out front in calling attention to the existence of a body of “fake science” that is creeping its way into public policy, mostly in the form of mathematical models purporting to predict the behavior of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowker Associates Science & Research In The Public Interest, Center For Science in Citizen Participation, David Chambers, Environmental Risk Management, Houston Kempton, John Seal USGS, Lindsay Newland Bowker, massive sulfide risk management, Perpetual Treatment Policy, politics of mining, Robert Moran, Robert Seal, Robert Seal USGS, Science for Sale, Uncategorized, volcanogenic massive sulfide | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A NEW STATUTORY & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONSIBLE SULFIDE MINING: SHOULD THIS MINE BE BUILT?

Posted on January 5, 2014 by lindsaynewlandbowker

In a work commissioned to guide Maine’s mining policy Dr. David Chambers, a recognized leader in building international  policy for responsible mining, has pointed to a fatal flaw in  the fabric of sulfide mining oversight in the U.S.: no one has … Continue reading →

Posted in Bald Mountain Aroostook Maine, Bowker Associates, Bowker Associates Science & Research In The Public Interest, Center For Science In Public Participation, David Chambers, Environmental Risk Management, GO NO-GO Technical Framework, Go NO-GO Zones, Lindsay Newland Bowker, Maine Mining Regulations, Maine Mining Statute, massive sulfide risk management, Metallic Mining, Mining Regulation, Mt. Polley, Perpetual Treatment Policy, politics of mining, Tailings Impoundments, volcanogenic massive sulfide | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

JOBS AT BALD MOUNTAIN NEVER THERE:Bowker Associates Provided Saviello, Key Agency Officials & Key Legislators With Hard Evidence in August 2013

Posted on October 29, 2013 by lindsaynewlandbowker

Senator Tom Saviello <drtom16@hotmail.com> cc: Joan Welsh <joanwelsh08@gmail.com>,  Ed Mazurek <EdMazurek1@aol.com>,  “Heather Parent, Director Policy, Office of the Commissione , Maine DEP” <heather.parent@maine.gov>,  “Horn-Olsen, Samantha” <Samantha.Horn-Olsen@maine.gov>,  Ralph Chapman <chapmanHD37@gmail.com>,  Ben Chipman <votechipman@gmail.com>,  Emily Cain <emily.cain@gmail.com>,  Katherine Cassidy <katherine.cassidy@gmail.com>,  Jeff McCabe <jeffmccabe4me@gmail.com>, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bald Mountain Aroostook Maine, bangor daily news, BEP, Black Hawk Mining Co., Boliden, Callahan Mine Brooksville Maine, Callahan Mine History, Callahan Mine Superfund Site, corporatocracy, Heather Parent, History of Mining In Maine, JD Irving, JS Cummings, Maine Mining Regulations, Maine Mining Statute, massive sulfide risk management, Mining Regulation, plutonomy, politics of mining, portland press herald, volcanogenic massive sulfide | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment