A weekend piece:  Origami is applied science & engineering.  At least that is my thesis.  The New Yorker  writes of Robert Lang, origami expert who gave up science & engineering to concentrate on origami.  The office of the mining-services company where I write, InfoMine, is replete with origami that I make for fun and amusement.  It all started with the making of paper planes to entertain five grandsons on cold Iowa days.  We sit at the nine-foot-long table I made of 100-year old cedar pulled from a corn crib, and we all fold the same plan. Then outside to see who can get the plane across the swale to the gravel road.  The winner is the one gets the plane to fly longest and furthest.  The planes are forgiving of poor folding.  Success goes to him who throws just right and captures the right breeze. 

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I justify the not-politically-correct statements in this article on the basis that the mining investment community deserves all the information available when making investment decisions. I include the latest news on Cameco’s Cigar Lake Mine, some opinions from the SME Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Denver this week, and my own perspectives on technology and regulatory interaction. This is not investment advice. It is just the musings of an engineer. 

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