Bad laws make for bad mining.  Or no mining at all.   These obvious conclusions come from an intelligent piece written by the Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa.  I wish we could force every African dictator to read this piece and then to act to the betterment of their people by applying its insight. 

[Read more →]

The Faro Mine is arguably the most polluted closed mine in Canada.  From what I can work out, they did just about everything wrong, and there is really no way to fix it.  The official web site won’t tell you that; it is a master piece of propaganda that makes the mine sound like a make-work opportunity for locals.  And for those taking the water quality samples it is. 

[Read more →]