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Today, as a member of Alternative media, I took advantage of the invite in the recent Municipal January 7, 2013 Press Release to speak directly with Steve Mallyon, Managing Director of Riversdale Mining.
Steve Mallyon from Riversdale Resources will be available to speak to media via telephone on January 8th between 2 pm and 5 pm, mountain standard time at +61 407 464 529.
Being a great believer in if you want to get things done then take action, go to the source and say what you got to say, or listen to what the other guy has to say. Don't rely on third hand information, or let others act as go-betweens for you (as politicians tend to like to do), if you can help it.
Anyhow, I had a nice chat with the man who I found to be both cordial and receptive, followed by an email exchange and a promise to meet, do coffee, and talk more once he and President Russell Dann fly over to have their own media conference with locals here next month, in early February.
They say first impressions are everything. Based on this auspicious beginning, I can't wait to meet with these gentlemen from 'down under' and judge for my self, face-to-face, how on the up they are.
Stay tuned 'mates'. :-)
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
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Awesome. I agree, I think on the whole Australians are very upstanding.
On another note, saw this ad on Kijiji today. Interesting huh.
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Our Mayor is moving pretty fast on this issue, perhaps even too fast for anyone's purpose. Subtle he is not. CBC today:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/01/09/calgary-mining-jobs.html
"Decoux says the major downside of this type of project is the wear and tear it causes to infrastructure, particularly for Highway 3.
“I do see a problem with this highway becoming very congested … with the mine and they will have to traverse a part of this to bring their materials to the railway,” Decoux explained. “And with the manufacturing, that highway will become a major bottleneck in that area.”
He says he's already approached the province for help in upgrading and possibly twinning Highway 3."
Well the highway is already congested without mining, so not a big deal in my opinion. Sorry, humble opinion it is.
Honestly, the conservatives are floundering so much I am pretty sure that highway 3 is probably pretty low on their list.
Not sure why people keep thinking about all the negative stuff. I am actually happy to see the MAYOR being pumped.
He has approached the province about twining? What is the rest of the council doing?
11:16
Don't you know, it's a one-man show.
11 20 good one you only have to pull the string on the PUPPETS still a one man show.
John change of subject. Who the hell nominated Albert Headrick for the Diamond Jubilee award. Google the guy and you won't believe the controversy that comes up. If he is the epitomy of community service then in my opinion the award is being abused by persons with no conscience and this participant is unworthy of the recognition. Get in touch with Mike Bryant of the Yellowknife newspaper and he will give you the lowdown on our illustrious Headrick. A guy who 86xes the Pool Authority and hasn't a clue as to how a swimming pool needs to be run and maintained. That goes for a number of his duties as DIRECTOR OF PROTECTIVE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. What a joke!
He is an embarrasment to this community and definitely not an asset.
You are so right about Headrick. He not only messed up the pool and the volunteers, he is planning to destroy a lot more in our community
Anon 10:39 linked:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2013/01/09/calgary-mining-jobs.html
“I’ve seen pictures of what the facility itself looks like and it looks more like a modern office building than the mines that I’m used to from what we used to have here many, many years ago,” Decoux explained. “They’re quite compact and don’t take up a lot of land and they’re very clean and are very modern.”
Anyone know what this is about? Very unlike the Elk Valley mines.
He is describing Lunar mining, as will take place many years in the future. Mainly robatics and drones.
Yes, mining is really different now. People must check it out if they want to be informed.
Anon 5:54 :
"Yes, mining is really different now. People must check it out if they want to be informed."
Give us a hint - what are these new mining techniques called so we can Google them up.
Wikipedia only knows about "Strip mining", "Open-pit mining", "Mountaintop removal" and "Highwall mining". These don't look much like Bruce's "modern office building".
Okay I will hold your hand:
Coalbed methane has been around for a bit now. This is very different from the thermal coal.
This coal can be used for steel products, or even energy. I wish people would investigate before they make silly comments. Such as some lady on the news saying: 30 years ago it was dirty. Hello, lots happens in 30 years, my goodness. There is internet in the CNP.
Summary
EPA estimates 1997 U.S. methane emissions from coal mines at 18.8 MMTCE (3.3 Tg), accounting for 10 percent
of total U.S. anthropogenic methane emissions (see Exhibit 4-1). Methane, formed during coalification, is stored
in coal seams and the surrounding strata and released during coal mining. Small amounts of methane are also released during the processing, transport, and storage of coal. Deeper coal seams contain much larger amounts of
methane than shallow seams. Accordingly, 65 percent of 1997 U.S. coal mine methane emissions were from underground mines, even though underground mines accounted for only 39 percent of coal production.
EPA expects methane emissions from U.S. coal mines to increase faster than total U.S. coal production because
underground coal production – mined at increasingly greater depths – is projected to grow faster than surface production. EPA estimates that methane emissions from coal mines will reach 28.0 MMTCE (4.9 Tg) by 2010, excluding possible Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) reductions.
Methane emissions from coal mines can be reduced by methane recovery and use projects at underground mines
and by the oxidation of methane in ventilation air using new technologies. In 1997, 14 underground U.S. coal
mines recovered and used methane, achieving annual reductions of 4.6 MMTCE (0.8 Tg). Methane recovery
technologies include vertical wells drilled from the surface or boreholes drilled from inside the mine. Depending
on gas quality, methane recovered from underground mines may be sold to natural gas companies, used to generate electricity, used on-site as fuel for drying coal, or sold to nearby industrial or commercial facilities. The oxidization of coal mine ventilation air produces heat that can be used directly on-site or to produce electricity. Coal
mines in the U.S. do not currently use the oxidization technology, but it has been successfully demonstrated in
Great Britain.
The Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP), a voluntary EPA-industry partnership, has identified costeffective technologies and practices that could reduce projected 2010 U.S. coal mine emissions by 10.3 MMTCE
(1.8 Tg). EPA estimates that with a value of $20/TCE for abated methane added to the energy market price, U.S.
coal mine methane emissions could be reduced by 13.1 MMTCE (2.3 Tg) in 2010 as shown in Exhibit 4-1 below.
1:5 - you should not hold anyone's hand. You are confusing coalbed methane with methalurgica coal ( met coal) Get familiar with the subject before you start lecturing. Sillly season.
1:05, is there internet where you live or did you call your relatives in the city to post those silly comments for you?
coalbed methane?? come on. we're making steel, not extracting natural gas.
quick, someone grab his/her hand, they're about to fall off their high horse.
Saindon uses the term "strip mining".
Teck's Coal Mountain Page says:
The current annual production capacities of the mine and preparation plant are approximately 2.5 and 3.5 million tonnes of clean coal, respectively.
Proven and probable reserves at Coal Mountain are projected to support mining at 2011 production rates for a further 6 years.
Riversdale might make a deal to use the surplus capacity of the Coal Mountain preparation plant (and railroad loading). Trucking the raw coal from the mine in Ranchlands through CNP to BC.
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