by dcameron | Dec 27, 2025 | A.I., Climate Change, Critical Minerals, ESG
A lot of people these days have made the move to the Linux operating system or are considering it for its stated advantages of superior performance, stability, security, and privacy. An army of developers contribute to various versions of this open-source system which...
by dcameron | Sep 1, 2025 | Climate Change, Critical Minerals, ESG
It used to be that Mining Engineering magazine was for me a suitable read before the plane took off for some destination in the Empire, a great aid to sleep as the plane climbed to cruising altitude and before the flight attendant could bring you the first...
by dcameron | Mar 12, 2025 | Bulk Density, Climate Change, Critical Minerals, Drill Hole Spacing, Geo Logic, Geostatistics, Grade Control, Mine Geology, Mineral Resources, QA/QC, Resource Classification, Significant Figures
Like it or not, we got a taste of the power wielded by overuse of the word “science” in this decade. Heretofore, some of us innocently thought that science was an abstraction, but we subsequently found out that it can be used as a club. While we can...
by dcameron | Aug 6, 2022 | Climate Change, Critical Minerals, ESG
It’s time to get the pile of magazines off my desk which serve as a daily reminder of ESG, Dr. Evil’s newest creation. If I can just write this post, wasting as few words as possible, I promise myself and you to return to technical topics. Writing my notes about ESG...
by dcameron | Jun 22, 2022 | Climate Change, Critical Minerals, ESG
Obviously, geology is not the oldest profession, but I wonder if, as the science of very old stuff, it’s logical that we practitioners would so easily sell ourselves? What on ‘earth’ am I talking about? I’m not talking about a miner plunking his mercury-soaked...