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This is generally an engineering podcast that often pertains to the world of mining, and especially mining waste management, or whatever else captures my imagination. The episodes, thankfully, will be fairly brief.
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Episode 161: A conversation with Assheton Carter
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Assheton is the CEO of TDi Sustainability. TDi Sustainability is a global consulting firm that enables business to thrive while living in harmony with people and planet. From responsible sourcing, auditing, and impact investments at the heart of the mining industry, to risk management, ESG standards, compliance, management systems and bespoke digit…
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Episode 160: A conversation with Marco Arrieta
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Marco is the Head of the Geotechnical Department at Line Creek Operation of Elk Valley Resource. He is a geotechnical engineer with over 15 years of experience in open pit mining. He is passionate about nurturing the next wave of geotechnical talent and delights in the playful intricacies of granular materials.…
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Episode 159: A conversation with Ryan Sistad
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Ryan is the Executive Director at Better In Our Back Yard. We discuss the many challenges regarding permitting a mine in the US.
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Episode 158: A conversation with Terry Braun
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Terry is President (North America) at SRK Consulting. Terry and I discuss his impressive career and provide advice to the next generation of engineers and scientists.
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Episode 157: A conversation with Marcelo Llano
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Marcelo is a geotechnical engineer with Red Earth Engineering Pty Ltd, now a part of Geosyntec. In this episode Marcelo discusses a recent paper on compaction.
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Episode 156: a conversation with Benjamin Neville
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Benjamin Neville is the Managing Director of the Saligna Management Group. He is Australian based, and a standout in project management and leadership. With engineering credentials from Queensland University of Technology and a commitment to continuous improvement, he's led pivotal projects like the CIMIC One HSE Culture Program at UGL/Gryphon Psyc…
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Episode 155: A conversation with Catherine Lalut
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Catherine is an experienced mining engineer with 12+ years in the mining industry, specializing in both underground and open pit operations, and a proven track record of demonstrating strong, effective leadership and team development. Amongst other things, we discuss Catherine's book, "The mine that fell asleep in the Goldfields".…
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Episode 153: A conversation with Joe Scalia
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Joe is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. Amongst other things Joe and I discuss cover design and longevity and the need to get more engineering students interested in tailings.
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Episode 152: A conversation with Dr. Ashok Ghosh
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Ashok is an Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Faculty, Civil Engineering , New Mexico Tech at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Ashok and I discuss his involvement in green desalination using forward osmosis.
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Episode 151: A conversation with Rens Verburg
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Rens is a Technical Fellow with WSP and a geochemist with more than 30 years of experience in the mining industry.
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Episode 150: A conversation with Carlo Cooper
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Carlo is a director at Minebridge Software, the developers of Muk3D.Carlo and I chat about the capabilities of is software and how it's making TSF design simpler and better.
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Episode 149: A conversation with Carlos Hubner
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Carlos is the RTFE at the Cobre Panama mine which is owned by First Quantum Minerals. The mine is currently under shutdown orders by the Panamanian government. Carlos and I discuss the challenges of maintaining a tailings facility that is in hiatus.
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Episode 148: a conversation with Lindsay Newland Bowker
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Lindsay is an expert in risk management and Executive Director at World Mine Tailings Failures. We discuss here amazing career, and her involvement in tailings which came to her later in life.
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Episode 147: A conversation with Justin Walls.
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Justin is an Associate Partner and Principal Civil Engineer at SRK in Johannesburg, South Africa, specializing in mine closure. Justin and I discuss his approach to closure projects.
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Episode 146: A conversation with Tim Fitton
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Tim Fitton is an independent tailings/geotechnical engineer in Australia, running Fitton Tailings Consultants. Amongst other things Tim and I discuss tailings beach slope prediction.
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Episode 145: A conversation with Marcelo Llano
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Marcelo is a geotechnical engineer with Red Earth Engineering Pty Ltd, now a part of Geosyntec. In this episode Marcelo discusses the material point method (MPM) and the consequences of getting dam breach analysis wrong.
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Episode 144: A conversation with Vikram Yadav
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Vikram Yadav is an Associate Professor in the chemical and biological engineering department at the University of British Columbia and the Director, MEL Program in Sustainable Process Engineering. He is also the Co-Founder of Tersa Earth Innovations. The company is advancing unique biological technologies that extract toxins, metals and metalloids …
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Episode 143: A conversation with Greg Beischer
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Greg is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Alaska Energy Metals Corporation. Alaska Energy MetalsCorporation (AEMC) is working on a large-scale nickel project in Central Alaska to safeguard America’s energy future, stemming from the heightened demand for electric vehicles (EV). The demand for nickel is skyrocketing because of its use in E…
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Episode 142: A conversation with Mike Ravella
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Mike Ravella is the Chief Innovation Officer at Veracio. In this episode we discuss Veracio’s research, innovation and technology for the mining industry.
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Episode 141: A conversation with Sabrina Dias
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Sabrina is the founder and CEO of SOOP Strategies. We talk about her amazing career and what SOOP does for their clients. SOOP offers mining and sustainability expertise services to the extractives sector. You can find out more about her and her company at https://www.soopstrategies.com/
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Episode 140: A conversation with Matthew Gialich from Astroforge
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Matt is the co-Founder and CEO at AstroForge, an ambitious company who was partnered with Elon Musk's SpaceX in hopes of mining platinum group metals from a near-earth asteroid. Matt and I discuss this seemingly sci-fi journey into space mining.
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Episode 139: A conversation with Marco Arreta
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Marco is the Head of Geotechnical Department - Line Creek Operation for Teck Resources. Marco is researching the shear strength characteristics of waste rock and rock fill.
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Episode 138: A conversation with Ken Rahal
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Ken is the Director of Tailings Solutions at FLSmidth. Amongst other things, Ken and I discuss the current practices and trends in filtration and Ecotails.
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Episode 137: A conversation with Satish Rao
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Satish Rao is a business advisor and a mining expert helping shape the future of sustainable growth for the industrial economy. Currently, he serves as a managing director at Clareo, a global strategy firm, where he focuses on energy, resources, and materials. Rao helps businesses transform to meet future decarbonization, ESG, sustainability, and g…
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Episode 136: A conversation with Alex Pienaar
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In this episode I speak with Alex Pienaar from Bentley Systems, specifically about their data management systems, iTwin IoT and sensemetrics.
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Episode 134: A conversation with Michael Ingwersen from Circular Mine
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Michael and I primarily discuss the goals of his company, Circular Mine, which is to reduce/eliminate mine waste primarily by finding viable uses for it. You can find out more about Circular Mine at www.Circular Mine.com Michael spoke about a project with AMIRA that is looking for sponsors. To be a sponsor you need to be a member of AMIRA. If anyon…
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Episode 133: A conversation with Walter Weining.
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Walter is a hydrogeologist based in Stantec's Brisbane office. Among other things, Walter and I discuss current and future trends tailings dam monitoring.
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Episode 132: A conversation with Dana Bennett
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Dana is the interim president of the Nevada Mining Association. She is also the past president.
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Episode 131: A conversation with UCAL Davis student Brahian Roman
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Brahian and I discuss his recent paper, "Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis of Filtered Dry Stacked Tailings Using the SANISAND-Sf and PM4Sand Constitutive Models". We also discuss a potential change to the CPT penetration rate to keep penetration undrained.
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Episode 130: A re-broadcast of a conversation with Bill Kappel from Applied Weather Associates
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I happened to run into Bill recently in Belo Horizonte. This was a really good episode. Among other things, Bill and I discuss probable maximum precipitation (PMP) estimation, especially in data limited areas. Bill had an article on this topic in The Journal of Dam Safety, Volume 17, Issue 2 of 2020. You can find out more about Bill's company at ww…
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Episode 129: A re-broadcast of my interview on the Mining Minds podcast
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In this episode, I am interviewed by the guys at the Mining Minds podcast. Mining Minds are a group of friends in Northeastern Nevada who all work in the mining industry. I highly recommend you listen to their podcast.
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Episode 128: A rebroadcast of my interview by Rob Tyson
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I was a guest on Rob Tyson's podcast: DIG DEEPER. Here is what we discussed.
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Episode 127: a rebroadcast of my conversation with Shawn Steiner
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Shawn and I discuss in situ testing
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Episode 126: A Conversation with Aniseh Dadashi, PhD student at the University of Alberta
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Aniseh is a geotechnical engineer and PhD student in the UAlberta Geotechnical Centre at the University of Alberta. She is studying the geotechnical and geochemical characteristics of blended tailings and waste rock.
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In this episode the tables are turned on me, and I let my journalist son ask me the questions for a change.
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Episode 124: A conversation with Dale Rucker from HGI
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Dale is a hydrogeophysist with HydroGeophysics Inc. We talk about challenges and prizes for using geophysics in mining projects. You can find out more about his company at www.hgiworld.com, or contact him directly at dale@hgiworld.com
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Episode 123: A conversation with Heather Kaminsky
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Heather is with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). She is the self-professed oil sands "Queen of Clay". She is working towards her own Vision 2030 - where by 2030 fluid fine tailings in oil sands are no longer a concern as reclamation methods will have been found and implemented to return the tailings pond to a useable boreal ecos…
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Episode 122: A conversation with Sam Rivet from Photosat
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Sam and I discuss how his company uses satellite stereo pairs, along with various light spectrum to make their assessments, including their assessment of the Jagerfontein TSF failure. You can find out more about their services at www.photosat.ca. You can contact Sam at sam.rivet@photosat.ca
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Episode 121: A conversation with Dawn Larsen from Epiroc Digital Solutions Canada
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Dawn is the Digital Solutions Manager for Epiroc Digital Solutions Canada To schedule a No-cost Digital Roadmap Strategy Session: dawn.larsen@epiroc.com Contact: Dawn Larsen, Epiroc Digital Solutions Canada 1-249-377-9983 Case Studies: HudBay: Increased mucking rate by 7% Up to 15% increase in productivity Fosterville: Expects to cut half the time …
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Episode 120: A conversation with Jurgen Hahn from BOKELA
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Jurgen and I chat about the filtration equipment that his company manufactures and sells. You can find out more about his company at www.bokela.com
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Nahyan Rana is a PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo and a Geoscientist-in-Training at Klohn Crippen Berger, specializing in Engineering Geology and Remote Sensing for Tailings Dams. He has several publications about tailings. Amongst other thing, we discuss dam breaches and flow failures.
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Episode 118: A conversation with Anita Beritson
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Anita is a Partner and Director of Recruiting at the recruiting firm Brooks & Nelson LLC. She has a pretty amazing career which she shares with us, as well as a passion for a group she supports strongly, Women in Mining.
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Episode 117: A conversation with Abigail Paul from the University of Alberta
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Abigail is a graduate student at the University of Alberta's Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental program. We talk about her recent paper, "COMPARING ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND THE OBSERVATIONAL METHOD FOR MINE CLOSURE AND RECLAMATION". You can find the paper at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366781153_Comparing_adaptive_management_and_the_observ…
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Episode 116: A conversation with Haley Schafer
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Haley is a geotechnical engineer who recently completed her PhD at the University of Alberta. Amongst other things, Haley and I discuss her CDA award winning paper titled, "A Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Framework for Assessing Geotechnical Risks of Tailings Dam Closure" which was published in the Journal "Minerals".…
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In this ode to my father, I hope I can evoke some wonderful memories from your own past.
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Episode 114: Karen Chovan and Monica Ospina discuss their way of coupling technical and social aspects of tailings management.
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Karen and Monica have a different way to couple social and technical aspects of tailings management. They have jointly launched their new Tailings Area of Social Risk (TASR) solution. The method looks to align tailings management with principles of social inclusion and participation, while respecting the scientific process to define the areas of ri…
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Episode 113: A conversation with Lois Boxill
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Lois is a geotechnical engineer working in the mining industry. Lois and I discuss her ideas on mine closure and much more.
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Episode 112: A Conversation with Pascale Rouse from Itasca
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Pascale is a geotechnical engineer with a PhD from the University of British Columbia. Pascale worked in academia for several years before joining Itasca. Amongst other things Pascale and I discuss numerical modeling of tailings facilities.
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