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Risk culture at Boeing vs Mining

Risk culture at Boeing vs Mining looks at the Boeing’s special committee re-evaluation of procedures and compares them to mining world issues. Indeed, in the aftermath of the Boeing 737 Max, Boeing created a special committee. The intention is to better their projects safety procedures. Perhaps something similar to the initiative ICMM has launched lately for the mining industry. That is  in the aftermath of recent catastrophic tailings dams accidents. The ICMM report is not yet available, so, in the…

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Risk-aversion and near misses in mining

A study in the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries explains the relationship between Risk-aversion and near misses in mining. According to a recent study there is a link between near misses and miners’ attitudes toward risky behavior. Frankly, this does not sound like a surprising statement at all. However the study from NIOSH develops a scientific understanding around the gut-feeling perception. Risk-aversion and near misses in mining study NIOSH surveyed more than 1,300 miners, a majority of whom…

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Tailings 2.0: Space observation, quantitative risk assessment bring value and comply with societal demands

At the coming Tailings and Mine Waste conference (TMW2018) Riskope and MDA will jointly present a one day course entitled “Tailings 2.0: Space observation, quantitative risk assessment bring value and comply with societal demands” Tailings 2.0: Space observation, quantitative risk assessment bring value and comply with societal demands During the “Tailings 2.0: Space observation, quantitative risk assessment bring value and comply with societal demands” course we will review state of the art risk assessment methodologies and space observation technologies that together…

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Managing risks across the mining and oil & gas lifecycle

I had the honour to chair one of Managing risks across the mining and oil & gas lifecycle conference in London last week. The session’s title was Managing our wastes for the long term. Managing risks across the mining and oil & gas lifecycle The conference was held at the Imperial College within the frame of The Geological Society “Year of Risk” and the Institute of Risk Management. The conference’s aim was to bring together Mining and Oil & Gas…

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geoethics of fracking and oil

We recently read about geoethics of fracking and oil in IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics (http://www.geoethics.org) Stephen Crittenden, the author of the paper, brilliantly explains “bad practices” in geoethics of fracking and oil. These strike stunning similarities with ethical issues in mining, a topic we are very familiar with. Indeed we have written over 20 papers in the last 10 years on that subject. We will discuss here geoethics of fracking and oil, bad practices and their similarities with…

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Cyber risks in mining oil and gas companies

Mining is in transition from the electro-mechanical era toward the cyber-informational one. Cyber risks in mining oil and gas companies become relevant and one should include them in any operation risk landscape assessment. Cyber risks in mining oil and gas companies Information technology (IT) , Internet of Things (IoT), and spreading connectivity are bringing very significant benefits to mining. However they increase the mining industry’s exposure to cyber criminals and possibly terrorists. This phenomenon is general and occurs in every…

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Risk and Resilience in Mining

We are only two weeks away from the Risk and Resilience in Mining Conference. It will take place in Vancouver (Nov. 13th to 16th) with the following program. Risk and Resilience in Mining Let’s adopt a bit of a polemical stance, just to stir the discussion. First of all, in particular as it relates to the term resilience, are we sure we need to “invent a new word” for it? Isn’t it just “returning to good sense engineering” what we…

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Mining in the Appalachians, West Virginia, and Health Consequences to neighboring population.

Mining in the Appalachians, West Virginia, and Health Consequences We have recently read about US Federal officials planning to recommend the National Academy of Sciences to review a series of studies that have found residents living near mountaintop removal mining operations facing increased rates of serious illnesses and premature death. The request is a consequence of more than two dozens of peer-reviewed publications by Former West Virginia University researcher Michael Hendryx and other scientists stating that residents living near mountaintop…

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