Place to think, read and write
Spending another week in Accra in connection with the electronic scrap recycling project. Tomorrow I need to make a small presentation about the project during the Sustainable City Development Seminar,…
Ghana Vice-President speaks against illegal small-scale mining
8th May, 2012 Miningne.ws reports that Vice-President Mahama spoke out against illegal small-scale mining ('galamsey') in Ghana, and in particular has "cautioned Chiefs and traditional leaders against condoning conniving with…
Photographs from training in Accra
I'm back from a week in Ghana, participating in a training programme for e-scrap workers in that country. The training sessions were very ably conducted by Jenny Hughes and Stephen…
Valuable scrap
Today we prepared for a couple of days’ training with scrap workers in Accra, Ghana. Discussion of the programme for the next four days, followed by purchase of some…
Back in Accra…
Yesterday evening I flew into Accra again, this time accompanied by Marina and two of her colleagues. They departed onwards to Tamale this morning, going to conduct a first 'train-the-trainers'…
Field visit to Soacha
Yesterday saw us visiting a couple of mining sites for building materials near Bogota, and surrounding areas. Rather than providing a lot of text, in this instance, I prefer to…
Something Special in Bogota
` On Monday we enjoyed a really good presentation by Steve Fraser (www.theairshed.com), a very practical discussion with examples and case studies from the UK in connection with air quality…
A field trip to remember
Very early Monday morning, and between other project work, I have time for some more extended blogging. Saturday saw me visiting an area with small coal mines near Lenguazaque, North…
Great to have an interested audience!
Today I presented talks to a varied selection of professionals from different fields, all employed by or associated with the Contraloria General de la Republica, in Bogota, Colombia. The topic…
No nationalisation?
Reported by MiningNe.ws today, from the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town: "Mining Indaba 2012 - Nationalisation is not an option Susan Shabangu, Mineral Resources Minister, today addressed delegates…