A good day, as usual, Fabio entered Facebook to get the latest news. After swiping his finger for a while on the screen, he saw a story that a friend had shared and titled: Gold Mine impacts our forest. The link to the note was illustrated with the image of a grimy...
Remember the movie of the nineties about JFK? Kevin Costner played Jim Garrison, the famous lawyer who initiated the case to determine who had killed President Kennedy. His eloquence, elegance, and distinction rhymed with the importance of his mission: to decide who...
What is ergonomics? Ergonomics can be simply defined as the study of work, but more precisely, as the science of designing the job to fit the worker, rather than physically forcing the worker’s body to fit the job. When the companies adapt tasks, workstations, and...
Mining is a fascinating industry. There is something visceral about it – mother earth being uncovered in all her mineral beauty for us to harness – for many in the industry this raw appeal is like no other: it’s about rocks, minerals, their beauty...
Last Saturday involved one of those must-do-don’t-want-to trips to the local DIY store. In collecting my goods I was presented with the rarefied opportunity of actually driving into the warehouse. Driving my car into a warehouse I thought, mmm, this...
Introduction to Risk Assessment Presentation by Emma Tristrán, in the Futuris Coffee Conference “Techniques in Environmental, Health and Safety” last March, 2011. View more presentations from...
