Behind the Scenes with Bryan

Martin is a geotechnical engineer with Knight Piesold in the UK.  Martin and I discuss many topics related to tailings, but also some challenges being neuro-diverse.  

Arnoud and I discuss how his company uses blockchain to assist supply chain matters, paperlessly. You can find out more about his work at www.minehub.com

Dave is the Vice President, Engineering at EFI Global.  As VP of Engineering, Dave is responsible for the oversight of the engineering service line; product delivery, quality, training and mentoring, business development, and executive team liaison. This role also includes teaching continuing education classes to individuals in the insurance, engineering, and architecture industries on topics...

Timothy D. Stark is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with an expertise in Geotechnical Engineering. Dr. Stark has been conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching on the static and seismic stability of natural and manmade slopes, such as dams, levees, floodwalls, and waste containment facilities, railroad geotechnics, geosy...

Juan and I discuss his recent research with a CPT calibration chamber and the use of the NorSand model for tailings.  As Juan says in his LinkedIn profile: "This work presents novel CPT testing in a calibration chamber of mostly contractive silty tailings, the characterization within the critical state mechanics framework using NorSand, and the comparison of the laboratory data with spherical cavi...

Andrea, Tomas and I discuss the status of their new Domino filter and also how they are using IoT and AI to help monitor their equipment remotely, keeping it healthy and happy.  You can find out more about their products and services at https://www.diemmefiltration.com/

In this episode Diana, Josh and I discuss their new Nevada-based company, Nexus Environmental Consultants.  You can find out more about their offerings at https://nexus-env.com/

Henry Petroski is an American engineer specializing in failure analysis. A professor emeritus both of civil engineering and history at Duke University, he is also a prolific author. Petroski has written over a dozen books.  

In this episode, Franco and I discuss risk analyses and how he conducts risk assessments for tailings facilities.  You can find out more about him at his website:  www.riskope.com 

In this episode John and Lanny teach us about a new way to more closely monitor the location of the supernatant pond on your TSF. You can reach John at www.aamonitoring.net You can reach Lanny at www.satshot.com

In this episode Tim and I discuss many of the confusing aspects of non-fungible tokens.  

In this episode Tim and I discuss many aspects of the confusing world of crypo currency.

Elena is a geotechnical engineer and Assistant Professor of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Elena and I mostly discuss her new findings of the Mount Polley TSF failure and how that changes the way we need to think about slope stability.  This work is the subject of Elena's PhD dissertation.  Her summary paper can be found at htt...

Jeff is a geotechnical engineer with Geokon.  We chat about new developments in instrumentation, and especially their new in-place inclinometer.

Cristina is a Research Fellow (Geotechnical Engineering) at The University of Western Australia, and is part on the MIRA project, which is looking into instrumentation and monitoring for tailings facilities.

Jim is a consulting metallurgist with Woods Process Services in Reno.  In this episode Jim and I chat about metallurgy, and the MPD conferences in Colorado and Nevada.

Among other things, in this episode Tim and I discuss the status of Integra's Delamar project.  

In this episode Steve and I discuss cyanide safety and practices in the mining industry.  

Johnathan More is the CEO of Starr Peak Mining Ltd., which is focused on mining discoveries and finding new places to drill. The company currently has a $100M valuation and has raised over $9 million in just over a year.  Johnathan has over 25 years of experience in North American and European capital markets, focused on the natural resource industry. He has a history of achievement from his...

In this episode Dave and I discuss mine backfill and other related topics.

In this episode, Jesse tells me about how ecologists can play a bigger role in mine closure.  Much of that entails bringing ecological principles into closure design.  Jesse and his company have provided the ecological components on a several ET covers with Craig Benson and others.  Jesse joking adds that his work is typically the last word on the last slide of a closure presentatio...

In this episode of the podcast Andrea and I chat about tailings filtration at Diemme and their new 5m x 5m filtration plant, "Domino".  You can learn more about their filtration capabilities and their full line of filtration products at www.aqseptence.com/en/brands/diemme-filtration  You can also contact Andrea at andrea.pezzi@diemmefiltration.com 

Patsy is a geochemist who started working for herself a few years ago.  Her company is called Practical Geochemistry LLC.  Amongst other things Patsy and I discuss pit lakes.  

Dan is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer and President at Engineering Analytics, Inc. in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Amongst other things we talk about business models and trends in tailings closure. 

Justin is the founder of Carbon Streaming ($NETZ), which provides investors a way to invest in a low carbon future and fight climate change. They offer exposure to carbon credits, a key instrument used by governments and corporations to achieve their climate goals. Many of us who want to grow their money responsibly stick their money to no-load mutual funds and leave it there for a long period of...