Wednesday
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02 Jul 2008
The town of Leadville hit another benchmark Tuesday in its campaign to eventually be fully removed from Superfund designation as a $38.9 million settlement to remediate the California Gulch Superfund site was announced.
Monday
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30 Jun 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court announcement to grant the State of Alaska and Coeur Alaska’s petitions for a writ of certiorari to review the reversal of the Kensington gold project permit is almost like winning a judicial lottery.
Tuesday
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24 Jun 2008
W.R. Grace has lost its appeal to the Supreme Court of criminal charges stemming from asbestos contamination from 1963 to 1990 at its former Libby, Montana mine.
Tuesday
,
17 Jun 2008
Nigerian environmental experts have called on the government to reintroduce coal mining in a move aimed at solving the country's current power crunch and salvaging its disappearing forests.
Tuesday
,
17 Jun 2008
MiningWatch’s efforts to force Imperial Metals Red Chris copper-gold project to undergo comprehensive environmental assessment, along with an extensive public participation project, were rejected by the Federal Court of Appeals.
Wednesday
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11 Jun 2008
The lengthy battle over the proposed Rock Creek copper and silver mine took a new turn Monday as environmental NGOs filed for an injunction to block all ground disturbance activities at the site, claiming it will harm the endangered bull trout.
Wednesday
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21 May 2008
Environmental and human rights NGOs used the question-and-answer session of the Goldcorp AGM in Toronto Tuesday as a forum to air their allegations and grievances against one of the world’s largest gold miners.
Thursday
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15 May 2008
The BC Mineral Exploration and Mining Labour Market Task Force Tuesday released a human resources strategy to attract new employees to the sector with an already declining workforce.
Monday
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12 May 2008
Fed up with the pro-mining policies of the local government, 16 villages have filed a petition to switch to secede to another municipality and province in western Turkey.
Friday
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09 May 2008
Mark Bristow, CEO of Randgold Resources gives his views on how mining companies operating in Africa should behave with respect to their host countries in building a sustainable industry therein, thus bringing untold benefits to some of the poorest nations on earth. This presentation was made initially to the Global Capital African Mining Forum in London on May 8th.
Monday
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28 Apr 2008
President Rafael Correa has assured foreign mining and exploration companies and Ecuadorans that he supports responsible mining, which he defines as giving local communities a stronger voice in local mining and exploration projects.
Monday
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21 Apr 2008
The Mining Association of Canada wants to be a party in a lawsuit seeking to force Canadian mining operators to comply with toxic release reporting requirements, similar to those mandated by the U.S.TRI program.
Wednesday
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16 Apr 2008
A class action suit claims that a defunct zinc smelter contaminated local residents, exceeding public health and safety standards. However, mining officials say their soil samples of the area have not yet determined if toxic levels of zinc and lead are present.
Friday
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11 Apr 2008
A lawyer says he is preparing a case against Xstrata over high lead and other contaminant levels in the blood of a young girl. Reports suggest local authorities have identified 45 children with high lead levels in their blood in the area surrounding the mine.
Thursday
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03 Apr 2008
South Australian explorationists and developers say they need A$25 billion in infrastructure expeditures to develop new mines and expand current operations.
Monday
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31 Mar 2008
Opposition to uranium exploration near Grand Canyon has generated a lawsuit, prompted a proposed federal mining ban on 1 million acres in Arizona, and again raised the call for U.S. mining law reform.
Thursday
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27 Mar 2008
Local protestors have continued to prevent Vale Inco from laying its vital Goro nickel plant waste disposal pipeline offshore of New Caledonia, while the company is seeking a negotiated way out of the current impasse.
Thursday
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20 Mar 2008
A contempt of court sentence for six First Nations band members protesting against exploration drilling on their traditional lands prompted a formal objection by Canada’s largest mining association, PDAC.
Wednesday
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19 Mar 2008
A dispute between the Ontario Provincial Government and junior explorationist Platinex and a remote Ontario First Nations band has escalated into contempt charges and jail time with no resolution on the horizon.
Wednesday
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19 Mar 2008
The New World Mine project—in whose name President Bill Clinton and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt tried to regulate hardrock mining out of existence in the 1990s—quietly passed into history Monday with the announcement of a mining claims land purchase.
Thursday
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13 Mar 2008
A GAO report presented Wednesday to a Senate Committee reviewing the U.S. Mining Law revealed discrepancies in financial guarantees by hardrock miners operating on federal lands, as well as the actual number of abandoned mines.
Monday
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10 Mar 2008
Environmental activism reached a fever pitch this past week in Brazil as protestors targeted mining, forestry, and agriculture in series of protests that blocked transportation and vandalized property.
Wednesday
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05 Mar 2008
Environmental groups have renewed their fight against the proposed Rock Creek silver and copper project in northwest Montana, claiming the project still lacks sufficient wildlife protection and mitigation.
Monday
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03 Mar 2008
A committee to monitor issues surrounding uranium mining in Namibia has finally been established, as the country’s uranium industry enjoys rapid growth.
Monday
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18 Feb 2008
A litany of reports has "provided evidence of the direct involvement of President Joseph Kabila, his government and closest advisors in negotiating some of these contracts".
Monday
,
18 Feb 2008
Environmental and other local protestors have again been attempting to disrupt construction at Vale Inco's Goro nickel project in New Caledonia. Goro is the largest new nickel production operation, and perhaps the largest new greenfields mining project of any type, under construction anywhere in the world today.
