SUSTAINABLE MINING

Millions of acres in the balance as Sage-Grouse scoping meetings start

Monday , 09 Jan 2012
Exploration and mining on up to 47 million acres of public lands may be impacted by the BLM's decision to develop a national plan to restore sagebrush habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse in 10 western states.

EPA says metals mining still largest U.S. toxic releases generator

Friday , 06 Jan 2012
Despite U.S. hardrock mining's efforts to limit pollution, naturally occurring substances in minerals and metals still deliver a serious blow to its overall ranking in EPA's TRI data.

Huge Conga copper-gold mine community benefits - Newmont

Friday , 06 Jan 2012
Newmont has released details regarding the positive social and environmental investments made in the controversial Conga copper-gold project in Peru.

Closure demand for Goldcorp's Marlin Mine withdrawn

Tuesday , 20 Dec 2011
An OAS Human Rights Commission has modified a May 2010 order that the Guatemalan government suspend operations at Goldcorp's Marlin gold mine.

Over 20 nations dangerously vulnerable to ‘resource curse'

Monday , 19 Dec 2011
Oxford Policy Management warns many low- and middle-income countries are particularly vulnerable to the "resource curse" and are at risk from a slowing world economy.

Peru to lift state of emergency imposed to quell Conga protests

Friday , 16 Dec 2011
The country has decided to lift the state of emergency in the northern region of Cajamarca and reopen negotiations with protestors opposed to Newmont's $4.8bn Conga mine

Hundreds pack hearing on hotly debated Wisconsin mining bill

Friday , 16 Dec 2011
Proposed legislation aimed at speeding up the permitting process for iron mines in Wisconsin has evolved into one of the state's "most contentious environmental debates" in years.

Looming transformative events may unsettle U.S. mining's future-Freeman

Friday , 02 Dec 2011
Not only are U.S. schools not graduating enough mining professionals to keep U.S. mining viable, these graduates lack innovative and critical thinking skills.

Kumba employees receive R2.6bn

Tuesday , 29 Nov 2011
The South African iron ore miner's Envision empowerment scheme is set to pay out just over R2.6bn to 6209 employees

The people vs gold - a global battleground

Tuesday , 29 Nov 2011
Recent public opposition to gold mining developments in Peru and in Bulgaria are indicative of a trend towards opposition to new mines which are accused of threatening water supplies.

Barrick’s Hemlo facility receives rare award

Wednesday , 23 Nov 2011
Aboriginal and community outreach programs conducted by Barrick's Hemlo operation have won special recognition from the Mining Association of Canada.

Canadian mining should pay water usage fees - report

Friday , 18 Nov 2011
A federal advisory panel report says Canada's natural resources sector uses more than four-times as much water as all other sectors combined.

Canadian PM announces Peruvian mining conflict management program

Monday , 14 Nov 2011
The Canadian government will provide nearly $4.9 million toward the Conflict Management and Prevention in the Extractive Sector project to ease conflicts among Peruvian mining stakeholders.

Native Canadians put new hurdle in way of Taseko Prosperity gold-copper mine

Thursday , 20 Oct 2011
Taseko Mines' altered bid to build its $1 billion Prosperity gold-copper mine on aboriginal lands in British Columbia has been rejected by the locals on grounds that it would do too much environmental damage.

Rio Tinto Simandou payment helping rebuild Guinea infrastructure

Sunday , 16 Oct 2011
A significant amount of Rio Tinto's $700 million payment to settle its dispute over the huge Simandou iron ore will be used to help mend the country's dilapidated infrastructure.

DRC's potential as African development powerhouse: UNEP warns of critical threats

Wednesday , 12 Oct 2011
The Democratic Republic of Congo has enormous resource riches including huge mining and hydro-electric potential and enormous natural resources, but there are also alarming trends apparent - particularly in environmental degradation.

3 mine sites (one active), former zinc smelter are new EPA Superfund sites

Friday , 16 Sep 2011
The U.S. EPA is adding 15 hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List of Superfund and proposing 11 sites for action.

U.S. Senator Cantwell casts her net into anti-Pebble project political waters

Tuesday , 13 Sep 2011
Move over Bristol Bay salmon; U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is fishing for votes from Washington State's commercial and sport fisheries, urging the EPA to get tough on the Pebble Project.

Speeding up potential sage-grouse ESA listing may be disastrous for Nevada mining

Monday , 12 Sep 2011
A listing of the Greater Sage Grouse as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could mean the "Spotted Owl x 10" for Nevada landowners, such as mining, a state official has warned.

HudBay Guatemala nickel mine rape and murder suit for Canadian courts?

Tuesday , 16 Aug 2011
Arguments over jurisdiction prevalent in attempts to sue HudBay Minerals in Canada over alleged 2007 murder and rapes by security staff of opponents to its then-owned Fenix nickel mine.

Afghanistan vows to set child labour standards for mines

Friday , 12 Aug 2011
In an effort to attract foreign investors to help it develop an estimated $3 trillion in untapped mineral wealth, the country has drafted a policy officially setting the minimum age for coal mine workers at 18

Chevron, EPA probe contamination of former Mariano Lake NM uranium mine

Wednesday , 03 Aug 2011
Chevron is the fifth responsible party that the U.S. government had ordered to take action at former uranium mines on Navajo Nation lands in New Mexico.

Colombia raises doubts on AngloGold's La Colosa gold project

Thursday , 28 Jul 2011
Doubts have been raised in Colombia about possible adverse environmental issues in relation to AngloGold Ashanti's big La Colosa gold project

Another Randgold milestone for major Kibali gold mine achieved

Wednesday , 20 Jul 2011
With the initial relocation of the first families from the Kibali gold mine site to a new town which is being built specially, Randgold is on track to begin onsite construction of one of Africa's biggest gold mines.

China to phase out 2.04m tonnes of smelting capacity this year

Monday , 11 Jul 2011
The Asian giant has ordered local governments to close a total of 2.04m tonnes of lead, copper ,aluminium and zinc smelting capacity this year in a bid to crack down on polluting and energy-intensive industries

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