The Environmental Protection Agency wants the Army Corps of Engineers to take another look at how to dispose of tailings at Coeur Alaska Inc.’s Kensington Gold mine north of Juneau (more…)
Concerns raised about Minto mine’s water discharge orders
The Yukon government says it’s not worried about an emergency order allowing the Minto mine to discharge waste water, but a First Nation near the mine wants a hearing into the matter (more…)
Toxic materials remain at old mine sites, says natural resources official
The demolition of deteriorating buildings, the removal of fuel tanks and contaminated soil is just some of the work needed to be completed at two former mine sites on the Baie Verte peninsula.
Those who attended the 22nd Annual Baie Verte Mining Conference on June 12-13 received a progress update from Alex Smith of the Department [...]
Friends of Nemaiah Valley president: Prosperity won’t go ahead
David Williams, president of the Friends of the Nemaiah Valley, doesn’t believe the Prosperity Mine project will go ahead.
“I’m going to make a prediction: that mine is not going to be built,” he says.
He says the economic benefits that Taseko Mines Ltd. claims the mine will have doesn’t extend to Nemiah Valley or the people [...]
More on the Flambeau Pollution Case
Anti-mining groups say they’re getting ready to sue the state of Wisconsin and a mining company over pollution near a former mine at Ladysmith.
The Flambeau copper and gold mine was open for four years during the 1990s, and stopped mining operations in 1997. The company says the process of reclaiming the land is complete. But [...]
Group claims mining company is polluting nearby stream and river
A group says it plans to sue the Flambeau Mining Company and the DNR unless what it claims are pollution issues are resolved in less than a month.
A lawyer representing the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council says monitoring data shows runoff from the Flambeau Mine is polluting a nearby stream and the Flambeau River. The Flambeau [...]
More on the Coeur-d’Alene Alaskan Tailings Case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday for Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp by upholding a government permit that will allow the company’s Alaska gold mine to deposit rock waste into a lake on federal land.
In a closely watched environmental case, the justices overturned a U.S. appeals court ruling that had invalidated the permit for Coeur’s [...]
Coeur Applauds Today’s Supreme Court Decision Upholding Kensington Mine Tailings Permit
See previous articles on the legal challenges to this mine’s tailings facility here and here. It looks like there’s no going back – Alaskans are advised to stock up on salmon now while their lakes still support life!
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation announced today that the United States Supreme Court has released its decision affirming the [...]
Tribe Tells Copper Co. to Clean Up Reservation
The Tohono O’odham Nation sued Cyprus Tohono Corp. in Federal Court, saying the copper mining company despoiled tribal lands and resources. The tribe says Cyprus released hazardous materials at its 10,500-acre site near the small reservation community of North Komelik, about 32 miles southwest of Casa Grande. Cyprus Tohono took over the mine in 1987, [...]
Nevada gold mine closed due to mercury emissions
State environmental regulators have ordered a northeast Nevada gold mine to shut down because it failed to meet a deadline to install equipment to reduce mercury emissions.
The Jerritt Canyon Mine, about 50 miles north of Elko, was directed to cease operations by midnight May 30, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection confirmed Monday .
The Environmental [...]