The Missouri Attorney General’s office is investigating St. Francois County residents’ complaints about (more…)
Town council balks at transfer of toxic tailings to Iron King Mine
Dewey-Humboldt’s Town Council Tuesday requested that a federal agency hold off on its proposal to (more…)
EPA plan for Missouri lead waste worries residents
The unfortunate truth is that NOBODY wants poisonous soil dumped on them. The PEA can move it around (more…)
Brooksville residents plan to quiz EPA
A group of town residents will be looking for answers regarding the proposed $23 million cleanup at the former (more…)
Snowshoe Mine reclamation project in stretch run
Reclamation resumed on June 15 for the third and final construction season. The $2.4 million project is expected to wrap up by November.
“People will be able to enjoy the natural beauty of the area without the yellow and orange tailings, laden with heavy metals in Snowshoe Creek, and without the danger posed by mine openings,” [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Toxic mine dumps removed from Lincoln Forest
The High Rolls Mining District was the scene of concentrated cleanup activity last fall. The old mining district is four miles east of Alamogordo within the Lincoln National Forest’s Sacramento Ranger District.
From 1900 to 1962, an estimated 13,300 total tons of ore were mined from the High Rolls Mining District, consisting of copper, gold, silver [...]
Forest Service Cleaning Up Abandoned Mine
Excavation Removes Arsenic, Lead Tailings
Forest Service workers are wrapping up a clean-up effort in Black Bob Canyon, removing thousands of pounds of potentially toxic earth.
More than 200 cubic yards of arsenic and lead tailings are being removed from the site, to prevent contamination of the nearby water supply and the Wind Wolves Preserve, according to [...]
Big bucks going to waste
Rankin Inlet hamlet council has, more or less, approved an application to build a new tank farm on the most expensive piece of real estate in Rankin, if not all of Nunavut.
Now don’t get me wrong, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with having additional storage tanks and, if private enterprise can do it, more power to [...]