The Missouri Attorney General’s office is investigating St. Francois County residents’ complaints about (more…)
EPA wants another look at Alaskan gold mine waste plan
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…)
Borehole pH levels of 2 Deaths
Incredible news from Tanzania. Borehole pH levels of 2! Deaths of people and animals. The government will next month recruit environmental officers (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…)
Waste lethal to trout
On a clear day on the Blackfoot River east of Missoula along Montana Highway 200, fish rise along the (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 [...]
Toxic Soil in China – The Invisible Pollutant
South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has one of the country’s biggest reserves of arsenic and lead, which are important resources for industry. Due to contamination by unrestricted discharges of mine tailings into the environment and other stresses, it has also been shown to contain soil polluted by a range of poisonous substances.
Soil pollution has [...]
Rapu-Rapu Minerals refutes allegations vs mining operations
The jury’s out on this one. Rapu-Rapu’s owners can probably do what they want as long as turn a profit, but I doubt they’ll ever have the backing of the other island residents after their insidious sea urchin ploy, even if they are complying with every regulation in the book. Waste production and storage has [...]
U.S. mine project cleans up Canadian toxic legacy
Galactic gold operation polluted Colorado watershed
An abandoned, Canadian-run gold mine on a Colorado mountaintop — hailed 25 years ago as a technological marvel and an economic boon for the state — is again poised to generate hundreds of jobs and “jump-start the local economy,” the U. S. government has announced.
But the planned $25-million U. S. [...]
Bankrupt mine company ordered to clean up acid
More on the Redcorp case. Here we have some numbers – acid isn’t their only problem; there’s plenty of metal leakage as well.
Vancouver-based Redcorp to ask court for bankruptcy extension
Redcorp Ventures Ltd. and subsidiary Redfern Resources was planning to clean up the acid leaking out of the old 1950s Tulsequah Chief mine as it redeveloped [...]