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…)
Pebble Mine development plans
“Some places you just have to say no. That the risks are too high, that we can’t engineer and we can’t mitigate our way out of the mess that we’re about 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…)
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…)
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,” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]