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NATIONAL MINE TRAINING CENTRE PLANNED
AllAfrica.com - 31 August 2001 - A national training
centre for mine action will be established at Asha Golgol (no
details of area given) by the Commission for Coordination with
the Peacekeeping Mission. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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EPA WORKS TO REFORM REGULATION OF MOUNTAINTOP
REMOVAL MINING
EnviroLink Service - 31 August 2001 - The
Environmental Protection Agency is working with other regulatory
groups to find a new way to regulate mountaintop removal mining,
EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman said Thursday. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINING JOB FOR CONSERVATIONIST
BBC News - 31 August 2001 - In a remarkable coup,
the world mining industry - frequently the target of the anti-globalisation
lobby as the darkest of capitalism's black princes - has recruited
a leader from the side of the great and the good. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINES SHUT EYES TO DUMP HAZARD
AllAfrica.com - 30 August 2001 - Many communities on
West Rand and East Rand are exposed to health risks. Gold mines
remain reluctant to rehabilitate their mine dumps in Gauteng.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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SEARCH ENDS FOR MINING DISASTER VICTIMS
BBC News - 30 August 2001 - Officials have called off
the search for bodies at the scene of a mining accident in southern
China, which is at the centre of a government investigation
after allegations that the local authorities had tried to cover
up the scale of the disaster. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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HECLA MINING TO PAY WHAT IT CAN AFFORD FOR
CLEANUP BOISE
Lycos News (ENS) - 29 August 2001 - The Hecla Mining
Company has reached an agreement in principle with several federal
agencies over unresolved claims against the company for cleanup
costs associated with mine waste contamination in the Coeur
d'Alene Basin and two other sites in Idaho. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article. (Scroll down to the article)
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MINING COMPANY MISLED INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT
BBC News - 28 August 2001 - A court in Indonesia has
ordered a big mining company to improve its toxic-waste management,
after ruling it had given false information to parliament about
an accident at one of its sites. Further information can be
obtained from the news
article.
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INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION
CENTRE (IMAAC) WEBSITE IS OPERATIONAL - http://www.cetem.gov.br/imaac/
Promoted by UNIDO as one of its International Technology Centres,
IMAAC is in its Pilot Activities Phase, with its headquarters
presently located at CETEM facilities.
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WILDFIRES SEND TONS OF MERCURY UP IN SMOKE
Lycos News (ENS) - 27 August 2001 - The
wildfires now burning across the Western United States are releasing
tons of mercury into the atmosphere, say researchers from the
National Center for Atmospheric Research. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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NiCAD BATTERIES TOO TOXIC FOR NORDIC COUNTRIES
Lycos News (ENS) - 27 August 2001 - Environment ministers
from the European Union's three Nordic member countries have
intervened in the European Commission's troubled internal debate
over whether to propose a Europe wide ban on nickel-cadmium
rechargeable batteries (Nicads). Further information can be
obtained from the news
article.
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11 DEAD IN TWO MORE MINE ACCIDENTS IN CHINA
EnviroLink Service - 25 August 2001 - At least
11 people were killed and eight more remain missing in accidents
at two Chinese coal mines this week, local media reported Saturday.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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ROCKSLIDE KILLS MINER IN GORLOVKA, DONETSK
REGION
EnviroLink Service - 25 August 2001 - A rockslide
killed a miner in the Gayevoi colliery in Gorlovka, Ukraine's
Donetsk region. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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UKRAINE TO DRAFT PLAN FOR PREVENTION OF COAL
MINE ACCIDENTS
EnviroLink Service - 25 August 2001 - The Ukrainian
government will study reasons for the recent explosion in the
Zasyadko coal mine in order to draft a plan for the prevention
of similar accidents within two days. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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GLOBAL MERCURY ASSESSMENT WEBSITE NOW OPERATIONAL
UNEP Chemicals is, in cooperation with other members of the
Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals
(IOMC), undertaking a process to develop a global assessment
of mercury and its compounds, including an outline options for
addressing any significant global adverse impacts of mercury,
to be presented to the UNEP Governing Council at its twenty-second
session (GC 22) in 2003. Visit the website at: www.chem.unep.ch/mercury
.
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ACTIVITIES SAYS MINING FIRM MENACES KENYAN
COAST
Planet Ark - 24 August 2001 - Plans by Canadian mining
firm Tiomin Resources Inc. to build a titanium loading facility
off the Kenyan coast threaten to cause irreparable environmental
damage, a conservation group said yesterday. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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39 KILLED IN UKRAINE MINE ACCIDENT
EnviroLink Service - 23 August 2001 - Two coal
workers severely burned in a Ukrainian coal mine explosion died
in a hospital Thursday, bringing the death toll in the powerful
weekend blast to 39, emergency officials said. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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SENTINELS OF SAFETY AWARD CELEBRATES 75 YEARS;
MINING OPERATIONS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING SAFETY RECORDS
IN 2000
EnviroLink Service - 22 August 2001 - Eight
mining operations in six states have been honored for their
outstanding safety records in the annual Sentinels of Safety
awards program sponsored by the US Department of Labor's Mine
Safety and Health Administration and the National Mining Association.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINE COMPANY AGREES TO PAY $138 MILLION FOR
CLEANUP
EnviroLink Service - 22 August 2001 - An Idaho
mining company has offered at least $138 million over the next
30 years to settle the largest federal Superfund lawsuit ever
to go to trial, officials of Hecla Mining Co. and the government
have announced. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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ARSENIC LEVEL IN MOIRA RIVER HIGHEST IN DECADES
Environment News Network (ENN) - 22 August 2001 - Arsenic,
cobalt, and nickel leaking from the former Deloro Mine site
are at dangerous levels, according to information released today
by the Environmental Bureau of Investigation (EBI). Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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UKRAINE MINE BLAST KILLS 36
BBC News - 20 August 2001 - At least 36 people are dead
after an explosion ripped through a coal mine in Ukraine's eastern
Donetsk region. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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MINING COMPANIES INVADE PERU'S ANDEAN CLOUD
FORESTS
Lycos News (ENS) - 17 August 2001 - The recent discovery
of gold deposits in northwestern Peru has split the population
between those who support proposed mineral extraction and those
who fear it will cause irreparable ecological damage to human
health, agriculture and endangered species. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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OFFICIALS FIRED OVER COAL MINE EXPLOSION
BBC News - 17 August 2001 - The Romanian Government
says seven officials have been dismissed over inadequate safety
standards that are believed to have led to a fatal explosion
in a coal mine. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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GENE FOR METAL LOVING PLANTS DISCOVERED WEST
LAFAYETTE
Lycos News (ENS) - 14 August 2001 - Genes thought to
allow plants to accumulate large amounts of metal in their tissues
have been identified and cloned by a Purdue University scientist.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article. (Scroll down to the article.)
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NaturalResources WebLinks provides information about
natural resources and environmental law providing some 1,000
links to a broad range of specialised topics and country resources.
The website has been developed and is maintained by the Natural
Resources and Environmental Law program at the University of
Denver College of Law. The site is for natural resources and
the environment in general, but has mineral specific sections
as well an extensive country-specific section.
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ELECTRONICS MAKERS PLAN FOR LEAD FREE PRODUCTS
Lycos News (ENS) - 13 August 2001 - Electronics assembly
firms have made a global alliance to plan an early transition
to the use of lead free solders in electrical and electronic
equipment. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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DECISION ON ARSENIC IN WATER WAS MISHANDLED
- BUSH
Planet Ark - 13 August 2001 - President George W. Bush
said last week that he regretted the way his administration
had handled an early decision on the permissible level of arsenic
in tap water. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
THE COEUR ROCHESTER MINE TO RECEIVE THE INDUSTRY'S TOP SAFETY
AWARD "SENTINELS OF SAFETY"
EnviroLink Service - 13 August 2001 - Coeur d'Alene
Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE) announced today that the Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Mining Association
(NMA) have awarded the Company's Rochester Mine located near
Lovelock, Nevada, the Sentinels of Safety Award, the top mine
safety award for metal/non-metal surface mining operations for
the year 2000. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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SLAP MORATORIUM ON SURFACE MINING IN FOREST,
ECOLOGICAL ZONES
AllAfrica.com - 13 August 2001 - As part of the continuous
pressure being mounted on government to formulate a policy framework
that must aim at maximising the economic benefits of mining
to the state and local communities affected by large scale mining.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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NEW PROJECT LOOKS TO USE PITTSBURGH-AREA
IRON MINE WASTE
EnviroLink Service - 12 August 2001 - Iron oxide flushed
from thousands of abandoned mines has been coloring Pennsylvania
creeks red and dead for a century, but a first-of-its-kind resource
recovery project could soon put the pigment to use in hair dye
and paint. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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FIVE PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION
EnviroLink Service - 08 August 2001 - Five miners were
killed on Wednesday afternoon in a gas explosion at a coal mine
in China's southwestern municipality of Chongqing, local government
officials confirmed yesterday. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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14 COAL MINERS KILLED IN ROMANIA BLAST
EnviroLink Service - 07 August 2001 - An explosion in
a coal mine in western Romania killed 14 miners early Tuesday,
local media reported. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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CHINA DETAINS 15 OVER MINE DISASTER
BBC News - 07 August 2001 - Fifteen people have been
arrested in southern China over a mining disaster that is known
to have killed at least 70 people and could have claimed up
to 300 lives. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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CHINA CONFIRMS MINE DISASTER
BBC News - 04 August 2001 - China has confirmed that
more than 70 miners died in a flooding accident in southern
Guanxi province last month. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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CANADA MOVES TO CURB MINE TOXINS FLOWING
INTO WATER
Environment News Network (ENN) - 03 August 2001 - Environmental
groups are cheering Ottawa's plan to curb toxins spewing from
Canada's metal mines but are warning that a deadly legacy from
years of neglect still threatens the country's rivers and lakes.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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SENATE BACKS TOUGHER ARSENIC LIMIT IN US
TAP WATER
Planet Ark - 03 August 2001 - The Senate this week called
on President George W. Bush to impose a stricter limit on arsenic
in tap water, but stepped far short of the House of Representatives'
support for the much tougher standard set by former President
Bill Clinton. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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EPA PONDERS FUTURE OF APPALACHIA'S ABANDONED
MINES
Environment News Network (ENN) - 01 August
2001 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing
to increase the rate at which abandoned mine lands are reclaimed,
allowing remining at up to 61 additional sites across the Appalachian
region. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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CANADA TO TIGHTEN LAWS TO REDUCE MINES POLLUTION
Planet Ark - 01 August 2001 - Canada said yesterday
it is planning stricter regulations to reduce pollution flowing
into the country's vast waterways from metal mines. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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