NEWS ARCHIVE

ILLINOIS TIN, SELENIUM RECYCLING PLANT RAMPING UP

Planet Ark - 29 January 2002 - Hydromet Environmental Recovery Ltd said yesterday it should take about 30 days to begin shipping recycled tin and selenium products from its newly cleaned-up Illinois plant to users in North America. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

TWO EXPLOSIONS IN CHINESE COAL MINE

BBC News - 28 January 2002 - At least 27 miners have been killed in two explosions at a coal mine in northern China. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

FREQUENT SPILLS PLAGUE AUSTRALIAN URANIUM MINES

Planet Ark - 28 January 2002 - Hundreds of thousands of litres of potentially harmful uranium solution spilled in the Australian outback since December is alarming environmentalists, although the companies responsible insist the accidents pose no threats. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

INDONESIA TO ISSUE RULES TO EASE MINING IN FORESTS

Planet Ark - 28 January 2002 - Indonesia will issue new rules to reduce restrictions on mining in forests in a move aimed at boosting investment, a senior mines and energy official said on Friday. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

GOVERNMENT, MINERS URGED TO IMPROVE MINE SAFETY

AllAfrica.com - 25 January 2002 - Government and the mining industry have been urged to make a joint effort to improve health and safety measures in mines. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

THREE DEAD, 10 MISSING IN MEXICAN COAL MINE

MiningNews.net - 25 January 2002 - The bodies of three miners have been rescued recovered and another 10 are still missing after a rock fall burst water pipes and flooded the shaft in a coal mine in northern Mexico, civil protection officials told Reuters. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

FIVE MINERS WERE KILLED AT GOLD FIELDS' DRIEFONTEIN GOLD MINER YESTERDAY FOLLOWING TWO EARTH TREMORS, THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY SAID

MiningNews.net - 23 January 2002 - The last three bodies were found nine hours after the tremors trapped the workers 3km underground. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

NEW CD-ROM INFORMATION ON SOUTH WEST MINERAL AND EXPLORATION POTENTIAL NOW AVAILABLE

Western Australia - Minerals & Energy - 22 January 2002 - Mining and exploration companies considering projects in Western Australia's South West can now obtain an updated CD-ROM on the Mineral Occurrences and Exploration Potential of the region. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

TIN ORE EXPORT BAN

Mining Journal - 18 January 2002 - Indonesia is expected to implement a ban on tin ore exports by the end of this month. A draft decree is with the relevant Minister, awaiting his signature. The ban is designed to reduce illegal tin mining, which cannot produce tin metal. Earlier this month, local newspapers reported that the government was considering the ban. (See p. 48 for full text.)

EPA TO MOVE RESIDENTS AWAY FROM MISSOURI SMELTER

Planet Ark - 18 January 2002 - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will offer temporary relocation to about 100 households in Herculaneum, Missouri, while crews cleanse contamination emanating from the town's century-old lead smelter, the EPA said this week. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

DANISH MOVE ON CANS SEEN BOOSTING ALUMINIUM USE

Planet Ark - 18 January 2002 - The end of Denmark's ban on canned beer and soft drinks should lead to additional consumption of some 300 to 400 million beverage cans a year, a European Aluminium Association spokesman said this week. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

Western Australia - Minerals & Energy - 17 January 2002 - Outstanding environmental achievements in WA’s resources industry are being sought, with nominations now open for the Golden Gecko Awards for Environmental Excellence. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

CHINA'S INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS 'FALL'

BBC News - 17 January, 2002 - Despite a series of high profile coal mine disasters, the number of industrial accidents in China fell by a third last year, state media reported. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

FIFTY DEAD IN CHINA MINING DISASTERS

BBC News - 15 January, 2002 - An explosion at a coal mine in China has killed 25 miners, bringing the death toll from three separate coal mine disasters in two days to at least 50, state media has reported. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

MINERS BURIED IN DR CONGO

BBC News - 15 January, 2002 - A mine has collapsed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 30 people. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

URANIUM SPILL AT AUSTRALIAN MINE APPEARS CONTAINED

Planet Ark - 15 January 2002 - A spill of thousands of litres of radioactive solution at an Australian uranium mine was being contained and an initial inspection indicated workers and the environment were not in danger, authorities said yesterday. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

PERU MINING TOWN LOOKS BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL MESS

Environment News Network (ENN) - 15 January 2002 - Peru's mountain town of La Oroya, seen as an emblem of the mining industry's dirty footprint on this mineral-rich nation, is trying to shake the reputation that has dogged it since it was founded 80 years ago around one of the world's most advanced metals plants. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS KUDOS, PASSES PRAISE

MiningNews.net - 14 January 2002 - Queensland mines minister Stephen Robertson has commended the state's mining industry for improving its overall safety and health performance. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

COAL MINE RUNOFF RULES PROMOTE REMINING

Lycos News (ENS) - 14 January 2002 - New rules governing runoff from abandoned mine sites aim to encourage mining companies to remine and reclaim the sites. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

PANAFRICAN: UN AND DONORS SUPPORT THE MINE ACTION

AllAfrica.com - 11 January 2002 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with a core group of donors, Canada, Netherlands and Norway, have initiated a Mine Action Support Group to assist Ethiopian Mine Action capacity building through the recently formed Ethiopian Mine Action Office. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

Lycos News (ENS) - 11 January 2002 - "The world needs a global war on poverty and environmental degradation that is as aggressive and well funded as the war on terrorism," recommends the Worldwatch Institute in its annual State of the World report released Thursday. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST MINING COMPANIES IN IDAHO; SEEKS MEDICAL MONITORING

Environmental News Network (ENN) - 10 January 10 2002 - A lawsuit has been filed against mining companies in northern Idaho's Silver Valley, alleging lead contamination of the air and water that has damaged the health of as many as 100,000 residents. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

PASMINCO WORKER KILLED IN US ACCIDENT

MiningNews.Net - 10 January 2002 - Struggling zinc producer Pasminco said yesterday an employee died on Monday as a result of injuries sustained in an accident at its Clarksville plant in Tennessee last week. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

DEMOLITION OPTION FOR COAL MINE ESTATE

BBC News - 08 January 2002 - Housing officers say it is "feasible" that a Black Country housing estate which was built on a coal mine in the 1930s will be pulled down. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

RIO TO PURSUE CONTROVERSIAL MINE

AllAfrica.com - 07 January 2002 - Listed Rio Tinto [LSE:RIO] seems determined to push ahead with one of the world's most controversial mining projects - a titanium mine in south east Madagascar, an island that has some unique animal, bird and plant life. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

US MINING DEATHS AT RECORD LOW IN 2001

MiningNews.Net - 07 January 2002 - Mining deaths fell to a record low in the United States last year, despite an explosion at an Alabama colliery in September that killed 13 miners. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

TWO HOMES HAD TO BE EVACUATED AT SHORT NOTICE

BBC News - 04 January 2002 - Two homes in west Cornwall are facing demolition after an old tin mine shaft opened up beneath them. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

LOCAL RESIDENTS EXPRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN OVER GOLD MINE

Planet Ark - 03 January 2002 - Canadian mining company Manhattan Minerals Corp. said on Wednesday it believes it will discover more gold in its giant Tambogrande project, where it already boasts major copper finds. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

SURFACE MINERS IN THREE STATES WIN OSM RECLAMATION AWARDS

EnviroLink Service - 03 January 2002 - The US Office of Surface Mining (OSM) honored mining projects in Maryland, Arkansas and Utah for their outstanding reclamation work. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

YOUNG CONSUMERS NEED MINING EDUCATION

EnviroLink Service - 03 January 2002 - "What creates the wealth in this country are not the doctors, the lawyers or even the food industry. It is taking a raw product and making it worth something of value . . . that is creating wealth." Robert W. Kruse. Further information can be obtained from the news article.

WEB-BASED MINE SAFETY EDUCATION

EnviroLink Service - 03 January 2002 - Mining accidents can be expensive in terms of employee morale, compensation, lost time, lost profits and lost production. But the financial impact of providing safety training in all mines is substantial. Further information can be obtained from the news article.