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HISTORIC GOLD MINE ADDED TO NATIONAL PARK
Lycos News (ENS) - 29 March 2002 - The National Park
Service, with the help of the National Park Trust (NPT), has
purchased the deed to the Chittitu Mine in Wrangell St. Elias
National Park and Preserve. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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GOLD PANNERS DIE IN DISUSED MINE SHAFT
AllAfrica.com - 29 March 2002 - TWO gold panners died
on Sunday after being trapped in a disused mine shaft at Bingo
Mine in Shurugwi. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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COMPANIES WILL BUILD PLANT TO TREAT ONE OF
NATION'S BIGGEST BODIES OF CONTAMINATED WATER
Environmental News Network (ENN) - 28 March 2002 - Two
mining companies will pay $87 million to build and run a treatment
plant for highly toxic water from Berkeley Pit, a former copper
mine in Montana that is one of the country's largest bodies
of contaminated water. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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BOOK: MERCURY IN THE TAPAJOS BASIN AVAILABLE
AT CYTED WEB
A new book "MERCURY IN THE TAPAJOS BASIN" has been
issued as part of the EG/GLO/97/G43 UNDP Project. For download
of the e-book , please access http://www.cetem.gov.br/cyted-xiii,
seeking PUBLICATIONS and BOOKS. Printed copies are available
upon request.
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GOVERNMENT ISSUES CONDITIONS FOR TITANIUM
MINING (Kenya)
AllAfrica.com - 23 March 2002 - Titanium mining in Kwale
District should only be carried out after health conditions
for the local people are met. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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COURT LIFTS BAN ON TITANIUM MINING
AllAfrica.com - 22 March 2002 - The High Court yesterday
lifted last year's restraining order slapped on Tiomin Kenya's
multi-million titanium-mining project in Kwale District. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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GERMAN DEPOSIT ON DRINKS CANS MAY BOOST ALUMINIUM
Planet Ark - 22 March 2002 - The German
government's plans to introduce a deposit on drinks cans will
not hit demand for aluminium and could even increase it, the
head of the German aluminium industry association said yesterday.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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JAKARTA TO SEEK PARL'T RATIFICATION ON MINING
DEALS
Planet Ark - 22 March 2002 - Indonesia's government
will ask parliament to ratify about 50 existing mining contracts
that have been hit by uncertainty following rules aimed at protecting
the environment, a senior official said yesterday. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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INTERNATIONAL CYANIDE MANAGEMENT CODE FOR
GOLD MINING TO PROTECT WORKERS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto, Canada - 14 March 2002 - Work
is nearing completion on an International Cyanide Management
Code for gold mining, it was announced today in Toronto. The
Code was developed by a widely representative group of stakeholders
over the last fourteen months. Further information can be obtained
from the Information
Release.
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COAL MINE DISASTER KILLS 1, TRAPS AT LEAST
5 VICTIMS
China Daily - 19 March 2002 - Rescue efforts
continue in a desperate bid to find miners trapped in a flooded
shaft in a northeastern coal mine. Further information can be
obtained from the news
article.
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THE ICMM NEWSLETTER Vol. No. 2, MARCH 2002
IS AVAILABLE
The latest edition of the ICMM Newsletter is now available
on the ICMM website and can be accessed directly through the
following link: http://www.icmm.com/uploads/1~ICMMNewsletterV.1,N.2-March2002.pdf
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MINE WORKERS CHIEF NABBED AT SITE OF COAL
SLURRY SPILL
Lycos News (ENS) - 15 March 2002 - United
Mine Workers president Cecil Roberts was one of 11 people arrested
Thursday at the site of a huge coal sludge spill as they demonstrated
against the environmental performance of Massey Energy. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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AID CASE STUDY: PERU'S YANACOCHA GOLD MINE
BBC News - 15 March 2002 - Perched at over 4,000 metres
in the mountains of northern Peru, some 50 kilometres from the
ancient Inca city of Cajamarca, Yanacocha is Latin America's
largest and most profitable gold mine. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON ROCKFALL-RELATED DEATHS
AND INJURIES
MiningNews.net - 14 March 2002 - Better ground support
techniques have slashed the number of dangerous rockfalls occurring
in Australian underground mines, a new report has revealed.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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MACARTHUR OKAYS NEW THERMAL COAL MINE
Planet Ark - 12 March 2002 - Macarthur
Coal Ltd said yesterday it will proceed with development of
its Monto mine project in eastern Australia which will initially
yield up to one million tonnes of low-pollutant coal. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINER KILLED AT NKANA
AllAfrica.com - 12 March 2002 - A miner at Mopani Copper
Mines (MCM) died in an underground accident at the weekend.
The cause is under investigation. Further information can be
obtained from the news
article.
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MINING ACT TO BE REVIEWED
AllAfrica.com - 11 March 2002 - The Government
of Kenya will prepare a mineral policy and undertake a complete
review of the Mining Act. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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REGIONAL STRIP-MINE CLEANUP EFFORT LAUNCHED;
DICKENSON GROUP SEEKS U.S. FUNDS
EnviroLink Service - 11 March 2002 - Activists
in Southwest Virginia yesterday launched a regional campaign
to get the U.S. government to accelerate the cleanup of Appalachian
land scarred by thousands of abandoned strip mines. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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SIX DIE IN JHAKAND MINE COLLAPSE
BBC News - 07 March 2002 - The authorities in the north
Indian state of Jharkhand say at least six people were killed
when an abandoned coal mine collapsed yesterday. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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THE MMSD PROJECT DRAFT REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE
ELECTRONICALLY FOR COMMENT
MMSD - 05 March 2002 - Electronic copies in PDF format
may now be obtained from MMSD website at http://www.iied.org/mmsd/draftreport/.
MMSD's Draft Report identifies some of the principal challenges
confronting the minerals sector and recommends ways in which
it can move forward. It concludes by proposing an Agenda for
Change which draws these recommendations together and suggests
immediate and longer-term actions for the various actors in
the sector, including government, industry and civil society.
The Executive Summary of the Report and Chapter Sixteen of the
Report, Agenda for Change, will be posted as they become available.
For more information see: http://www.iied.org/mmsd/draftreport/participation.html
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PENULTIMATE VERSION OF THE DRAFT CODE IS
AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
UNEP - 04 March 2002 - UNEP and the International Council
on Metals and the Environment (ICME) co-hosted an international
multistakeholder workshop in Paris in May 2000 to consider developing
a Code of Practice for the use of cyanide in gold mining. Under
the guidance of a multistakeholder Steering Committee, the Penultimate
version (February 2002) of the Draft Code has been developed
and is available for public review. The Code will be launched
on 14 March 2002. Further information can be obtained from the
Cyanide
Code section.
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INFORMATION NOTE - New Publication
January 2002
Environmental
Benefits from Innovative Improvements in Phosphate and Potash
Mining
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ANSWERS NEEDED ON CYANIDE DUMPING
The Environment Centre, Northern Territory - 01 March 2002
- The Environment Centre NT has called on the NT Government
to move swiftly to prosecute and remove operating license from
those responsible for dumping cyanide beside the Tanami Highway
on 11 February. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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