NEWS ARCHIVE

CHINESE GOLD MINE BLAST KILLS 46

BBC News - 28 June 2002 - Reports from China say 46 miners died in an explosion at a gold mine in the north of the country after they were ordered to continue working despite an underground fire. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

STAKEHOLDERS CALL FOR REVIEW OF MINING POLICY

AllAfrica.com - 26 June 2002 - Mining policy should be regularly reviewed, mining sector stakeholders have recommended. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINING COMPANY MUST GET LICENSE FOR DAMS

Environment News Service - 25 June 2002 - The Homestake Mining Company must get a federal license in order to continue operating two dams on Spearfish Creek and Little Spearfish Creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ruled. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

SENATE TO STUDY AUSTRALIA'S URANIUM MINES AFTER A CERISE OF LEAKS

Environmental News Network (ENN) - 21 June 2002 - The Senate will hold an inquiry into a series of leaks of radioactive waste from Australian uranium mines, opposition lawmakers announced Thursday. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CHINESE MINE BLAST KILLS 111

BBC News - 21 June 2002 - Rescuers in north-east China are trying to reach four miners trapped deep below ground after a massive gas explosion killed 111 people. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

AUSTRALIA'S URANIUM MINES COME UNDER SPOTLIGHT

Planet Ark - 21 June 21, 2002 - Australia's uranium mining will come under the spotlight of a parliamentary inquiry after a recent series of leaks, spills and reporting failures. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

THIRTY FEARED DEAD IN TANZANIA MINE

BBC News - 20 June 2002 - Mining officials in Tanzania say more than 30 people are feared to have been killed after oxygen pumps failed at a mine in northern Tanzania. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

QUEENSLAND FORUM TO TURN SPOTLIGHT ON NEW SAFETY LEGISLATION

MiningNews.net - 20 June 2002 - Newly implemented safety and health legislation for Queensland's mines will be at the center of this year's Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CANADA IMPOSES NEW MINING RULES TO BENEFIT FISH

Environmental News Service - 19 June 2002 - Canada will implement new environmental regulations to reduce pollution entering waterways from metal mines across the country, Environment Minister David Anderson announced today. The new rules impose limits on releases of cyanide, metals, and suspended solids, and prohibit the discharge of effluent that is lethal to fish. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CONCERN OVER CYANIDE

AllAfrica.com - 18 June 2002 - The Presidents of Togbekrom, a farming community near Akyempim in the Wassa Mpohor East district of the Western Region, have appealed to the Minister of Environment and Science to come to their aid immediately in order to save them from their current distress situation. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

JUDGE HOLDS FAST TO BAN ON MINING PERMITS

Environment News Service - 18 June 2002 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may not issue permits allowing rock and dirt from mountaintop removal coal mines to be disposed of in streams, a federal judge confirmed Monday. US District Judge Charles Haden denied a request by the Corps that he lift his injunction against so called valley fill permits. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

JUDGE HOLDS FAST TO BAN ON MINING PERMITS

Environment News Service - 16 June 2002 - The US Army Corps of Engineers may not issue permits allowing rock and dirt from mountaintop removal coal mines to be disposed of in streams, a federal judge confirmed Monday. US District Judge Charles Haden denied a request by the Corps that he lift his injunction against so called valley fill permits. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

GROUPS SEEK BAN ON ARSENIC LADEN FERTILIZER

Environment News Service - 12 June 2002 - Public health and environmental advocates are calling on home improvement stores to stop selling a fertilizer made from mining waste that is contaminated with arsenic. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

COSTA RICA CRACKS DOWN ON MINING LOGGING

Environment News Service - 11 June 2002 - The government of Costa Rica has created a new national park, lowered the boom on illegal logging operations, and placed a moratorium on new open pit gold mines. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MEDIA FACT SHEET: CLEANS UP PROCESS SOLUTION SPILL

Denton-Rawhide Gold Mine - 10 June 2002 - At approximately 5:00AM on Sunday, June 9, 2002, leaching process solution used at the Denton-Rawhide Mine, located in Mineral County, Nevada, overflowed containment structures from a ruptured pipe triggering the mine’s Emergency Response Plan. Approximately 40,000 gallons of dilute cyanide process solution spilled into the environment. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINERS ON MISSION TO CLEAR IMAGE

AllAfrica.com - 07 June 2002 - The mining industry has long been blamed for everything from destroying the environment to violating human rights in the race to scoop out the world's wealth. Now, the industry has decided to clean up its act, suggesting a voluntary protocol to tackle its controversial activities. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MOUNTAINTOP MINING RULE CRITICIZED AT HEARING

Environmental News Network (ENN) - 07 June 2002 - Critics told a Senate panel Thursday the Bush administration is undercutting environmental laws with a rule encouraging mountaintop coal mining, a practice in which ridges are blasted away and rocks and dirt dumped in valleys and streams. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ANTOFAGASTA'S CHILE COPPER MINE SHUT BY RAINS

Planet Ark - 07 June 2002 - Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile, controlled by the London-listed Antofagasta Plc , said yesterday it will suspend operations fully for three days due to storms, causing a production loss of 3,000 tonnes of copper. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

COSTA RICA BANS OPEN PIT MINING

Planet Ark - 07 June 2002 - Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco signed a decree this week banning open pit mining in a move expected to hit the mining and exploration plans of at least two Canadian firms. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW RIO AUSTRALIA URANIUM MINE

Planet Ark - 05 June 2002 - Government authorities in Australia yesterday said they will launch an environmental review into the Ranger uranium mine owned by Rio Tinto Plc/Ltd near the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National park. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

NIPPON MINING, CODELCO SET UP FIRM FOR BIO-MINING

Planet Ark - 04 June 2002 - Japan's biggest copper producer, Nippon Mining and Metals Co LTD , said yesterday it had reached an agreement with Chile's state-owned Codelco to set-up a firm to develop biotechnology for mining copper. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

PERUVIAN VILLAGERS 'TO SUE MINING GIANT'

BBC News - 04 June 2002 - Hundreds of Peruvian villagers are reportedly seeking compensation from the world's biggest gold producer for injuries caused by a mercury spill at the giant Yanacocha mine. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

IN LANDSLIDE VOTE, TAMBOGRANDE, PERU REJECTS MINE

Environmental News Service - 04 June 2002 - Residents in this northern farming district voted to overwhelmingly reject a Canadian company's plans to develop a rich mineral deposit that lies beneath the town. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

PERU TOWN VOTES ON MINE PLAN AMID POLLUTION FEARS

Planet Ark - 03 June 2002 - Some 36,000 Peruvians in the northern town of Tambogrande are set to vote yesterday in a local referendum on whether to keep the status quo in their quiet farming community or embrace big mining with a copper and gold mine which some fear could ruin their livelihood. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

FOUR MISSING IN RUSSIAN MINE BLAST

BBC News 02 June 2002 - A gas explosion has ripped through a coal mine in central Russia, and rescue teams are searching for four missing miners. Further information can be obtained from the new article.