NEWS ARCHIVE

SUMMIT: RULES FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES TO LIVE BY

Lycos News (ENS) - 29 August 2002 - Accidents that impact the environment at mines, factories and power plants owned by foreign investors could more easily be avoided if environmental governance principles are applied, says a senior representative of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC). Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ARGENTINE POLICE FIND SOME OF STOLEN TOXIC CHEMICAL

Planet Ark - 28 August 2002 - Argentine police said they had recovered part of a shipment of 20 tonnes of a highly toxic derivative of deadly cyanide that had been stolen last week, but some apparently was still missing. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

THE BUSINESS OF CARING

BBC News - 27 August 2002 - The boss of one of the world's biggest mining companies has denied that big business is the enemy of the environment. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT

AllAfrica.com - 26 August 2002 - In 1998, nine major mining companies from around the world launched the Global Mining Initiative (the GMI) in an attempt to define the role of this industry in sustainable development, in anticipation of the WSSD in Johannesburg this month. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

WORLD EXPERTS MEET TO SAVE EARTH SUMMIT

Planet Ark - 26 August 2002 - World governments sat down together in Johannesburg on the weekend for negotiations that could well decide whether next week's mammoth Earth Summit ends in new global harmony or ugly recriminations between rich and poor. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ARGENTINE POLICE SEEK STOLEN CYANIDE DERIVATIVE

Planet Ark - 26 August 2002 - Argentine police had no leads yet on the whereabouts of 20 tonnes of a highly toxic derivative of deadly cyanide stolen while being transported near Buenos Aires early last week, officials said. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINE ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE

AllAfrica.com - 20 August 2002 - An employee at Roessing Uranium died yesterday morning after sustaining head injuries in an accident at the mine. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

TWO GOLD DIGGERS KILLED, THREE INJURED

AllAfrica.com - 20 August 2002 - TWO gold diggers were killed last week and three others seriously injured when a disused mine shaft they were working in collapsed in Redcliff. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SUE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS OVER ROCK MINING IN THE EVERGLADES

ENN - 20 August 2002 - To stop what they consider a major threat to the Everglades and the viability of a historic environmental restoration project recently launched there, three national environmental groups are suing the US Army Corps of Engineers, along with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, over the Corps' permitting of a massive mining operation on the national park's border. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

FEATURE - CANADIAN CASH LURES ROMANIANS IN GOLD MINING TOWN

Planet Ark - 20 August 2002 - Lucretia Covaci says no money in the world could lure her away from her small, impoverished Transylvanian town. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CALIFORNIA IS HAUNTED BY GOLD RUSH LEGACY OF TOXIC MERCURY

ENN - 16 August 2002 - A nine-mile ribbon of blue snaking placidly through the rugged Yuba River canyon in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Englebright Lake seems a haven from the woes of the industrial world. It is not. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ABANDONED OLD MINES TOPIC OF CONFERENCE

EnviroLink Service - 16 August 2002 - The 24th annual conference of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs will be held Sept. 15-18 at the Yarrow Hotel in Park City, USA Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINING LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED

EnviroLink Service - 16 August 2002 - Some people would like to water down the post-mining land use regulations spelled out in the 1977 federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to make it easier for coal companies to leave flat land without actually developing it as the law currently requires. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINING INDUSTRY SAFETY PERFORMANCE IMPROVES

Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Western Australia - 15 August 2002 - Safety performance in the Western Australian mining industry continues to improve, however, even one fatality a year is unacceptable, Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Director General Jim Limerick said today. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MININGWATCH CANADA NEWSLETTER #9, SUMMER 2002 IS AVAILABLE

MiningWatch Canada - 14 August 2002 - This publication can be viewed with graphics and hyperlinks at http://www.miningwatch.ca, and/or downloaded as a PDF file at http://www.miningwatch.ca/documents/MWC_newsletter_%239.pdf.

TECHNOLOGY CAN'T STRIP DANGERS FROM MINING

EnviroLink Service - 14 August 2002 - Despite technological innovations and regulations that have made the industry much safer, coal mining is still a dangerous job, and one of the biggest problems is inaccurate maps or no maps at all that can show the location of old mines, experts say. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINER KILLED IN KANAWHA MINE

EnviroLink Service - 14 August 2002 - A Boone County man was killed Monday afternoon at a small underground mine on the property of Arch Coal Inc.'s Samples Mine in Eastern Kanawha County, federal officials said. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CHINESE MINE BLAST KILLS 10

BBC News - 13 August 2002 - Reports from China say rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 10 workers killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ZAMBIA'S POISONOUS PAST

BBC News - 09 August 2002 - Zambia's mining industry was the engine for economic growth, but now the country is counting the environmental cost. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CHINESE MINER FOUND ALIVE

BBC News - 09 August 2002 - One man has been pulled alive from a mine shaft, five days after a fire trapped him and 18 other workers underground in a pit in the northern Shanxi province. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

AUSTRALIANS DEVELOP MINE-WASTE-GUZZLING TUBINE

ENN - 09 August 2002 - Australia started a turbine designed to generate electricity from waste coal and methane on Thursday that could slash greenhouse gas emissions and save money for coal mining firms. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

RESEARCHERS COMBINING MINING AND MILLING WASTES TO CREATE FUEL

ENN - 09 August 2002 - Researchers are trying to create fuel for generating plants from the waste products of mining and lumber industries. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MEND REPORTS AND MANUAL ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON CD-ROMS

MEND Initiative - 09 August 2002 - The MEND initiative, a co-operative research program that is directed by a partnership of the Canadian mining industry, federal and provincial governments and non-government organizations (NGOs), has produced about two-hundred technical documents since the program started in 1989. These reports are available in paper format from the MEND Secretariat in Ottawa. To view the Table of Contents for each CD, please visit the MEND Internet site at http://mend2000.nrcan.gc.ca

SPANISH MINE SPILL FINE CONTESTED

Lycos News - 08 August 2002 (ENS) - The Spanish government's decision on Friday to impose sanctions of €45 million in fines and compensation on mining firm Boliden for the 1998 Aznalcollar dam burst disaster has been rejected by the Swedish-Canadian multinational company. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

FROM RIO TO JOHANNESBURG: MINING LESS IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD - WORLD SUMMIT POLICY BRIEF #9

The Worldwatch Institute - 06 August 2002 - The Worldwatch Institute produced the ninth in its series of World Summit Policy Briefs by Payal Sampat, Research Associate. The World Summit Policy Brief series highlights and provides recommendations on key environmental and sustainable development issues that will shape this year's World Summit on Sustainable Development. The Brief can be obtained from the Worldwatch Institute website.

NINETEEN TRAPPED IN CHINA MINE FIRE

BBC News - 06 August 2002 - Rescue teams in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi are searching for 19 coal miners trapped after an underground fire. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

KENTUCKY COAL COMPANY ORDERED TO PAY $3.25 MILLION FOR SLUDGE SPILL

ENN - 01 August 2002 - State officials said Wednesday that the company responsible for one of the nation's worst coal sludge spills has agreed to pay $3.25 million as punishment. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

UKRAINE VOWS TO ACT AFTER MINE BLAST

BBC News - 01 August 2002 - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has promised to close down all unsafe mines following an explosion at a coal-pit which killed 20 people. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

CRUCIAL CYANIDE ROLE FOR CHEMISTRY CENTRE

Department of Minerals and Petroleum, Western Australia - 31 July 2002 - Environmental responsibility is a term with which mining operators nation-wide are fully familiar. The community demands it and governments enforce it. Failure to meet strict environmental requirements can now be costly for a mining company's image and finances. Further information can be obtained from the new article.