NEWS ARCHIVE

MINING FIRMS DIG INTO WORLD

EnviroLink Service - 30 November 2002 - The push to open up China's mining industry is now coming from a non-governmental source. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

FEATURE - HONDURAN VILLAGERS BATTLE OVER CANADA-OWNED MINE

Planet Ark - 29 November 2002 - Under a harsh sun, elderly Honduran peasant farmer Guillermo Velasquez looks with dismay across his dry lands to an open-pit gold and silver mine run by a unit of Canada's Glamis Gold. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

PERILYA MINER DIES IN BROKEN HILL ACCIDENT

MiningNews.net - 28 November 2002 - An underground miner at Perilya's Broken Hill operation in New South Wales has been killed. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

BLAST KILLS 11, MORE DEATHS EXPECTED

EnviroLink Service - 28 November 2002 - Eleven coal miners died in a gas explosion on Tuesday in Northeast China's Jilin Province. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

STATES SEEK TOUGHER 'RIGHT TO KNOW' ON TOXICS

Planet Ark - 26 November 2002 - Negotiators from Europe, Central Asia and North America began talks yesterday to finalise an international pact to strengthen people's right to know about the presence of chemical waste and toxic pollutants. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR PROBE COMBAT ACID MINE WASTE, SALINITY

Lycos News (ENS) - 25 November 2002 - A nuclear probe developed for minerals exploration and mining by the government research organization CSIRO may soon be used to combat some of the world's biggest environmental problems - acid rain, acid mine drainage, and excess salinity. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

JAY HAIR LEAVES LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP

Seattlepi.com - 22 November 2002 - Last Friday, the nation and world lost a strong advocate for natural resource and environmental protection when Jay Hair left this earth -- an earth he had dedicated his life to improving. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MASSACHUSETTS TEAM EXPLORES ACID MINE RUNOFF

Lycos News (ENS) - 22 November 2002 - Acidic drainage from an abandoned sulfide mine in Rowe is cleaning itself, and an interdisciplinary research team from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass) wants to know why. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

SPAIN SUE BOLIDEN FOR 90 MLN EUROS IN TOXIC SPILL

Planet Ark - 22 November 2002 - Regional authorities in Spain are suing Swedish-Canadian metals firm Boliden for 89.8 million euros ($89.9 million) over a massive toxic spill at a mine in 1998, a government spokeswoman said yesterday. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

Asian Governments Launch Action to Tackle 'E-Wastes'

United Nations Environment Programme - 21 November 2002 - Officials from eight Asian Governments are meeting here under the auspices of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to seek solutions to the growing deluge of electrical and electronic wastes - popularly known as "e-wastes". Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SUE OVER MINES

WorldNews.com - 21 November 2002 - Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to try to block a company from expanding gold mines in Nevada that they say threaten water resources and taxpayers. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

IMPROVED SAFETY A PRIORITY

EnviroLink Service - 19 November 2002 - Senior officials on work safety pledged yesterday that the government will step up all possible efforts to improve safety in the workplace across the country. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

TWO MINERS KILLED IN UKRAINE

EnviroLink Service - 19 November 2002 - The bodies of two miners were found in the Karl Marx mine in Yenakiyevo, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Tuesday. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

WA, QUEENSLAND MINES TOP NEWMONT'S AWARDS

MiningNews.net - 18 November 2002 - NEWMONT Mining has recognised its Pajingo gold mine, the now closed MT Leyshon gold operations, and its Golden Grove zinc-copper mine for excellence in safety, health and environmental matters. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

WORKER KILLED IN MUDSLIDE AT PERU'S ANTAMINA MINE

Planet Ark - 18 November 2002 - A worker was killed during a mudslide in the open pit of the giant Antamina copper-zinc mine in Peru, Noranda Inc. said last week, but production of concentrates was not affected. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MERCURY FROM COLONIAL SPANISH SILVER MINES POSES THREAT IN MEXICO

ENN - 14 November 2002 - Thousands of laborers were killed and maimed in Spanish mines that extracted tons of silver from Mexico between 1550 and 1820. Centuries later, the long-closed mines still pose a threat. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

SAFETY AT CORE OF CONCERNS: PROPOSED MINE TOO CLOSE FOR RESIDENTS' COMFORT

EnviroLink Service - 13 November 2002 - The largest strip mining operation ever proposed in Tennessee is hitting some Campbell County residents too close to home. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

COLORADO COAL MINE HONORED FOR RECLAMATION PROGRAM

EnviroLink Service - 12 November 2002 - A threatened bird species has found a comfortable home at a northwest Colorado coal mine, leading to a prestigious reclamation award. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

$383 MILLION A YEAR SUBSIDY TO CANADA'S MINING INDUSTRY

MingingWatch Canada - Looking Beneath the Surface: An Assessment of the Value of Public Support for the Metal Mining Industry in Canada - a joint study with the Pembina Institute shows the cost to federal taxpayers for the care and feeding of the metal mining industry has increased to $383 million a year, while the industry is delivering in return fewer jobs and reduced economic activity. Further information can be obtained from the new article. See the full report at the website http://www.miningwatch.ca/documents/belowthesurface-eng.pdf.

UK ALUMINIUM SEEN PRESSURED BY GREEN RULES - ALFED

Planet Ark - 08 November 2002 - Britain's aluminium industry is facing stiffer competition from its European rivals because of growing environmental legislation, the British Aluminium Federation (ALFED) said this week. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

ILLEGAL MINERS FEARED DEAD

AllAfrica.com - 08 November 2002 - At least six illegal gold miners are feared dead after a disused gold mine in Kadoma collapsed and trapped them on Sunday. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

NO RESCUE FOR TRAPPED GOLD MINERS

AllAfrica.com - 07 November 2002 - Hopes of retrieving the bodies of at least seven illegal miners trapped in a shaft at Kanyemba gold mine were dashed yesterday when the chief government mining engineer confirmed the rescue would be highly risky. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

PROBE OF PENNSYLVANIA MINE ACCIDENTS FINDS TWO POSSIBLE LAW

EnviroLinks Service - 07 November 2002 - A report on the Pennsylvania mine accident that trapped nine workers for three days found two likely violations of state law regarding the keeping of accurate maps. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

SA MINERALS ACT MAY BE AMENDED

AllAfrica.com - 06 November 2002 - The South African mining industry would continue to seek amendments to the recently passed minerals & petroleum act in an effort to make it chime with operational demands. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINING TOWN MOVES TO AVOID POLLUTION

BBC News - 04 November 2002 - An entire town in Chile's Atacama desert is being relocated because of pollution from the biggest open-cast mine in the world. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

KNOWLES TAKES RED DOG MINE TO U.S. SUPREME COURT

Lycos News (ENS) - 04 November 2002 - Saying a recent Ninth Circuit Court decision undercuts the very core of a state's authority, the state of Alaska has filed an appeal before the US Supreme Court of a ruling regarding the air quality permit at the world's largest zinc mine, Governor Tony Knowles announced Friday. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

UKRAINE MINERS BREAK LAW TO SURVIVE

BBC News - 03 November 2002 - With Ukraine's coal industry in crisis, miners are taking the law into their own hands. Further information can be obtained from the new article.

MINISTER LAUNCHES RIO TINTO FOUNDATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE MINERALS INDUSTRY

Rio Tinto - 01 November 2002 - The Rio Tinto Foundation for a Sustainable Minerals Industry, an Australian-based research initiative between business and government, was launched in Brisbane today by The Hon Ian Macfarlane, Federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Further information can be obtained from the media release.

MSIPA CALLS FOR URGENT REVIEW OF MINERALS ACT

AllAfrica.com - 01 November 2002 - Cephas Msipa, Midlands governor and resident minister yesterday urged the government to urgently review the Mines and Minerals Act to curb illegal gold panning activities. Further information can be obtained from the new article.