SUSTAINABLE MINING

Old mining town now the cats' meow for Taiwanese tourists

Tuesday , 31 Aug 2010
A once dying coal town in Houtong, Taiwan has reinvented itself as a simply purr-fect tourist destination.

B.C. Govt., First Nations sign historic mining tax agreements

Thursday , 26 Aug 2010
First Nations groups, the B.C. government and mining explorers are praising the signing of two historic agreements that share mining taxation revenues between the provincial government and First Nations.

Venezuelan wildcat mine tunnel collapse kills 6

Wednesday , 25 Aug 2010
A tunnel collapse at a wildcat gold pit in the South of Venezuela that killed six people and injured another two is the latest in a run of accidents at South American mines this year

Alternative to mercury for gold recovery for small-scale miners to demo in Suriname

Friday , 30 Jul 2010
U.S. technology firm, Haber Inc. is to demonstrate its STAMP mercury abatement technology to the Suriname Government

Global witness suing the UK over Congo conflict minerals

Monday , 26 Jul 2010
The lobby group said it is taking the British government to court for failing to refer companies trading in Congo 'conflict minerals' for U.N. sanctions

Mining company fined $12.7mn in Peruvian gold mine tailings spill

Wednesday , 21 Jul 2010
Toxic lead levels in two rivers in the Department of Huancavelica caused by a tailings dam collapse prompted Peru's National Water Authority to levy a substantial fine on the operator.

Zijin to fully cooperate with regulators after copper waste spill

Thursday , 15 Jul 2010
Chinese regulators are investigating a sewage leak at the miner's Zijinshan Copper Mine hydro-metallurgical plant.

Chinese copper mine spill unreported for days

Wednesday , 14 Jul 2010
A waste water leak at a Zijin-owned copper mine, was not made public for over a week, Xinhua says

Colombia's gold boom laced with mercury - UN

Wednesday , 14 Jul 2010
As gold prices have increased so have the number of miners using mercury to process gold, and as a result the number of people affected by mercury poisoning

Adverse court ruling has not yet halted New Gold's Cerro San Pedro mine

Thursday , 08 Jul 2010
After the controversial Cerro San Pedro mine resumed full operations in March, a Mexican court decision has again called for its closure based on cancellation of the mine's EIS.

U.S. House Democrats introduce Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010

Friday , 02 Jul 2010
U.S. Congressional Democrats have introduced a bill, which they consider "Landmark Miner Safety Legislation" in response to the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster.

Goldcorp pledges to re-assess its human rights programs

Thursday , 01 Jul 2010
As human rights groups push for the closure of the Marlin Mine in Guatemala, Goldcorp has agreed to implement a number of changes in its social and environmental programs.

Risky African airlines highlighted after Sundance crash

Tuesday , 22 Jun 2010
Lessons aplenty after entire directorate of ASX-listed Sundance lost in Congo

Multilingual human rights guidance documents for mining now available for download

Monday , 14 Jun 2010
The mining sector's global sustainable mining advice body - the International Council on Mining and Metals - has made available its latest human rights documents in five more languages

Research finds TB-carrying miners spreading contagion in sub-Saharan Africa

Thursday , 10 Jun 2010
To stop the ever-growing spread of 750,000 new TB cases annually throughout sub-Saharan Africa, medical researchers say improved working and living conditions for miners in gold mines is paramount.

Canada's Assembly of First Nations wants legal protections from mining

Wednesday , 09 Jun 2010
A Harvard Law School study is calling for "urgent" legal reform to shift burdens from First Nations at every point in the mining process onto government and industry.

Using gold tailings to help clean up Yellowstone

Friday , 04 Jun 2010
Gold from 80-year old tailings piles will help clean up the toxic legacy of gold mining near the 138-year-old Yellowstone National Park.

Mining must view human rights record as competitive advantage

Tuesday , 18 May 2010
A report on the human rights record of Goldcorp's Marlin Mine urges mining companies to consider competitive advantage and profitability go hand in hand with a strong internal human rights culture.

Govt regulatory compliance #1 obstacle to mining company organic growth

Wednesday , 12 May 2010
A survey of executives of North American mining companies by Mincom revealed the highest priority among those surveyed is workplace safety.

Wall Street reform amendment would mandate SEC mine safety reporting

Monday , 10 May 2010
West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller wants publicly-traded mining companies to disclose their safety records to their shareholders and the SEC.

South Africa's mine death toll shows downward curve, but safety technology still seen as deficient

Thursday , 29 Apr 2010
The mine death rate in South Africa is seen as in a declining trend, but a single death is a death too many says trade union Solidarity.

Proposed EPA rule aims to reduce U.S. gold mine mercury emissions by 73%

Monday , 19 Apr 2010
Although Nevada state mercury emission limits have been in effect for two years, the EPA says tougher mercury pollution requirements are needed at the nation's gold mines.

Obama vows to hold U.S. mining companies accountable for safety violations

Friday , 16 Apr 2010
President Obama will send inspectors immediately into U.S. mines with troubling safety records.

Feds promote cooperation instead of ESA listing for western sage-grouse

Wednesday , 14 Apr 2010
The Depts. of Agriculture and Interior have signed an agreement to protect sage-grouse habitat in 11 western states, using cooperation rather than an endangered species designation.

Resource and Reserve Reporting Standards: the CRIRSCO-GKZ Working Group draft

Friday , 09 Apr 2010
The latest draft on the harmonization of Resource and Reserve reporting standards between Russia and the CRIRSCO group (includes JORC, PERC, SAMREC etc.) is now available for public comment

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