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A PROPOSED GOLD MINE IN INDONESIA COULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
PASIFIC-STANDARD   21 June 2018   Indonesia  
<p>The proposed mine would sit within Cenderawasih Bay National Park, while parts of it also overlap onto or border the Wondiwoi Mountains Nature Reserve—both protected areas.<br>Environmental officials have warned of the potentially catastrophic impact of ...
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Ten killed in collapse at Zambian copper mining dump
Reuters   20 June 2018   Zambia   Africa  
<p>LUSAKA (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and another 10 injured when a Zambian dump for copper mining waste collapsed on Wednesday, police said.</p> <p>Informal &ldquo;artisanal&rdquo; miners have taken to re-excavating copper and other metals from the ...
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DNR: Rattlesnake Ridge landslide not speeding up; seismometer stolen
KIMAtv.com   12 April 2018   USA   Yakima County  
<p>UNION GAP, Wash. - A few months ago, Union Gap and Yakima County declared a state of emergency because of the Rattlesnake Ridge landslide. Today, the 20 acres of rock is still making its way down, but it's not thought of as the disaster waiting to happen ...
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Artisanal gold miners in Nigeria seek government help
MINING.com   02 April 2018   Nigeria   West Africa  
Searching for Gold in Kwara State, Nigeria. Photo by Gudjohnsen007, Wikimedia Commons.
<p>Artisanal gold miners in the Niger state of Nigeria are asking the Muhammadu Buhari government to help them operate under conditions that allow them to take better care of the environment and contribute to the local economy.</p> <p>In an interview with ...
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Cadia mine closed, tailings dam wall breach under close scrutiny
Central Western Daily   11 March 2018   Australia   Orange  
PARTIAL COLLAPSE: Damage to the wall between Newcrest Cadia Valley Operations mine's two tailings dams on Friday is shown in this aerial image taken over the weekend. Photo: RACHEL GOODSIR
<p>A dam wall at Newcrest&lsquo;s Cadia Valley Operations which partially collapsed on Friday night causing a spillage is being closely monitored for any further breaches.</p> <p>Work has been been suspended indefinitely at the mine south of Orange following ...
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Mining company working with environmentalists to clean up old mining sites
CBC News   20 February 2018   Canada   British Columbia  
This aerial shot shows the tailings pile that Margaux hopes will bring them economic benefit even as it helps clean it up. (Nick Diamond/provided)
<p>Calgary-based mining company Margaux Resources has announced a plan to clean up old tailings sites by using new mining technologies to extract the remaining minerals.</p> <p>Margaux has partnered with the Salmo Watershed Sreamkeepers Society &mdash; a non-profit ...
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New Acland Coal mine expansion given second chance by Queensland Government
abc.net.au   13 February 2018   Australia   Queensland  
New Acland Coal hopes to expand their mine in Queensland's Darling Downs. (ABC News: Louisa Rebgetz)
<p>Queensland's Environment Department has thrown embattled miner New Acland Coal a lifeline, despite its historic loss in the Land Court last year.</p> <p>The court recommended against the coal mine's expansion into agricultural land on Queensland's Darling ...
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South Africa: more than 950 trapped gold miners brought to surface
The Guardian   02 February 2018   South Africa  
The Sibanye gold mineshaft in South Africa, where hundreds of miners are trapped underground following a power outage. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images
<p>Sibanye-Stillwater mining company said miners stuck up to 1000m below ground after outage caused by a storm.</p> <p>At least 900 gold miners who were trapped in a South African mine for more than 24 hours after a power outage were safely evacuated on Friday ...
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Coal power is dirty - but abandoned mines could help create a clean energy future
CityMetric   24 January 2018   UK  
Pushing on into a bright future: the Old Meadows Coal Mine, Bacup, Lancashire, 1936. Image: Hulton Archive/Getty.
<p>Energy from coal is now being linked to global warming and pollution on a global level. In fact, it has been estimated that coal contributes to 25 per cent of green house gases.</p> <p>Coal use has caused severe negative environmental impacts, from its ...
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Equinox Gold to start full-scale construction at Brazilian mine
MINING.com   09 January 2018   Brazil   Maranhão State  
Construction underway at the Aurizona Gold mine. Photo by Equinox Gold.
<p>Recently formed Equinox Gold (TSX-V:EQX) announced that its board of directors approved $146 million for the full-scale construction at the Aurizona Gold mine, located in the Maranh&atilde;o state of north-eastern Brazil.</p> <p>With the idea of pouring ...
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