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Grace acquitted of asbestos charges
Chemicals company WR Grace & Co and three of its executives have been cleared of all criminal charges by a federal jury in the US, in what has been called one of the most significant criminal environmental cases in the country’s history
New safety tool to be commercially available
New mine safety software developed by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will be available around the world after a licence to commercially develop the software was awarded to Queensland-based Mining Logic Solutions
MCA warns of more job loses from carbon scheme
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has warned that a further 23,510 mining industry jobs could be lost in Australia as a result of the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)
Congo conflict minerals get legislation
Campaigns to prevent minerals being illegally mined in the Democratic Repubic of the Congo as a means of funding armed rebel groups got a boost this month, when three US senators introduced the Congo Conflict Minerals ActCanadian bill aims to increase accountability abroad
A new bill being sent to the Canadian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development for further study, aims to promote responsible environmental practices and international human rights standards for Canadian mining companies operating in developing countriePublish what you pollute
The Canadian government will soon begin publishing information on pollution from mine tailings and waste rock. This follows a ruling from the Federal Court that the Minister of the Environment was wrong to withhold the data under current legislation.US changes position on mountaintop mining
After its first 100 days the administration of US President Barack Obama is wringing the changes environmentally, including initiating moves to reverse a rule by the former administration that allows mountaintop coal mines to dump waste into streams if it is found to be the cheapest and most convenient disposal optionCrow weighs in to Irwin fight
Australian movie-star Russell Crow joined Terri Irwin (wife of the famous crocodile hunter Steve Irwin) in a fight to prevent Cape Alumina Pty Ltd from developing a bauxite mine in northern QueenslandChile seeks energy solutions
As energy becomes an increasingly scarce resource, companies in Chile are turning to new techniques and technologies to solve their needsEat to save
Bio-mining is not new, but scientists are working to improve the process and find new bacteria that are tolerant to more extreme conditionsAppeals court supports mountain-top mining
A US federal court has reversed a lower court judgment to limit the use of a controversial and environmentally-damaging form of coal mining in the Appalachians.Global mercury treaty gets go-ahead
More than 140 countries have agreed to begin talks that could lead to a legally-binding treaty to reduce global mercury emissions by 2013.Parent power
It was great to hear this month that BHP Billiton is introducing standardised paid parental leave across its global operations.Taking the strain
These are testing times for us all, but how many have stopped to consider the additional stress that staff cutbacks, pressure to reduce costs and increase production, and the overall strain of the financial crisis is taking on the mental health of the mining industry’s workforceColombia withdraws permits on protected lands
The Colombian environment ministry, Minambiente, has withdrawn 44 mining permits from land in protected areas, where mining had been previously endorsed.Subscribe NOW!
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