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European Commission rejects cyanide ban

The European Commission has rejected a proposed Europe-wide ban on cyanide use in mining activity after deciding that the ban was not justified from an environmental or health perspective

Zijin spill controversy deepens

The controversy of China’s worst mining-waste spill in two years continues as the vice-president of Zijin Mining Group, the company responsible for the accident, is detained by police

Lithium ETF to target green market

The world’s first lithium exchange-traded fund has been launched on the New York Stock Exchange. The ETF will provide investors access to a commodity that is a valuable component of renewable energy and 'green' technology

Massey: regulators raised methane risk

THE US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) contributed to the sequence of events that led to the deaths of 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) coal mine in April, claimed owner Massey Energy

Goldcorp answers allegations

Goldcorp Inc has said that allegations of pollution from its Marlin gold mine in Guatemala are entirely without merit

Unprecedented lead poisoning from Nigerian gold mining

More than 160 people, including at least 100 children, have died from lead poisoning from artisanal gold mining in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State

PAC renews its criticism of Zimbabwe’s diamond mines

Non-government organisation Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) has raised new concerns about violence at Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond mine

PAC new condemnation of Zimbabwe diamonds

The non-government organisation Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) has raised new concerns about violence at Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond mine

Queensland government faces law suit

The Queensland government is facing a legal suit from bauxite-developer Cape Alumina Ltd after declaring the Wentlock river basin, which contains the company’s Pisolite Hills project, a wild river area

One-off watering does the trick

In an Australian first, iron-ore producer Crosslands Resources Ltd has implemented a one-off treatment which eliminates the ongoing use of water for dust suppression at its operation

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