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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	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
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	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
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	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Unprecedented poisoning from Nigerian gold mining More than 160 people, including at least 100 children have died from lead poisoning resulting from artisanal gold mining in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara StateUS Centre for Disease Control and Prevention	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Illegal miners found dead at Harmony mine The bodies of illegal miners have been discovered at Harmony Gold Mines Co Ltd’s President Styne mine in South Africa	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Goldcorp responds to pollution allegations Goldcorp Inc has said allegations of pollution from its Marlin gold mine in Guatemala are entirely without merit	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Massey: Regulators increased methane risk The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) contributed to the sequence of events that led to 29 miners dying at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) coal mine in April, Massey Energy Co claimed	Magazine Article	06 Jul 2010	0 Stars
Xstrata in the clear Xstrata plc announced this month that it had “substantially” reduced emissions from its Mt Isa operation in Queensland, Australia, after implementing a range of environmental and monitoring initiatives	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Tracing tin from the DRC ITRI, the tin industry body, has initiated the second phase of a comprehensive due-diligence plan for tin minerals exported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Chinese flood victims rescued Chinese authorities have reported that 115 miners trapped in an underground flood have been rescued alive, leaving 38 miners still unaccounted for after the mine flooded at the end of March, in what has been described as one of the worst disasters to hit the industry in recent years	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Sirius to take advantage of storage solution Sirius Exploration plc, a potash exploration company with development projects in Australia and the US, plans to exploit the salt voids left after extraction for CO2 and compressed air storage	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Xstrata chief urges South Africa to invest in mining infrastructure South Africa’s mining sector is unable to reach its full potential, Xstrata plc chief executive Mick Davis said in an address to the Wits Business School, because of poor mining infrastructure	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Anglogold suspends operations over water worries Africa’s largest producer of gold, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, has suspended gold processing at the Obuasi gold mine in Ghana to work on reducing water contamination	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
US miners die in worst accident for 40 years The US has suffered its worst mining accident in 40 years after an explosion as Massey Energy Co’s Upper Big Branch coal mine in Virginia killed 29 miners on April	Magazine Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
Somalia and DRC ranked riskiest for business SOMALIA, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe are countries that carry “extreme risks for businesses”, according to a report issued this week by corporate risk intelligence firm Maplecroft	Headline Article	04 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Political hurdle at Reko Diq The Pakistani provincial government of Baluchistan plans to cancel the exploration licence for the US$3 billion Reko Diq copper-gold project, according to unsubstantiated reports	Headline Article	04 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Teck allocates lead-spill fine to habitat fund Teck Resources Ltd has been fined C$115,000 (US$110,000) for a lead spill that occurred at its Trail smelter in British Columbia almost two years ago	Headline Article	04 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Canadian bill concerns miners CANADIAN mining companies have strongly contested a private members’ bill that has been working its way through the Canadian parliament, calling it flawed and prejudiced.	Headline Article	04 Feb 2010	0 Stars
US fatalities at record low Mine fatalities in the US have fallen to an all-time low according to data released by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)	Headline Article	04 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Allied denies mercenary claim Allied Gold Ltd said that it “rejects outright” allegations that it hired Fijian mercenaries to provide security services at its Simberi gold project in Papua New Guinea	Magazine Article	03 Feb 2010	0 Stars