Extensive media coverage, together with ongoing legislative and regulatory attention, have increased the focus on global climate change and the likelihood of future governmental action to address the risks
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A series of mine fatalities in the past six months have put safety legislation in the spotlight
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A decade after the Baia Mare tailing disaster, it is time to reflect on development of the International Cyanide Management Code and its future
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The bodies of illegal miners have been discovered at Harmony Gold Mines Co Ltd’s President Styne mine in South Africa
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Is the mining legislation pendulum shifting back towards resource nationalisation?
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With the introduction of the new Bribery Act in the UK, mining companies are advised to ensure that they have fully implemented anti-corruption policies
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Increasingly onerous restrictions are forcing the gold industry to better manage cyanide use and disposal
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The Mongolian government is tightening its grip on foreign mining as its seeks a balance between foreign investment and domestic needs
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Scaling up partnerships between mining companies and conservation NGOs could
ensure the conservation of endangered biodiversity
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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
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Goldcorp Inc has said allegations of pollution from its Marlin gold mine in Guatemala are entirely without merit
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The bodies of illegal miners have been discovered at Harmony Gold Mines Co Ltd’s President Styne mine in South Africa
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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
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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
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The non-government organisation Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) has raised new concerns about violence at Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond mine
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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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The latest Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of mining companies, which aims to establish how mineral endowment and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment, shows South Africa has fallen 12 ranking positions in the 2009/2010 year to 61st out of 72 jurisdictions
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