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Article	Type	Published Date	Rating
Addressing health and safety Scope remains to develop legislation in the Kazakh mining sector to improve health and safety practices	Reports Article	06 May 2010	0 Stars
The cost of carbon While Australia’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will strongly impact power producers such as coal-fired power stations, the scheme will also impact the country’s coal mining industry	Reports Article	03 Feb 2010	0 Stars
Wolf protecting the lamb The ambiguities regarding environmental assessments in the mining sector in South Africa are under review, Wandisile Mandlana of law firm Bowman Gilfillan explains	Magazine Article	14 Oct 2009	0 Stars
EU Environmental Liability Directive: what does it mean for mining? The Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) requires EU member states to implement a new liability regime for the prevention and remediation of environmental damage into their national laws. As implementation of the ELD approaches completion, it is timely to consider its implications for the mining sector	Feature Article	06 Jul 2009	0 Stars
REACH: life after pre-registration The pre-registration phase for the implementation of REACH is now completed, but further headaches may lie in wait as the implementation process develops	Magazine Article	02 Apr 2009	0 Stars
Tougher penalties for health and safety offences From January 16 2009, mining businesses in the UK that do not comply with their health and safety obligations will face harsher penalties by virtue of the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008.	Magazine Article	18 Dec 2008	0 Stars
Climate mitigation: an African affair When the UK Government returns from its summer recess, one of the topics on the agenda will be the Climate Change Bill. If passed, it will make the UK the first country in the world to have a legally-binding strategy to reduce carbon emissions. It will also form the framework of the country’s ability to tackle climate change.	Comment Article	26 Nov 2008	0 Stars
Ready, steady, uranium Companies considering venturing into the controversial world of uranium exploration and development must be prepared for different, and more onerous, requirements	Feature Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
A very un-British directive The Mining Waste Directive was introduced in the wake of several serious and high-profile accidents, such as the one at Aznalcóllar in Spain a decade ago. Set to be transposed in the UK, Rebecca Carriage finds out how the MWD could effect England’s minerals industry	Feature Article	25 Nov 2008	0 Stars
A hard job getting harder: mining in environmentally-sensitive lands PLANNING and conducting mining operations in areas of environmental historical or cultural signi cance always presents di- culties. Emerging trends under two US laws – the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) and the US General Mining Law – indicate that mining in these areas is likely to become even more difficult.	Magazine Article	11 Jul 2008	0 Stars