April 2010
Filling the gender gap
An increasing number of jobs left by the growing skills shortage in the global mining industry could be filled by women Full story...
Enviromine
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 Full story...
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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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 Full story...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) Full story...Legal Brief
Addressing health and safety
Scope remains to develop legislation in the Kazakh mining sector to improve health and safety practices Full story...Features
Filling the gender gap
An increasing number of jobs left by the growing skills shortage in the global mining industry could be filled by women Full story...
Mining, People and the Environment: CSR is here to stay
As corporate social responsibility becomes entrenched in core business practice, Mining Environmental Management, in partnership with PDAC and ICMM staged its first one-day environmental conference Full story...Minerals for life
Mining companies are increasingly being asked to prove the sustainability credentials of the minerals the produce Full story...Bangladesh coal controversy: power to the people?
Even if GCM plc, the UK-listed mining company, can regain government approval for its giant coal project, opponents may still threaten its prospects and profitability Full story...Resettlement: lessons from the field
Resettlement is among the hottest of hot button topics at mining projects around the world Full story...Growing kidnapping threat to miners
The extractive industry is a target not least because of the remote locations and resentment from local communities Full story...Opportunities Down Under
MEM looks at two innovative new projects being undertaken by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Full story...Exorcising the ‘resource curse’
Mining companies can help countries to avoid the ‘resource curse’, but they can’t do this alone. What is needed is a worldwide flourishing of partnerships involving companies, states, international donors and NGOs to help drive development. Full story...A cautionary copperbelt tale: Zambia and DRC
Could the spectre of nationalisation and political interference re-emerge as the copper price continues to strengthen and elections loom? Full story...Tailings
Opening mines closing minds
In early 2009, Bill C-300 was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons known widely as the Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries Full story...Site Search
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Geologists- Senior and Junior Positions
Gryphon Minerals is aggressively growing its world class Banfora Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Mining and Metals Opportunities - Hatch
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