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  <title><![CDATA[ Vedanta back in NGO spotlight ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/vedanta-back-in-ngo-spotlight</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Indian-company Vedanta Resources plc found itself in the firing line once again this week, as celebrities, NGOs and tribesmen joined forces to protest outside the company’s annual general meeting in London ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:31:08 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ European Commission rejects cyanide ban ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/european-commission-rejects-cyanide-ban</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:31:01 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/european-commission-rejects-cyanide-ban</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Zijin spill controversy deepens ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/zijin-spill-controversy-deepens</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:30:48 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/zijin-spill-controversy-deepens</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Lithium ETF to target green market ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/lithium-etf-to-target-green-market</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:30:36 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/lithium-etf-to-target-green-market</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Massey: regulators raised methane risk ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/massey-regulators-raised-methane-risk</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:12:18 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/massey-regulators-raised-methane-risk</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Goldcorp answers allegations ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/goldcorp-answers-allegations</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Goldcorp Inc has said that allegations of pollution from its Marlin gold mine in Guatemala are entirely without merit ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:12:09 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/goldcorp-answers-allegations</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Unprecedented lead poisoning from Nigerian gold mining ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/unprecedented-lead-poisoning-from-nigerian-gold-mining</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ More than 160 people, including at least 100 children, have died from lead poisoning from artisanal gold mining in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara State ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:11:56 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/unprecedented-lead-poisoning-from-nigerian-gold-mining</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ PAC renews its criticism of Zimbabwe’s diamond mines ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/pac-renews-its-criticism-of-zimbabwes-diamond-mines</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Non-government organisation Partnership Africa Canada (PAC)
has raised new concerns about violence at Zimbabwe’s Marange
diamond mine ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:11:46 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/pac-renews-its-criticism-of-zimbabwes-diamond-mines</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe diamonds under scrutiny ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/zimbabwe-diamonds-under-scrutiny</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The Zimbabwean government has banned the export of diamonds from any mine operating in the country until the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme certifies the sale of diamonds from Chia-dzwa, The Herald newspaper has reported. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:36:10 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/zimbabwe-diamonds-under-scrutiny</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Safety is top priority ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/safety-is-top-priority</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Denver-based Mincom announced in May that, unsurprisingly, safety remains the highest priority for chief executives, reporting that 71 of its poll of 100 industry executives rated workplace safety as the most pressing business challenge ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:35:58 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/safety-is-top-priority</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Gold Fields set to sell carbon emissions ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/gold-fields-set-to-sell-carbon-emissions</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Gold Fields has announced that it will become the first gold producer to sell Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs), the financial securities used to trade carbon emissions. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:35:47 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/gold-fields-set-to-sell-carbon-emissions</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Vale cuts water use ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/vale-cuts-water-use</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Vale SA has invested in new technology to reduce the water use at its Carajás mines in Brazil, providing both economic and environmental benefits ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:35:38 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/vale-cuts-water-use</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Mining, People and the Environment 2011 ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/mining,-people-and-the-environment-2011</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ With over 130 representatives from 26 countries worldwide, the inaugural event in March 2010 was a huge success and Aspermont UK, PDAC and ICMM are delighted to announce that Mining, People and the Environment will be back on March 5, 2011. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:35:28 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/mining,-people-and-the-environment-2011</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ US miners die in worst accident for 40 years ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/us-miners-die-in-worst-accident-for-40-years2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 on April 5 killed 29 miners ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:55:26 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/us-miners-die-in-worst-accident-for-40-years2</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Sirius takes advantage of storage solution ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/sirius-takes-advantage-of-storage-solution</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:00:57 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/sirius-takes-advantage-of-storage-solution</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Xstrata chief calls for mining infrastructure investment ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/xstrata-chief-calls-for-mining-infrastructure-investment</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:00:31 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/xstrata-chief-calls-for-mining-infrastructure-investment</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Xstrata in the clear ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/xstrata-in-the-clear2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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 ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 13:00:07 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/xstrata-in-the-clear2</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Tracing tin from the DRC ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/tracing-tin-from-the-drc2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ 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) ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/tracing-tin-from-the-drc2</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Panama moves towards Kimberley ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/panama-moves-towards-kimberley</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Panama’s president, Ricardo Martinelli, has pledged to fast-track legislation to create a diamond free-trade zone, and facilitate the country’s membership of the Kimberley Process ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/panama-moves-towards-kimberley</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ New tech boost for platinum ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/new-tech-boost-for-platinum</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ New fuel cell technology might not only be a welcome boost for the platinum mining industry but also provide a new clean power source in South Africa to alleviate the struggling national coal utility ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/new-tech-boost-for-platinum</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Cyanide accredited ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/cyanide-accredited</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Gold Fields Ltd has announced that it has become the first mining company to obtain accreditation for all its operations with the International Cyanide Management Code ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/cyanide-accredited</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Handling concerns ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/handling-concerns</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ In its latest guidelines the ICMM tackles the issue of local community grievances and offers member companies a set of practical guidelines to apply on-the-ground over the next 12 to 18 months ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/handling-concerns</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Shareholders speak up ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/comment/shareholders-speak-up</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ One of the biggest stories in the current issue of Mining Journal concerns a report produced by lobbyists opposed to Anglo American plc and Northern Dynasty Minerals Corp’s Pebble project in Alaska ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/comment/shareholders-speak-up</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Canadian mining future depends on climate ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/canadian-mining-future-depends-on-climate</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The Canadian mining sector needs to do more to adapt to future climate change if it is going to remain prosperous, a report by environmental policy experts the David Suzuki Foundation has found ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:58:10 +0100</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/canadian-mining-future-depends-on-climate</guid>
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