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<title><![CDATA[ Driving forward ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/comment/driving-forward</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ This first issue of MPE for 2012 is predominantly focused on looking to the future of the mining industry ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Peru protests lead to cabinet reshuffle ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/peru-protests-lead-to-cabinet-reshuffle</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Peruvian president Ollanta Humala has replaced 10 of 19 new cabinet ministers, following mass civil unrest over a large-scale mining project that lead to a recent declaration of a state of emergency ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Grasberg strike ends ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/grasberg-strike-ends</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A three-month-long strike at the Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia has ended after majority owner Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc reached an agreement with labour unions ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Australian PM calls to lift India uranium ban ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/australian-pm-calls-to-lift-india-uranium-ban</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Julia Gillard, Australia’s Prime Minister, said she would support a reversal of the country’s ban on exporting uranium to India at the Australian Labor Party conference in December ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/australian-pm-calls-to-lift-india-uranium-ban</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Global Witness abandons Kimberley Process ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/global-witness-abandons-kimberley-process2</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ International NGO Global Witness has announced its decision to leave the Kimberley Process, the diamond industry watchdog, saying that the scheme’s “many flaws and loopholes” have not been fixed ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/global-witness-abandons-kimberley-process2</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Countries over dependent on minerals ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/countries-over-dependent-on-minerals</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Many low- and middle-income countries are dangerously reliant on mineral resource exports according to a new study by Oxford Policy Management, leaving them vulnerable to global economic downturn and the ‘resource curse’ ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Menell: “Embrace nationalism” ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/menell-embrace-nationalism</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The international mining industry should embrace resource nationalism and see it as an “opportunity in adversity”. This was the main message from the keynote speaker at Mining Journal’s Mines and Money conference in London in December, Brian Menell ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/menell-embrace-nationalism</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ UN impose Eritrea sanctions ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/un-impose-eritrea-sanctions</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The United Nations Security Council has expanded its sanctions regime on Eritrea in response to the country’s ongoing support for militant groups in neighbouring Somalia ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/un-impose-eritrea-sanctions</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Europe aims for responsible mining ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/europe-aims-for-responsible-mining</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The European Union plans to address its dependence on resource imports and the sustainability of raw materials supplies, delegates at a meeting of politicians and industry stakeholders were told at a seminar in November ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/europe-aims-for-responsible-mining</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Ghana clears 2,500 illegal miners ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/ghana-clears-2,500-illegal-miners</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Ghana’s media have reported the conclusion of a state-run operation to clear 2,500 illegal ‘galamsey’ miners from the Damang gold mine, operated by Gold Fields Ltd. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/ghana-clears-2,500-illegal-miners</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ ICMM: Mining has more to offer in tackling climate change ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/icmm-mining-has-more-to-offer-in-tackling-climate-change</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The mining industry has the opportunity to “make a greater contribution to tackling climate change” leading figures from the industry said in December at the UNFCCC COP 17 meeting in Durban ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/enviromine/icmm-mining-has-more-to-offer-in-tackling-climate-change</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Special report: Meeting the Standards ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/special-report-meeting-the-standards</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Free, prior and informed consent is required for project activities that involve lands subject to traditional ownership, relocation of indigenous peoples or that use their cultural resources ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/special-report-meeting-the-standards</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Technology: First response ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-first-response</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Technology is coming to the fore in mine safety and rescue ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-first-response</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Country risk: Republic of Congo ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/country-risk-republic-of-congo</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ The Republic of Congo’s mineral potential has long been recognised, but development has been constrained by a lucrative oil sector, which has limited levels of political will to foster mining-sector growth ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/country-risk-republic-of-congo</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Techology: Keeping the oil flowing ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/techology-keeping-the-oil-flowing</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Global Water Intelligence looks at the North American oil sands industry, its use of water and the potential for development of new processing and treatment technologies ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/techology-keeping-the-oil-flowing</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Innovation: Removing complexity  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/innovation-removing-complexity</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ New technology is opening up the potential of more complex mineral deposits ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/innovation-removing-complexity</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Technology: Getting the balance right ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-getting-the-balance-right</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Steve Sedgwick explains the crucial role that pumps play in water management and the benefits of investing in the latest technology ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-getting-the-balance-right</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Risk 2012: Bumpy road ahead ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/risk-2012-bumpy-road-ahead</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ In its 2012 risk forecast Control Risks predicts more political uncertainty lies ahead ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/risk-2012-bumpy-road-ahead</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Technology case study: Vale SA ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-case-study-vale-sa</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ It’s not only technology on the ground that is making a difference to output, research and development is equally valuable ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-case-study-vale-sa</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Technology case study: Rio Tinto  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-case-study-rio-tinto</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ State of the art technologies are finding a home in the high-tech future of mining. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/special-features/technology-case-study-rio-tinto</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Legal brief: Evolving story ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/legal-brief/legal-brief-evolving-story</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ A new online tool aims to better inform developing countries ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/legal-brief/legal-brief-evolving-story</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Shadow of the past  ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/still-life/shadow-of-the-past</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ One of the winning images from Vale SA’s ‘Eye on Sustainability’ Global Photography Contest 2011 where the theme was Forests: Nature at Your Service. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/still-life/shadow-of-the-past</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tailings: Opportunity lost ]]></title>
  <link>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/tailings/tailings-opportunity-lost</link>
 <description><![CDATA[ Until South Africa’s mining companies consider their environmental impact and broader sustainability a strategic issue for their future survival, they will continue to foster negative perceptions in the public sphere ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
  <guid>http://www.miningenvironmental.com/tailings/tailings-opportunity-lost</guid>
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