US, Canada, Indigenous groups to collaborate on reducing river pollution from BC coal mines
The United States and Canada announced Monday they have agreed to cooperate to reduce and mitigate the impacts of water pollution from coal mines originating in British Columbia’s Elk-Kootenay watershed.
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Newcrest seeks to address gold mine air pollution after warning
Mining News Pro - Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd. is installing filters in the vent shafts at one of its largest mines, after this week being told by authorities to immediately address the “unacceptable” levels of dust being emitted from the site.
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Entire rare earth metals family could help address acid gas pollution
Mining News Pro - Materials that can be made from the entire family of rare earth metals may be the key to addressing nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide (NO2 and SO2) pollution, which is responsible for acid rain.
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Highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution now found in Amazon rainforest due to gold mining
Mining News Pro - After performing the first-ever measurement of terrestrial deposits of atmospheric methylmercury – the most toxic form of mercury – an international team of researchers found that the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution in the world are now found in pristine areas of the Amazonian rainforest.
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Great Panther fined $9m by Brazilian environmental agency for cyanide pollution
Mining News Pro - Vancouver-based Great Panther Mining’s Brazilian subsidiary, Mina Tucano, has received three notices of infraction from the Amapá State Environmental Agency (SEMA), which alleges the miner polluted two freshwater streams in the northern Pedra Branca do Amaparí municipality causing a massive fish mortality event.
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Congo says Angola tailings pollution kills 12
Mining News Pro - The Democratic Republic of Congo will seek compensation from the owners of an Angolan diamond mine after a tailings dam leak polluted drinking water, causing 12 deaths and making thousands of people ill, the country's environment minister said on Thursday.
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Angola mine leak causes 'unprecedented' pollution in Congo rivers, researchers say
Mining News Pro - Asuspected leak of heavy metals from a mine in northern Angola is causing an "unprecedented environmental catastrophe", affecting some two-million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers at Kinshasa University said on Friday.
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India delays anti-pollution rules for coal power plants again
Mining News Pro - India’s environment ministry delayed anti-pollution guidelines for coal-fired power plants further, extending the compliance deadline by as long as two years.
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Iron ore price dives on China pollution crackdown
Mining News Pro - Iron ore prices fell on Friday as moves in China to restrict steel mills’ highly-polluting operations and reduce production capacity weighed on sentiment.
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Eskom, Sasol rebuffed, Creecy says as she fights pollution suit
Mining News Pro - Environmental Affairs Minister Barbara Creec said she rejected pleas for leniency from senior executives at the country’s two biggest air polluters as she responded to a lawsuit that says her office has breached constitutional rights to clean air.
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Mine ponds cause toxic mercury pollution in the Peruvian Amazon
Mining News Pro - A recent study by researchers in Peru and the US found that, in the past 35 years, there has been a 670% increase in the extent of pits and ponds created by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in the Peruvian Amazon.
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UK researchers launch $2 million project to study sulfur problem in biofuel production, reduce pollution
Mining News Pro - Sulfur found in biofuel feedstock poses serious problems to the industry, because it causes pollution, is toxic to the catalyst and corrosive to biorefinery equipment.
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Small tailings dam collapses in Ecuador, communities denounce pollution
Mining News Pro - A small tailings dam associated with a mine run by Ecuadorean firm Austro Gold has collapsed, Ecuador`s government said on Friday, sending mining waste into a nearby river.
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Trump administration to relax regulations on coal-ash pollution
Mining News Pro - The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to relax two Obama-era rules on how power plants store waste from burning coal and release water containing toxic metals into nearby waterways.
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China top copper producer halts output after pollution order
Mining News Agency - China’s largest producer, is halting all output in the province after the local government ordered the curbs to reduce pollution, a company official said.
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