October 13, 2008 – 2:20 pm
Rio's Iron Ore Unit Faces Further Industrial Action
By Angela Macdonald-Smith
Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) — Rio Tinto Group, the world's third- largest mining company, faces the prospect of further industrial action by train drivers at its iron ore operations in Western Australia after the first strike today in more than 16 years.
Today's 12-hour strike, in which 11 [...]
October 9, 2008 – 1:01 pm
CHICAGO (Oct. 9, 2008) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold an open house on October 22 to answer questions about the federal role in regulating the proposed mine and the underground injection control permit application submitted by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company. The open house will be held at the Holiday Inn, 1951 [...]
October 8, 2008 – 12:32 pm
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has requested the EPA to determine whether habitat for the endangered Kirtland warbler and threatened Canada lynx occurs in areas that could directly or indirectly be affected by Kennecott's Eagle Project.
According to the USFWS, "Kirtland's warblers utilize young, dense stands of jack pine that are interspersed with [...]
October 8, 2008 – 12:30 pm
Kennecott Minerals Co. currently lacks all major state and federal permits required in order to open and operate its proposed Eagle Project metallic sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains, in Marquette County.
Recently, the company purchased the site of the old Humboldt Mill, in Humboldt Township, that was used to crush ore from [...]
October 8, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Stand By Your Land
Award-Winning Author, Noted Hiker Eric Hansen Will Present the Keynote Address for the Wisconsin Sierra Club Autumn Assembly on October 11 in Wisconsin Dells
His Theme Will Be:
Stand By Your Land:
Wisconsin and the U.P.; The Powerful Storylines of Our Iconic Landscapes and the Citizens Campaigns That Have Defended Them
Hansen will offer his thoughts [...]
October 6, 2008 – 5:30 pm
LANSING, MI (September 30, 2008) - The Superior Watershed Partnership in cooperation with Northern Initiatives and Lt. Gov. John Cherry today announced that a public input meeting will be held in Marquette on October 13, 2008 at 7pm in the Great Lakes rooms of the University Center on the campus of Northern Michigan University. This [...]
October 6, 2008 – 5:25 pm
Pilbara mining workers to strike over claims
Paige Taylor and Ewin Hannan | October 07, 2008
STRIKE action will interrupt Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations for the first time in 16 years, as Australian Workplace Agreements expire and locomotive drivers earning up to $210,000 a year engage their union in a push for collective [...]
October 6, 2008 – 4:56 pm
Panel Discusses Great Lakes Basin Compact
Sulfide Mining Introduced as a Major Threat to the Great Lakes
October 3, 2008
Marquette, MI - Three panelists addressed environmental and conservation issues threatening the Great Lakes at a symposium sponsored by Northern Michigan University’s Political Science department. Panelists also presented a general outline of the new [...]
October 6, 2008 – 3:52 pm
ACTION ALERT
BEAVER BASIN WILDERNESS PROPOSAL AT PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE IN FINAL PHASE
By the end of this legislative session in late October it is expected that the Senate will approve an omnibus lands bill that includes federal wilderness designation for the Beaver Basin at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It has passed through [...]
October 6, 2008 – 3:31 pm
The Splash
We have a new title for our publication! It’s now called The Splash and we hope it will help our grassroots efforts and make waves about metallic sulfide and uranium mining throughout the Great Lakes Region.
WHAT IS THE SPLASH: The latest news about metallic sulfide mining and environmental issues from across the UP, Michigan, [...]
