January 30, 2009 – 4:36 pm
Concerned citizens will get a chance on February 18 to voice their opinions on Kennecott’s plans to re-open the old Humboldt Mill at a public meeting hosted by Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality
Kennecott Minerals bought the property last September with plans to process ore from its proposed Eagle Project. Without legal permits to develop Eagle, [...]
January 30, 2009 – 3:43 pm
Representatives from local organizations will hold an educational forum on Kennecott Mineral’s recent permit application to re-open the old Humboldt Ore Processing Facility in Humboldt Township near Republic, MI. Contributing organizations include: National Wildlife Federation, Save the Wild UP, Northwoods Wilderness Recovery, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, and Students Against Sulfide Mining.
Concerned citizens are encouraged to [...]
January 30, 2009 – 12:46 pm
Congress takes another stab at mining reform
The Associated Press
7:45 a.m. January 29, 2009
ELKO, Nev. — A mining reform bill similar to one that passed the U.S. House last year but failed to get out of the Senate has been reintroduced in the House.
In addition to rewriting the Mining Law of 1872, the measure would impose [...]
January 30, 2009 – 10:16 am
What if this was metallic sulfide ore?
Iron ore train derailment could cost $10 million
Friday, 30/01/2009
In Western Australia’s Pilbara, one of Rio Tinto’s massive iron ore trains has been derailed, spilling thousands of tonnes of iron ore.
The incident happened on Thursday night, no-one was injured and rail safety investigators have visited the scene.
It’s understood the train [...]
January 28, 2009 – 5:54 pm
Below is a link to the full Jack Parker comments on the KEMC application. Click the link to see the technical details about how catastrophic the potential Eagle Project could be.
PDF of Jack Parker KEMC Permit Application Comments
January 26, 2009 – 8:38 pm
Marquette County, Michigan - New information has surfaced suggesting that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) assisted Kennecott-Rio Tinto by forgoing proper procedure in allowing the company to reconstruct a road crossing in Fall of 2004. With Kennecott’s persistence, the DEQ approved an ill-designed plan to install a new culvert on the Triple A [...]
January 22, 2009 – 2:41 pm
TORONTO - Canada’s Federal Court heard a lawsuit case on Monday against the Minister of the Environment for failing to ensure that Canada’s mining industry publicly reports the hundreds of millions of kilograms of toxic pollution it generates each year.
The lawsuit was filed in Federal Court in late 2007 by Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal [...]
January 21, 2009 – 2:24 pm
Uranium Fact Sheets on the Web
May 24, 2008
Compiled by
Paul Robinson
Southwest Research and Information Center
sricpaul@earthlink.net
I. Uranium Fact Sheet
http://www.ieer.org/fctsheet/uranium.html
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research – “Uranium: Its Uses and Hazards”
II. Laguna Pueblo Uranium Curriculum
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Uranium/Laguna_curriculum
Uranium Mining and its Impact on Laguna Pueblo: A Study Guide for an Interdisciplinary Unit,
July 21, 1998
III. Uranium Overviews from [...]
January 21, 2009 – 2:06 pm
IRON RIVER - Representatives from local environmentalist groups and the mining industry addressed a packed room at the West Iron District Library on Saturday during a public forum entitled “Mining Heritage: Past, Present, and Future.”
Click here to read more
January 14, 2009 – 2:29 pm
Save the Wild UP will host a showing of the compelling documentary, “Mining Madness, Water Wars: The Great Lakes in the Balance” on Thursday evening, January 22 at Peter White Public Library.
Produced by the National Wildlife Federation, this 33 minute production lays bare the controversial proposal to blast a mine beneath a blue ribbon trout [...]
