Uranium mine leak ‘5400 times normal level’
By Emma Masters – http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2814665.htm
9 February 2010
Contaminated water seeping from a mine in Kakadu National Park has a uranium concentration more than 5,000 times the normal level, a Senate estimates committee has heard.
The Office of the Supervising Scientist is the environmental regulator of the Ranger uranium mine, which is [...]

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Public Written Comment can be sent to the DNRE until the 20th of February.
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Michigan DNRE
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Gwinn, MI 49841
Attn: Mike Smolinski
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Michigan’s DNRE announced that it would grant Kennecott all the permits needed for the reopening of the Humboldt Mill.  Click Here to Read the DNRE Press Release Gabriel Caplett suggested a means to delay further pollution of the Humboldt site, which was employed against PolyMet. His suggestion was to file a law suit like this [...]

The Wall Street Journal published an article featuring the Eagle Project:
Permits Drag on U.S. Mining Projects
By ROBERT GUY MATTHEWS
Despite having vast reserves, the U.S. remains a major importer of metals and minerals.
Obtaining the permits and approvals needed to build a mine in the U.S. takes an average of seven years, among the longest wait time [...]