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Great Lakes United wins mining lawsuit

June 22, 2009 – 11:12 am

The Canadian Federal Court decision requires Environment Canada to make the mining industry annually report the toxic waste accumulating in tailings ponds and waste rock piles.

John Jackson
Great Lakes United

Great Lakes United and Mining Watch Canada, with the legal assistance of Ecojustice, have won a court case, forcing Environment Canada to require the [...]

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Eagle Project on Hold

February 12, 2009 – 6:41 pm

Rio Tinto released today a 38-page press release which discusses the company’s 2008 fiscal performance. Buried in one paragraph on page 10 of the release, the company states that the “development of the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains has been “deferred until market conditions recover.”

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