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Australia: Rio Tinto & NSW deny abusing planning process to expedite coal mine
2013-12-13 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Mining giant Rio Tinto and the NSW government have flatly denied claims they are abusing the planning process to expedite a coal mine expansion approval, and have rejected suggestions they coerced workers into submitting positive submissions to the state government. On Thursday the Newcastle Herald reported that employees of the Rio Tinto-managed Coal & Allied Warkworth mine in the Hunter Valley were "effectively forced' to write submissions to the state government supporting Rio Tinto's application...
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Talks May Water Down Wisconsin's Controversial Frac Sand Mine Bill
2013-12-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Journal Sentinel: A bill that would rewrite regulations for sand mines is up for an overhaul after worries were raised that communities would lose some of their authority to enforce local ordinances. The legislation emerged Oct. 16 as Republicans showed an eagerness to help a growing industry that provides a critical ingredient to extract oil from domestic wells. As mines proliferated across western Wisconsin, some have faced opposition, including cases where localities have set new or stricter restrictions....
Abandoned Mine May Offer Clues About Permanent CO2 Sequestration
2013-12-07 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Can an abandoned mine help with the fight against global warming? Researchers from Stanford University think so. They have been using an abandoned mine to gain new insights on how to permanently entomb greenhouse gas emissions inside the Earth. The team has spent two years trying to unravel a geological mystery at the Red Mountain mine, located about 70 miles east of the campus. Some of the world`s largest veins of pure magnesium carbonate, or magnesite -- a chalky mineral made of carbon dioxide...
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New Environmental Review Coming For PolyMet Mine
2013-12-02 06:21:27| pollutiononline News Articles
A proposal for Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine takes a crucial step forward Friday when regulators release a long-awaited updated environmental review that's certain to fuel the debate over whether the state can get the hundreds of jobs a new era of mining could bring without sacrificing its cherished waters and wild places
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Freeport says worker dead at Indonesian copper mine
2013-12-01 14:30:24| Real Estate - Topix.net
A worker was killed after an incident in an underground section of Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc's giant Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia, the company said.
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