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Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger recently reported the department last year managed 14 project sites in nine counties that successfully plugged 259 abandoned oil and gas wells.
Environmental NGO EARTHWORKS says 60 jewelry retailers or 1/4 of the U.S. jewelry market are calling on mining to ethically source their metals through environmentally and socially responsible practices.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 9, 2010) - All amounts in Canadian dollars unless indicated otherwise
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - 02/09/10) - All amounts in Canadian dollars unless indicated otherwise Inmet (TSX: IMN - News ) announces fourth quarter earnings of $1.60 per share compared with a loss of $0.67 per share in the fourth quarter of 2008 Fourth quarter highlights -- Earnings from operations were higher because of higher metal prices Higher copper and zinc prices increased sales by ...
The Global Acid-Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide is a recent development to support sustainable management of ARD. This internet-based global best practices guide for the prevention and mitigation of ARD was recently published by the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP). INAP is an international consortium of major mining companies, working collectively to combat the issue of ARD. The ...
THE MINES and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) has programmed some P48 million to be spent this year for the ongoing rehabilitation of the Bagacay copper mine in Western Samar and to conduct feasibility studies on five other inactive mines that pose "great risk" of pollution.
KETTLE CREEK-It took some time, over $200,000 and a lot of volunteer work, but conservationists say a nearly 100-year-old, abandoned coal mine in western Clinton County has been sufficiently altered to prevent a mine "blowout" that could've wreaked havoc on Kettle Creek and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
BECKLEY, WV--(Marketwire - February 5, 2010) - On Monday, February 8, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will celebrate a group that exemplifies his youth initiative -- a team of recent college graduates who have been volunteering with community improvement/watershed groups throughout Appalachian coal country and the hardrock west. These volunteers are members of the Office of Surface Mining ...
"And upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew: 16:13-18. Declaring his intent to...
BECKLEY, WV--(Marketwire - 02/05/10) - On Monday, February 8, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will celebrate a group that exemplifies his youth initiative -- a team of recent college graduates who have been volunteering with community improvement/watershed groups throughout Appalachian coal country and the hardrock west. These volunteers are members of the Office of Surface Mining's two ...
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