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ENVIRONMENT

Brigus Gold temporarily suspends milling due to water

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Abnormally heavy rainfall and the melting of the remaining snowpack had caused water levels in the holding facility and water management facilities at gold producer Brigus Gold’s Black Fox mill to be higher than recommended, forcing the company...

By: Henry Lazenby

23rd May 2013

METALLURGICAL RESULTS

Belo Sun reports positive metallurgic results for third Brazilian deposit

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Canadian explorer Belo Sun Mining on Thursday said it has received positive results from preliminary metallurgical leach test work on samples from the South Block deposit of its fully owned Volta Grande gold project, located in Para State,...

By: Henry Lazenby

23rd May 2013

PERMITTING

EMED completes TMF design for flagship Spanish project, timeline slips

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Project developer EMED Mining, which is working to restart production from its flagship Rio Tinto mine, in Spain’s region of Andalucia, on Wednesday said it had completed the design of the tailings management facility (TMF) after it was...

By: Henry Lazenby

23rd May 2013

MINING & THE ENVIRONMENT

Biodiversity guideline a ‘step in the right direction’ – panel

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The latest environmental guideline report aimed at the mining industry has been welcomed as a first step in starting the process of finding the delicate balance between mining economically and biodiversity protection, a panel agreed on Thursday....

By: Natasha Odendaal

23rd May 2013

ENVIRONMENTAL

Molewa launches environmental-impact mitigation guideline for mining industry

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Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Wednesday launched a guideline document to provide the mining sector with directives on how to avoid, limit or remedy mining impacts as part of a thorough environmental-impact assessment...

By: Natalie Greve

22nd May 2013

PEOPLE

Orbite shares bounce as new directors assume board positions

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Following the immediate appointment of three independent directors to Canadian alumina producer Orbite Aluminae’s board, the company’s TSX-listed shares on Tuesday jumped more than 28% in value to make up some of the ground it had lost since...

By: Henry Lazenby

21st May 2013

RARE EARTHS

Tasman Metals receives mining lease for Swedish rare earths project

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Rare earths project developer Tasman Metals on Tuesday announced that it has received a 25-year mining lease for the Norra Karr heavy rare-earth element (REE) project in Sweden. Tasman said the mining lease gave the company the full mineral rights...

By: Henry Lazenby

21st May 2013

ACID MINE DRAINAGE

Development of AMD treatment plants for Wits basin under way – Molewa

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The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has made “good progress” with regard to the challenge of acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Witwatersrand area since the inception of an inter-Ministerial committee on AMD in 2010, Water and Environmental...

By: Natalie Greve

21st May 2013

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Facility	Industry Term
Toronto London Johannesburg	Brigus Gold Belo Cedex EMED Mining EMED Mining Tartessus Rio Tinto Education Endangered Wildlife Trust Optimum Coal Standard Bank Orbite Aluminae Group Five Mining Weekly	Black Fox Mill Volta Grande Mine Rio Tinto Mine Vele Mine	Gold Producer Destructive Mining Energy Environmental Mining Infrastructure Finance Mining Sustainable Mining Ecological Infrastructure Ecosystem Services Gross Domestic Product Alumina Producer Immediate Solution
Country	Currency	Person	Region
Brazil Spain South Africa	USD	Mark Eaton Omar Antunes Harry Anagnostaras-Adams Deirdr Edna Molewa John Wallington Lingenfelder Mike Teke Nigel Beck Claude Lamoureux Glenn Kelly Lionel Leveille Pascal Decary Peter Crossgrove	Central Brazil
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Africa