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PROJECT REDEVELOPMENT
EMED's Spanish project part of a European mining renaissance
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Toronto-listed project developer EMED Mining was part of what might very well be a renaissance of European mining, as it was preparing to restart mining at its flagship Rio Tinto copper mine, in Spain’s region of Andalucia.
The Europe-focused...
By: Henry Lazenby
6th May 2013
WASTE MOVEMENT
Centerra working intensively on long-term waste plan as dump moves
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Unexpected waste movement was again forcing Canadian gold miner Centerra Gold to adjust plans at its flagship Kumtor mine, in Kyrgyzstan, following the faster-than-expected waste movement in a large section of Kumtor's main waste-rock dump, the...
By: Henry Lazenby
3rd May 2013
ENVIRONMENT
Aurizon stock slips after ‘minor’ spill
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The Toronto-listed shares of gold miner Aurizon Mines on Friday shed almost 12% of its value after the company reported a “minor” discharge at a tailings facility at its Casa Berardi mine, in Quebec, which reportedly spilled contaminated...
By: Henry Lazenby
3rd May 2013
CLEAN TECHNOLOGY
PM announces support for 55 innovative clean-energy projects
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday announced support for 55 innovative new projects aimed at producing and using energy in a cleaner, more efficient way.
This support was being provided through the Canadian government’s ecoENERGY...
By: Henry Lazenby
3rd May 2013
MINING REVIEW
2012 marks prosperous year for BC mining industry despite lower earnings
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British Columbia’s (BC’s) mining industry has experienced another thriving year in 2012, including mineral exploration and development, despite profits being lower than in 2011, international auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC's) BC...
By: Henry Lazenby
30th April 2013
MINE EXPANSION
Expanding Kinross Gold’s Mauritania mine to cost $2.7bn
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Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold on Monday released results of a prefeasibility study (PFS) to expand its Tasiast gold mine, in Mauritania, by adding a 38 000 t/d mill at a cost of about $2.7-billion.
Kinross said the PFS was based on constructing...
By: Henry Lazenby
29th April 2013
ENVIRONMENT
Revised draft EPA report for Alaska project ‘fatally flawed’ – Northern Dynasty
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Toronto- and New York-listed Northern Dynasty Minerals recently again criticised the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) release of a revised draft of the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment (BBWA) report originally released last spring,...
By: Henry Lazenby
29th April 2013
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
Fracking proponents, opponents agree on need for exploration to determine size of Karoo shale resource
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Gas industry stakeholders promoting and discouraging the exploiting of shale gas reserves in the Karoo basin reached a consensus at Gas Week 2013 – exploration needs to go ahead to conclusively determine whether the 485 tcf of technically...
By: Samantha Moolman
26th April 2013
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Canadian environmentalist Moore trashes carbon capture and storage
Govt to do balanced assessment of mining and environmental issues in Xolobeni mine-right review
Asbestos-related disease sufferers receive R147,5m 
Northam studies alternative power sources for...
JSE-listed DRDGold using Ergo to strike...
Canadian environmentalist Moore trashes carbon...
Govt to do balanced assessment of mining and...
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