Toxic timebomb

Article Abstract:

Energy Resources Australia, which runs the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park, has blamed its workers for the contamination problem at its mine. The workers are blamed to have mistakenly connected the hose from the mine's process tank and the failure of the existing system caused polluted water to backwash through mine's fresh water pipe system.

Australia, Legal issues & crime, Waste Management and Remediation Services, Water Pollution, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Causes of, Workers, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.

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Creature from the gold lagoon

Article Abstract:

The worlds Biggest gold miner, Denver based Newmont Mining is accused by environmentalists and the Indonesian government of dumping mercury and cyanide-laden tailings into the Sulawesi's Buyat Bay, polluting fishing stocks and poisoning townsfolk. Newmont has a market worth about $30bn but activists cast Newmont as the exploitative giant.

United States, Market share, Environmental aspects, Newmont Mining Corp., Company market share

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