During her 10-month tenure, Lopez shut down or suspended 26 mines that failed to pass environmental audits, cancelled approval of 75 proposed mines, and banned new open-pit metal mines.
LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela killed at least 14 people and injured several …
The environment ministry said it had sealed off a stream that runs from the open pit to prevent contamination of the Euphrates. Environmental activists and local officials tried to shut down the ...
Halfway between Timmins and Sudbury, more than 700 contractors are building IAMGOLD's Côté Gold open-pit mine outside the town of Gogama. Côté, located just off Highway 144, is 130 kilometres southwest of Timmins and 175 kilometres north of Sudbury. ... Magino was a former underground gold mine that shut down for good in …
Open-pit mining, or opencast mining, is a surface mining technique used for large-scale operations. It involves extracting minerals from a pit by removing waste rock and overburden. Commonly used for minerals like copper, gold, and iron ore, requires heavy equipment such as trucks and shovels to efficiently extract the ore.
The November 24 ruling against Minera Panamá, a subsidiary of the Canadian company First Quantum Minerals, followed weeks of nationwide protests against the open-pit mine, which began operations in 2019 and where mainly copper, but also gold, silver, and molybdenum, are extracted. Opponents say the mine threatens area water supplies.
At least 16 people died when the mud wall of an illegal gold mine collapsed in the jungles of southern Venezuela, officials said Thursday, revising down an earlier figure. The incident happened ...
The Cobre Panama open-pit copper mine stands in Donoso, Panama, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Panama's Commerce Ministry is expected to make its first technical inspection of this mine on Thursday, since the Supreme Court ruled that the government's concession with the Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals …
Per the BBC, video shows "a torrent of mud sweeping through the valley" that holds the Copler mine, an open pit mine that activists have tried to shut down in …
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Some of the issues addressed by mine site remediation regulations include: Water: Acid mine drainage is one of the primary sources of mining-related pollution. …
An illegally operated open-pit gold mine collapsed in central Venezuela while dozens of people were working there, leaving an undetermined number dead or trapped, officials said Wednesday as ...
The Pebble company had proposed building an open-pit copper and gold mine about 17 miles from Iliamna Lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied Pebble a federal permit two years ago, and the ...
Australian-based St Barbara says its reducing positions to 182 from 292. Nova Scotia's only gold mine is cutting dozens of jobs as it winds down operations after five years. St Barbara, the ...
The Cobre Panama project, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, was forced to shut down after Panama's top court ruled that its contract was unconstitutional, following nationwide ...
Hundreds of Turkish rescuers on Tuesday searched through a cyanide-laced field for nine gold mine workers who were swallowed by a massive landslide that rolled over their …
Eighty percent of Anagold is owned by the Denver-based SSR Mining, and 20 percent by Turkey's Lidya Mining. Environmental advocates and local officials sought to shut down the open pit mine after ...
On Sept. 1, Judge Thomas Honzel ruled that the state illegally approved, without a full environmental impact statement, expansion at the Golden Sunlight, a …
"Don't seal off (the stream), seal off the mine," the group said. Environmental advocates and local officials sought to shut down the open pit mine after a 2022 cyanide leak caused by a burst pipe. The plant closed for a few months but then re-opened after its operator paid a fine, prompting an outcry from Turkey's opposition parties.
It said open-pit mines represent more than $3.9 billion in investment and 200,000 direct jobs, and warned that a ban would eventually affect supply chains, forcing Mexico to import minerals at a ...
Cerro Quema's development considers open pit mining of 21.7 million tonnes of ore from the La Pava and Quema-Quemita pits. ... is estimated to be able to produce 81,000 ounces of gold over an ...
The open-pit gold mine at Golden Sunlight Mines near ... "Even after it is shut down, the mine will continue to generate an estimated 95 gallons of toxic water every minute for the rest of time ...
September 9, 2021 at 4:45 p.m. EDT. Knutson Bay, Alaska, near Pedro Bay, has drawn controversy in recent years over a proposed mine. (Jason Ching/The Conservation Fund) The Environmental ...
Calls grew in Turkey on Wednesday to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive landslide that rolled over their open pit. Environmental ...
Calls grew in Turkey on Wednesday to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive landslide that rolled over their …
Operated by Yamana subsidiary Meridian Beartrack, the mine was shut down when the gold price dropped below $300 an ounce. Today, the 5,800-hectare Beartrack-Arnett property in Lemhi county is the ...
Eighty percent of Anagold is owned by the Denver-based SSR Mining, and 20 percent by Turkey's Lidya Mining. Environmental advocates and local officials sought to shut down the open pit mine after ...
T urkey is under pressure to shut down a gold mine buried by a massive landslide, as hundreds of rescuers battle to save at least nine trapped workers.. The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers ...
Environmental advocates and local officials sought to shut down the open pit mine after a 2022 cyanide leak caused by a burst pipe. The plant closed for a few months but then re-opened after its ...
Environmental advocates and local officials sought to shut down the open pit mine after a 2022 cyanide leak caused by a burst pipe. The plant closed for a few months but then re …
Shares of First Majestic were down 16.1% in after hours trading Monday on the latest development, taking the precious metals miner's market value to $2 billion in New York. The Jerritt Canyon ...
The scale is astonishing: nearly 100 trucks, each one carrying 320 tons (640,000 pounds) of ore, running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The trucks crawl along at 10 to 15 mph, carrying ...
A rail line was extended from Ajo to connect with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Gila Bend, improving ore transport. Ajo holds the distinction of being Arizona's first open pit mining ...
Environmental advocates and local officials sought to shut down the open pit mine after a 2022 cyanide leak caused by a burst pipe. The plant closed for a few …
Calls grew in Turkey on Wednesday to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive landslide that rolled over their open pit. Turkish state ...
Open-pit mining, also known as opencast mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts minerals from an open pit in the ground. Open-pit mining is the most common method used throughout the world for mineral mining and does not require extractive methods or tunnels. This surface mining technique is used when mineral or ore deposits …
Collapse of illegal open pit gold mine in Venezuelan jungle leaves multiple people dead. Updated on: February 22, 2024 / 6:28 AM EST / CBS/AFP. At least 16 people died when the mud wall of...
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