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Investigation into death of Esterhazy potash mine worker continues
Regina :: Canada | about 6 hours ago
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An investigation continues into the death of a 28-year-old man who died Saturday at Mosaic’s Esterhazy mine when a storage bin broke and buried him in potash ore. The bin was holding about 500 tonnes of potash ore when it fell on the married man — the...
Tags: Mosaic Potash Esterhazy, grain bins, Glennis Bihun, Saskatchewan, Canada, Regina, Miner, Shaft mining, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Esterhazy Saskatchewan, Mining, Potash, Disaster Accident, Occupational safety and health
Hands off Mt Aspiring - mountain clubs
Whangarei :: New Zealand | about 11 hours ago
Credibility Stories Rumble of Aspiring bulldozers louder say Greens 01/12/2009 8:28:01 Govt considering open up Mt Aspiring National Park to mining claim Greens who say it would be a blow to tourism & NZ's internat reputation > Read More Business Report for Tuesday,...
Tags: mt aspiring, New Zealand, Whangarei, Otago, Mount Aspiring National Park, Mount Aspiring/Tititea, National parks of New Zealand, Whangarei District, National Park Service, Politics, Mining, Ruawai
Lawmakers want public input into Colorado uranium mine
Denver :: CO :: USA | about 12 hours ago
Credibility Two members of the state's congressional delegation are urging federal officials to involve the public as they consider any permits for a proposed uranium mine in northern Colorado...Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Betsy Markey have sent a letter to the...
Tags: Sen. Michael Bennett, Northern Colorado, Powertech USA, Betsy Markey, Denver, Uranium mining in Colorado, Uranium, Mining, Colorado, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Uranium mining in the United States, Safe Drinking Water Act, Occupational safety and health, In-situ leach
Program to reforest, employ thousands
Corbin :: KY :: USA | about 18 hours ago
Credibility It’s a way to not only restore the land, but also the forests that were destroyed in the effort to reach the coal veins near the surface — and it will also bringing thousands of jobs to some of the nation’s poorest counties...The forests would be replanted...
Tags: Patrick Angel, surface mining, mining land, ARRI, Appalachian Region Reforestation Initiative, Kentucky, Corbin, Environment, Mine reclamation, Environmental issues with mining, Appalachia, Environmental soil science, Mining, Land reclamation, Office of Surface Mining
Africa: O-Line Seeks Expansion in Rest of the Continent
Maputo :: Mozambique | 1 day ago
Credibility O-Line is targeting Canadian and Australian mining companies in Mozambique, Angola and Ghana. CEO Graeme Smart last week said the three countries provided the group with opportunities especially in the building of refineries, ports, roads and commercial...
Tags: Mozambique, Maputo, East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Mining, Johannesburg
Philex eyes aggressive exploration in Bayugo project
Tubod :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility Bayugo prospect in Tubod, Surigao del Norte following an initial estimate of a world-class mining project in the area. Philex told the Philippine Stock Exchange that it is ramping up its exploration activities in its Bayugo prospect as it showed a mineral...
Tags: Philex Gold Inc, PM Philex Mining Corp., Bayugo, Boyongan, million dmt, inferred resources, Philippines, Tubod, Business Finance, Mining, Occupational safety and health
Cashed-up OZ keeps eye out for acquisitions
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility UP OZ Minerals could take on debt of up $400 million to help fund acquisitions as its sets about regrowing its business following the dramatic weight-loss program undertaken earlier in the year to survive the global financial crisis. In a strategy briefing...
Tags: UP OZ Minerals, OZ MInerals, Australia, Sydney, Prominent Hill, China Minmetals, Business Finance, Ore, Economic geology, Mining
Mined a wealth of knowledge
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility J IM Woodcock, a researcher whose findings had a significant impact on Australia's mineral processing industry, has died in palliative care at Wantirna...Woodcock's legacy to the Australian minerals industry ranges from his research and its application...
Tags: Australian Mineral Foundation, Melbourne University, Ethel Woodcock, Melbourne High School, England, mineral industry, United Kingdom, London, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Mining, Metallurgists, Year of birth missing, Air dispersion modeling
Worker killed, another injured at Mosaic's Esterhazy potash mine
Regina :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility A 28-year-old potash worker died early Saturday morning at Mosaic’s Esterhazy mine and a second miner was rushed to the Regina General Hospital after a storage bin collapsed on them. “At about 2 o’clock this morning, we had one of our raw ore storage...
Tags: Mosaic Potash Esterhazy, storage bins, Canada, Regina, Esterhazy Saskatchewan, Mining, Disaster Accident, Occupational safety and health, Shaft mining, The Mosaic Company, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Underground mining, Potash, Pratt
Two years after Crandall Canyon, another death without a body
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility The family of John Jones now shares a tragic bond with the families of six Crandall Canyon mine disaster victims. None will have the opportunity to lay their loved ones to rest, a void that greatly pained family members of the six coal miners buried by...
Tags: Crandall Canyon, John Jones, mining disaster, United Kingdom, London, Emery County Utah, Wilberg Mine, Coal mining, Mining, Disaster Accident, Crandall Canyon Mine
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