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  1. Toxic Mining Spill in Mexican River

    31 Aug 2010- 21:51 by OOSKAnews Correspondent GUADALAJARA, Mexico More than 2 million tons of sludge and mining waste carrying mercury, lead, arsenic and other toxic elements from Grupo Mexico's Bolanos mine spilled into the Bolanos River in Jalisco ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/21/2013 - 21:51

  2. Mining Company Fined Over Tailings

    27 Jul 2010- 20:29 by Local Press Report PERU, RENO, NV Mineweb Peru's National Water Authority fined the Empresa Miner a Caudalosa Chica mining company $12.7 million USD for environmental damage caused by the collapse of Caudalosa's tailings ...

    Local Press Report - 01/13/2011 - 14:00

  3. Project Will Restrict Water Used in Mining Operations

    15 Jul 2009- 16:02 by Local Press Report Guyana, STARBROEK Starbroek News (Guyana) A recently unveiled water and tailings management project will restrict mining operations to mining pits. The project includes construction of dams, and primary and ...

    Local Press Report - 01/13/2011 - 15:00

  4. Remediation of Sillamae Tailings Pond Complete

    19 Nov 2008- 13:48 by Local Press Report TALLINN, Estonia Estonian Ministry of the Environment Ten years of remediation work on the radioactive tailings pond in Sillamae were completed late last month. The project was a cooperative effort of Estonia, the ...

    Local Press Report - 01/13/2011 - 21:00

  5. Kyrgyzstan Concerned Over Threat From Radioactive Tailings

    29 Apr 2008- 06:52 by OOSKAnews Correspondent BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan- Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said in mid-April that his government wants to make the process of land recultivation "more economically attractive" so that Kyrgyzstan can ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/14/2011 - 15:00

  6. Concerns Growing Over Contamination From Mines in South Africa

    24 Feb 2008- 22:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent JOHANNESBURG, South Africa- South Africa's government is under pressure to address the threat of water contamination from the country's mining industry. But it's not clear whether the government ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 01/14/2011 - 16:00