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Argentina's Pascua Lama Mine Without Water

17 Apr 2013 - 10:07 by Local Press Report

BUENOS AIRES (Mining.com) — There is no mine water solution for the Pascua Lama mine in the high Andes of Chile and Argentina. Here is one

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    • Centerra Gold Protested Against in Kyrgyzstan

    3 Oct 2012 - 08:43 by Local Press Report

    BISHKEK (CBS Money Watch) — Several hundred people are rallying in the capital of Kyrgyzstan in protest at a major gold miner that has been the source of a series of toxic spills in past years, including a cyanide spill into

    Zambians Accuse Barrick Gold of Contaminating Lumwana River

    11 May 2012 - 11:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

    lusaKa, Zambia — Residents of the Lumwana area in northwestern Zambia’s Solwezi district are demanding that Barrick Gold Corp.

    SNC-Lavalin Wins $450 Million USD Libyan Water Supply Contract

    1 Nov 2010 - 14:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

    Canada, MONTREAL — Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin won a $450 million USD contract to develop a significant section of Libya's giant water transfer system.

    The company won the contract from Libya's

    Saudi Tabreed-SNC Lavalin Win Contract for King Abdullah Financial District Cooling

    23 Aug 2010 - 14:47 by Local Press Report

    RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (Al Bawaba) — A consortium comprising Saudi Tabreed and Canada's SNC Lavalin signed a contract with Rayadah investment company to design and build a district cooling services for the air-conditioning systems at t

    Goldcorp Claims No Pollution at Marlin Mine

    16 Jun 2010 - 16:02 by Local Press Report

    GUATEMALA, VANCOUVER, BC (Goldcorp Inc.) — Mining company Goldcorp refuted claims by the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which had asked the government to suspend operation of the firm's Marlin mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacan

    Honduras Investigates Mine Contamination

    6 Jan 2010 - 13:06 by Local Press Report

    TEGUCIGALPA (The Guardian (United Kingdom)) — Honduran authorities are investigating claims by residents and non-governmental organizations that mining corporation Goldcorp 's operations have contaminated land and water in the Stria valley.

    Tanzanian Parliament to Report on Barrick's Alleged Water Pollution

    12 Oct 2009 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — T anzania's National Parliament is set to resume its sessions in the last week of October with a report on Barrick Gold's alleged massive pollution of the Tigithe River.

    Probe International Calls on Fortis to Answer for River Pollution in Belize

    7 Oct 2009 - 16:02 by Local Press Report

    BELIZE, TORONTO (Probe International) — Canada-based watchdog group Probe International called on Stanley Marshall, president and CEO of Newfoundland power company Fortis Inc., to take accountability for contamination of the Macal and Bel

    SNC-Lavalin Workers Killed in Algeria Bomb

    25 Aug 2008 - 14:47 by Local Press Report

    Algeria, MONTREAL (The Globe and Mail (Canada)) — Twelve Algerian employees of Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. were killed and 15 others injured when their bus was hit in a car bomb explosion in Bouira, 90 kilometers from Algiers.