Mining blogs about: environmental

Kenndy as mining expert offers advice to Ontario & Indians

Shamelessly trading on his famous name, a junior member of the Kennedy clan who is a lawyer working for The Natural Resource Defence Council has sent a “terse” letter to the Premier of Ontario telling him to snap to attention and change the 1800s law that enables Vancouver-based mining juniors to go onto aboriginal-claimed lands to [...]

Would you pay 12% more for non-mountaintop-mined energy?

Pricey Harrison is a most appropriately named politician: she has just announced a move that would significantly increase the price of energy in North Carolina.  There is no word yet whether Pricey’s high-priced bill will get the support of other state politicians. 

She was prompted to introduce the bill to ban the use in North Carolina of [...]

Bad timing sinks Aurelian shareholders

Greetings investors.
Here’s the odd thing — I think that Aurelian Resources (ARU.TSX) was actually going to try and mine their Fruta Del Norte gold discovery down on the Ecuador/Peru border.
Imagine that!
Oh sure, every junior intends to mine their own discoveries. But most don’t. That’s just window dressing, playing hard to get for the majors.
I’m not [...]

Angola diamond mining as a metaphor for Los Angeles virility

The world must have been a scary place when the kimberlite pipes were spouting.   In what is now Angola, at least 217 volcanoes were erupting to produce 160 pipes containing diamonds.  This scenario, which occurred well before the Cambrian, makes current environmental change seem trivial. 
                                                               
But then maybe it took a long, long time to [...]

Uranium mining as the only way to limit global warming?still it is pretty cold in British Columbia

Two ladies suited up to go uranium mining in East Germany.  And from the AME BC, a news release worthy of comment:
British Columbia’s mineral exploration sector is seeking clarification regarding a provincial government announcement that it will not support the exploration and development of uranium in British Columbia. Safe, environmentally sound uranium exploration is ongoing [...]

Aurelian tanks on mining code issues

Greetings investors.
I’ve had a look at Ecuador’s new manifesto regarding ongoing stewardship of its mineral resources.
First, the back story: Virtually all of these ownership issues in Latin America are basically two-fold: One the one hand you have an existing community of artesanal miners who fear the insiders in the judiciary and government will sell the land out [...]