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Faulty impact assessments plague Indonesian mines: Komnas HAM
2015-04-10 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A member of Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) held up the Rembang cement factory case as an example of how environmental impact assessments are frequently manipulated by the companies required to undertake them. "Every mining operation needs an impact assessment, and there's supposed to be a scientific process," Komnas HAM commissioner Nur Khoiron said at a recent discussion hosted by the Indoneisa Institute of Sciences (LIPI). "Unfortunately, it only serves as a tool for...
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Michigan approves revisions to mine's water discharge permit
2015-04-08 16:47:36| Waste Management - Topix.net
State regulators say they've approved revisions to a surface water discharge permit for the Eagle Mine and Humboldt Mill in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality says Wednesday that the permit safeguards wetlands and the middle branch of the Escanaba River.
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UK and France seek to develop new system to tackle underwater mines threat
2015-03-30 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and France's Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) have agreed to invest more than 17m to design a new maritime mine counter measures (MMCM) demonstrator, to better tackle the threats of underwater mines.
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Patriot Coal idles 2 W.Va. mines, eliminates 35 positions
2015-03-24 07:39:44| Energy - Topix.net
The company says it's idling the Samples surface mine and Winchester underground mine because of high coal inventory levels. Patriot attributes the high levels to the CSX railroad service disruption last month and diminished demand for coal.
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School Of Mines Raises $1.4M Toward Oil, Gas Industry Effort
2015-02-27 14:03:53| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology has raised $1.4 million toward its effort to help meet demands for workers in the region's oil and gas industry. The public university in Rapid City announced the Energy Resources Initiative last year and says it will now search for a director.
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