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Potash mine closure will impact Sussex for years: northern mayors
2016-01-26 00:42:17| Chemicals - Topix.net
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan announced last week it was indefinitely closing the Picadilly mine operation and cutting 430 jobs. Mayors of communities that faced the loss of major employers have reached out to support Sussex as the brand new Picadilly mine prepares to shut down.
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17 Miners Stuck in Salt Mine Rescued
2016-01-22 15:20:49| Food - Topix.net
All 17 miners who were stuck hundreds of feet below the surface in an elevator at the deepest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere have been rescued. Cargill Inc. spokesman Mark Klein says the last two miners were raised to the surface by a crane around 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the mine in the central New York town of Lansing.
Judge in climate suit tells feds to re-examine coal mine
2016-01-22 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Federal officials must re-examine a 117 million-ton expansion of an eastern Montana coal mine after a judge sided with environmentalists who sued over the project's potential to make climate change worse and cause other environmental damage. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters gave the Interior Department nine months to look again at the proposal for the Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Montana, along the Wyoming border. In its prior review, the agency "failed to take a hard look"...
Child Laborers Mine for Cobalt Used in Tech Gadgets
2016-01-21 00:53:17| TechNewsWorld
Amnesty International and African Resources Watch on Tuesday issued a report alleging that the supply chains of major electronics companies -- including Apple, Sony and Samsung -- included cobalt mined by child laborers in Africa. The companies have failed to make basic checks to halt the practice, the report claims. The report traces the harvesting and sale of cobalt in the poverty-stricken DRC.
PotashCorp to close N.B. mine indefinitely, cut 420-430 jobs
2016-01-19 14:53:44| Chemicals - Topix.net
The Picadilly potash operation in New Brunswick is suspending production indefinitely, resulting in the lay off of more than 400 people. The mine owner -- Saskatoon-based Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, or PotashCorp -- says a crew of 35 employees will remain to take care of Picadilly while it's idle and the rest of the workforce will be cut by 420 to 430 people.
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