Arsenic

The Theory and Practice of Perpetual Care of Contaminated Sites
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Theory and Practice of Perpetual Care of Contaminated SitesIn fall 2010, Alternatives North hired Dr. Joan Kuyek to do a study. Giant Mine in Yellowknife has 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide to take care of. There is a plan to freeze this arsenic, so it can’t leak out and hurt the people and the land. For the Environmental Assessment of this plan, Alternatives North asked for a study of how contaminants are managed in other places.

Abandoned Mines, Canada, Arsenic, Northwest Territories, Environment, Gold, Impact on Communities, Publications, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Yukon Faces Renewed Mining Problems
Wednesday, August 10, 2005

On March 18-19, MiningWatch Canada facilitated a meeting in Whitehorse to assess resources and capacity in the Yukon to work on mining, prioritize issues, expand working relationships and work on strategies. Invitees included a number of individuals and representatives of local organizations.

Abandoned Mines, Water, Arsenic, Asbestos, Cyanide, Yukon, Newsletter 18: Winter/Spring 2004-2005, Indigenous Rights, Placer Mining, Water and fisheries
Giant Mine - Background
Thursday, June 23, 2005
The Giant Mine went into production in 1948 using a roasting operation for its gold sulphide ore. This mine was the last gold-roasting operation in Canada. Arsenic, in the form of arsenic trioxide, and sulphur dioxide were emitted during the roasting. For the first three years of operation, no pollution control devices were used and as much as 7,300 kg/ day of arsenic trioxide went up the stack. ...
Abandoned Mines, Arsenic, Northwest Territories
Technical Work on Arsenic in Mining
Sunday, February 23, 2003
A technical workshop on arsenic was organized by the Mining Association of Canada and CANMET, in association with the Arsenic Workshop Organization Committee. It was held in Winnipeg on November 7 & 8, 2002. There were about 74 participants from federal and provincial Government, industry, academia, consulting firms, aboriginal societies. Catherine Coumans was one of two CEN representatives. Minutes ...
Arsenic, Newsletter 11: Winter 2002-2003
Auditor-General Exposes Abandoned Mines/Contaminated Sites Crisis
Saturday, November 30, 2002
On October 22, 2002, Sheila Fraser, the Auditor-General of Canada, released her report on Abandoned Mines in the North. The report lends enormous credibility to everything we have been saying about these toxic time-bombs. The report is available on the Auditor-General's website. Undertaken ...
Abandoned Mines, Canada, Arsenic, Northwest Territories, Cyanide, Newsletter 10: Autumn 2002, Yukon
Royal Oak's Nasty Legacies: Colomac and Giant Mine Updates
Sunday, March 25, 2001

The Colomac gold mine, on Dogrib territory, was shut down in 1997, then abandoned by Royal Oak and transferred to the Federal government on December 13, 1999. Under its Water Licence, the company had posted a $1.5 million security deposit. At present it is on "care & maintenance" and awaiting clean-up. The mine tailings have a very high cyanide and ammonia content and a serious acid mine drainage problem, which getting worse, as well as other contaminants and waste on site. The eventual clean-up may cost more than $70 million.

Abandoned Mines, Water, Arsenic, Newsletter 05: Winter 2001, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies
On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale Mining
Friday, September 1, 2000

On the Ground Research: A Workshop to Identify the Research Needs of Communities Affected by Large-Scale MiningReport from the Workshop held in Ottawa, April 14-16, 2000.

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Taxpayers to Pay for Clean-Up at Northern Mines: MiningWatch Canada and Regional Organizations Call for Preventive Measures
Thursday, September 2, 1999

Joint news release: The Government of Canada has a duty to ensure that Northerners -- and other Canadians -- are not stuck paying for massive clean-ups at abandoned mines. That's the view of MiningWatch Canada, the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee and the Yukon Conservation Society, who today jointly called upon the federal government to adopt legally-binding preventative measures to ensure that there is zero public liability with mining operations in northern Canada.

Abandoned Mines, Arsenic, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Yukon, Teck

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