Acid Mine Drainage

Lundi, avril 30, 2012

News release: A delegation of Central American and North American representatives called on Goldcorp to take responsibility for the cleanup at current mine sites, and alerted shareholders to outstanding public health issues, environmental degradation and conflict.

Jeudi, décembre 9, 2010

Western Canada Wilderness Committee news release: The Wilderness Committee is responding to the appalling news from Sherridon, Manitoba, where a government funded reclamation of an abandoned mine site continues to show that government and industry are not ready to deal with the long-term environmental damage resulting from mining.

Vendredi, novembre 28, 2008

The Boreal BelowJoint news release with Northwatch: A major new report highlights serious impacts on the Canadian boreal forest from all phases of mining activity, from exploration to closure. Two respected mining industry watchdogs – Northwatch and MiningWatch Canada – say they published The Boreal Below (an all-new and expanded version of a widely circulated 2001 report) in response to growing demand from communities across Canada for information and analysis to help understand the impacts of mining on their lives and livelihoods. It provides a carefully-documented analysis of the social, environmental, and cultural impacts of mining from prospecting to mine closure, as well as an overview of the current situation by province and territory.

Vendredi, mars 31, 2006

Water is essential to life on our planet. A prerequisite of sustainable development must be to ensure uncontaminated streams, rivers, lakes and oceans.

Vendredi, mars 31, 2006

Industry, labour, government, and environmentalists agree on one issue: that Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) is the number one environmental problem facing the mining industry. Acid Mine Drainage: devastates fish and aquatic habitat, is virtually impossible to reverse with existing technology, and once started, costs millions of dollars annually to treat and can continue for centuries.

Samedi, mars 25, 2006

Acid Mine Drainage: Mining and Water Pollution IssuesAcid Mine Drainage (AMD) is the biggest environmental threat from mining in British Columbia. Water resources are particularly affected. This report introduces issues, profiles key sites, and identifies outstanding concerns. Published by BC Wild and Environmental Mining Council of BC.

Samedi, mars 25, 2006

by Gregory Reynolds
HighGrader Magazine
Fall 2002

It has been labelled the “the worst environmental disaster” in Ontario. It has been criticized by mining opponents as “corporate greed” running wild. Some taxpayers are unhappy that $14 million of their money has been spent - and $14 million more is needed - to restore 500 hectares of land left devastated after the mine closed, the miners moved on to other sites and the shareholders spent their dividends.

Vendredi, novembre 3, 2000

For the fourth time since purchasing one of the worst polluting mine sites in North America, Vancouver-based Copper Beach Estates Ltd. (CBEL) failed to meet a provincial government order to halt the flow of deadly toxins from the old Britannia mine. The company says it has been unable to secure financing for a clean-up plan that would include building a wastewater treatment plant, and using the mine's open pits as a landfill site for contaminated soils and industrial wastes.

Samedi, janvier 15, 2000

Test drive these maps of Acid Mine Drainage sites in Canada: National Acid Mine Drainage maps.