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 UTS cuts reserves on environmental costs Monday, February 08, 2010In the first signal that Alberta's new oil sands rules could be costly, UTS Energy Corp. (UTS-T2.540.020.79%) said it has trimmed its oil sands reserves because complying with environmental regulations will make them too expensive to extract. The proposed Fort Hills oil sands project will be unable to economically mine 490 million barrels of crude if it abides by standards for treating mine waste that Alberta released last year, UTS said Friday. read more » Inside China's secret toxic unobtainium mineMonday, January 11, 2010It looks like a scene from an apocalyptic science-fiction movie. High on the frozen plains of Inner Mongolia, giant trucks rumble across the floor of a lunar-like crater so vast that it looks as if it might have been gouged out by a meteorite. read more » Peru's gold rush sparks fears of ecological disaster Monday, December 21, 2009The high price of gold has drawn thousands of miners to a region of south-east Peru, but deforestation and the high levels of mercury used in mining has led to fears of an imminent ecological disaster, as Dan Collyns reports. read more » Mapping the wayMonday, December 07, 2009Surveying is a vital discipline throughout the mining process – embracing exploration, mining and closure. GPS has been a boon to surveying but has many other related uses in making operations more productive and safer. read more » Economic Success Leads to Tailings Dam Failure?Tuesday, November 10, 2009A paper by AMEC engineers from the 2009 Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste discusses the possible correlation between economic conditions and tailings dam failures. read more » |
