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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A US mining company admitted Wednesday it released tons of mercury into the air and water over a period of years at one of its Indonesian gold mines but denied it had any health impact on people.
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Environmental concerns could hit plans for a pounds 47m oil seed rape processing plant at Seal Sands.   English Nature has objected to the scheme to build a crusher facility on leased land at Vopak's bulk liquid storage terminal.
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The Indonesian environment minister on Friday accused US-based Newmont Mining Corp. of gross negligence over alleged pollution at a gold mine in Indonesia, saying the company &quot;cut corners&quot; to boost profits.
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By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Jun. 21--The Energy Department awarded EnergySolutions a $98.4 million  contract Wednesday to begin removing 16 million tons of uranium tailings and  contaminated soil from the banks of the Colorado River near Moab.   But Rep.
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An environmental group has staked claim to 20 acres of public land next to a posh subdivision to show just how antiquated the nation's mining laws are.
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THE Environment Court has fined a farm a record $35,000 for illegally discharging effluent.   Plateau Farms owners Frank, Alan and Elizabeth Crafar pleaded guilty to effluent discharge on one of their Reporoa farms.
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An internal company report sheds new light on operations at Newmont Mining Corporation, which has drawn the rising ire of environmental groups.
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The nation's largest gold-producing state is being asked to investigate whether mercury emissions from its mines are contaminating area fisheries.
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By Adam Wilmoth, The Daily Oklahoman  Dec. 16--Sinclair Tulsa Refining Co. has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of deliberately manipulating wastewater discharges at its Tulsa refinery, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.
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W.R. Grace and Co. and seven high-ranking employees knew a Montana mine was releasing cancer-causing asbestos into the air and tried to hide the danger to workers and townspeople, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. More than 1,200 people became ill, and some of them died, prosecutors said.
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JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--US mining giant Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM) is preparing a legal defense of five executives who face possible criminal charges related to the alleged dumping of toxic wastes by the company&#39;s Indonesian unit, a company executive said.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Beijing Reports Economic Losses Caused by Environmental Pollution" - Xinhua headline]  Beijing, Feb.
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A fishing company has been fined $50,000 for spilling oil into Nelson harbour twice in one day after admitting a checklist was ticked when the safety procedures hadn't been done.
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A study conducted by Indonesia's Environment Ministry has determined that Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. did not pollute the waters near its gold mine in North Sulawesi province despite complaints from villagers that they had been sickened by waste dumped in the bay near where they live.
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Newmont Mining Corp. NEM.N said on  Wednesday its gold operations in Indonesia had released  mercury, but the toxic emissions were not at levels harmful to  people or the environment.
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By TOM GORDON SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT  A COMPANY hoping to transfer millions of tonnes of crude oil in the Firth of Forth yesterday admitted being a party in the spillage of 35,000 gallons of oil in 1995.
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LINFEN, China -- Mining has resumed in the frigid shafts, and long lines of 18-wheelers laden with coal once again clog the twisty mountain roads leading out of Linfen. This grime-covered city, where the packed snow long ago turned black and carbon-colored dust hangs in the air, has reclaimed its...