Listed below are news stories relating to environmental issues in the mineral processing and extractive metallurgy industries. The date on which they were added to this page is in brackets.

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• Xstrata Nickel Gives Boost to Cambrian Sustainable Energy Centre (Aug.31, 2010)
  


• Wind-up and Closure of CSRP (Aug.20, 2010)
  


• Cyanide Management (July 16, 2010)
  


• EC Rejects Proposed Cyanide Ban (July 9, 2010)
  


• Kennecott Utah Copper Recognized with Earth Day Award for Magna Concentrator Site Restoration (May 12, 2010)
  


• Old Gold Tailings Power Solar Energy's Future (Mar.5, 2010)
  


• Meet BRaDD: Here to Tackle the Challenge of Bauxite Residue (Mar.2, 2010)
  


• Sustainability, Resource Conservation and Recycling Special Issue Published (Feb.12, 2010)
  


• Tapani Järvinen’s Environmental Technology Fund Established (Jan.11, 2010)
  


• Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster (Jan.5, 2010)
  


• New Minerals Council of Australia Climate Stance Website (Oct.19, 2009)
  


• Backfill and Paste (Oct.12, 2009)
  


• Carbon Dioxide Sequestration (Oct.9, 2009)
  


• Carbon Capture and Storage - Possible Perils (Sept.28, 2009)
  


• CSIRO and Universities Unite to Fight for Efficient Smelting (Sept.25, 2009)
  


• CSRP is Making Use of Mineral Processing Residues (Sept.24, 2009)
  


• BacTech Talking to Partners for Cobalt Tailings Project (Sept.9, 2009)
  


• Australian Mineral Processing Scores a Win Under RET (Aug.25, 2009)
  


• Alcoa Says the CPRS Needs Work Now (Aug.17, 2009)
  


• Minerals Processing Waste could Clean up Waste Water (July 24, 2009)
  


• Coal Plant Officials Attend Cheyenne Event (July 8, 2009)
  


• Atlas Copco Introduces Worlds First Net Zero Energy Consumption’ Compressors (July 7, 2009)
  


• Improved Treatment for High-sulphur Residues (July 3, 2009)
  


• US Tightens Review Process for Uranium Operations (June 12, 2009)
  


• Energy Management (May 22, 2009)
  


• Paste Thickeners in Coal Preparation (May 6, 2009)
  


• Paste Tailings Management (May 5, 2009)
  


• Xstrata Coal supports launch of Global CCS Institute (Apr.21, 2009)
  


• Xstrata Recycling Receives Intel's Prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement Award (Mar.6, 2009)
  


• MIST Announces Seventh Call for Proposals (Dec.9, 2008)
  


• BioteQ Recognized for International Wastewater Treatment Solutions (Nov.4, 2008)
  


• BioteQ Starts Commissioning New Plant in Colorado (Nov.4, 2008)
  


• Bactech seeks Government Funding for Bioleach Plant to Neutralize Toxic Arsenic Tailings in Cobalt, Ontario (Oct.28, 2008)
  


• Arsenic-eating Bacteria Found (Oct.16, 2008)
  


• Achieving Sustainability (Sept.15, 2008)
  


• Clean Sweep for Precious Metals (Sept.9, 2008)
  


• The Minerals' Industry's Contribution to Greenhouse Emissions (July 16, 2008)
  


• Metso Engages in Environmental Collaboration with MIT (May 12, 2008)
  


• SGS Acquires Canadian Environmental & Metallurgical Inc. (CEMI) to Enhance Dedication to Environmental Sustainability (May 7, 2008)
  


• BioteQ Begins Second Project with Joint Venture in China (Apr.29, 2008)
  


• Paste Tailings Management (Apr.28, 2008)
  


• Hatch Studying Water Recovery at Escondida Mine (Apr.22, 2008)
  


• Clean Coal Agreement with China (Mar.11, 2008)
  


• BioteQ Starts Commissioning New Plant in China (Dec.13, 2007)
  


• BioteQ to Build Demonstration Plant for Sulphate Removal with Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (Dec.13, 2007)
  


• ExtrEL Leaching System for Nickel Sulphide Mine Tailings (Nov.27, 2007)
  


• Kristineberg Spearheads Research into Safe Disposal of Mine Waste (Oct.18, 2007)
  


• Clean Processing (Oct.17, 2007)
  


• Climate Change and the Mining Industry (Oct.16, 2007)
  


• Material, Minerals & Metal Ecology Special Issue Published (Jul.23, 2007)
  


• Thickened Tailings Methods Reviewed (Jul.11, 2007)
  


• Sodium-based Effluent Treatment Trial for Anglo Platinum (May 29, 2007)
  


• AMEC and Royal Holloway London University Launch New Mining Laboratory (May 20, 2007)
  


• BioteQ Announces New Agreement in Chile with Molymet (Apr.30, 2007)
  


• South Africans Scramble to Process Waste Dump Gold (Mar.28, 2007)
  


• Disposal of Paste Tailings (Mar.26, 2007)
  


• BioteQ Signs Definitive Joint Venture Agreement with Jiangxi Copper (Jan.2, 2007)
  


• Bactech/Mintek Biogold Plant Wins Environmental Award (Dec.5, 2006)
  


• New HSC Chemistry^® 6.0 (Nov.21, 2006)
  


• BioteQ Signs Development Agreement for Project with Codelco Chile (Oct.10, 2006)
  


• Mintek Joins SA Environmental Observation Network (Sept.11, 2006)
  


• Haber, Inc. to Begin Commercial Recovery of Precious Metals from Electronic Scrap and Gold Ores using Environmentally Friendly Processing (Aug.9, 2006)
  


• Sustainable Development (Apr.19, 2006)
  


• Tailings Handling (Apr.10, 2006)
  


• Acid Rock Drainage Reviewed (Apr.3, 2006)
  


• Special Issue on Processing and Disposal of Wastes Published (Feb.20, 2006)
  


• French Guyana - Holman-Wilfley Ltd Scores in the Environmental Sector (Jan.16, 2006)
  


• Foskor Recycles Water to Preserve Environment (Dec.22, 2005)
  


• Handling Mining Waste (Dec.20, 2005)
  


• Preliminary Trials Completed Using VSEP Vibratory Membrane Filtration for Treatment of Acidic Wastewater from Phosphate Ore Processing (Nov.28, 2005)
  


• An end to Tailings Dams? (Oct.17, 2005)
  


• BioteQ to Help in Britannia Beach Cleanup (Sept.19, 2005)
  


• Greener Mineral Processing (Sept.5, 2005)
  


• BioteQ Announces New Tailings Recovery Project Operational at Caribou (Aug.30, 2005)
  


• Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan to Cost-Share Remediation of Uranium Mines (Jul.4, 2005)
  


• Virotec Awarded Contract for Mine Site Remediation in South Korea (Jun.20, 2005)
  


• Virotec to Commence In-Situ Acid Rock Treatment in Pennsylvania, USA (Jun.2, 2005)
  


• Alcoa, Nova Pb and St. Lawrence Partnership will Recycle Spent Potlining into Cement Additive (Apr.25, 2005)
  


• Alcoa Selects EGL for Process Technical Support (Mar.8, 2005)
  


• CSIRO Finds Way to Get More Out of Old Cars (Feb.1, 2005)
  


• New Mine-water Treatment Process Launched (Jan.19, 2005)
  


• Basics of Mine Backfill (Jan.17, 2005)
  


• Phytoremediation Explained (Dec.21, 2004)
  


• Government of Canada and University of Alberta to Operate Facility for Oil Sands Tailings Research (Oct.7, 2004)
  


• Economically Attractive and Environmentally Friendly Detox Process (The ROLB Process) (Sept.6, 2004)
  


• Mines in Partnership to Conduct $2.69 Million Water Management Research (Aug.23, 2004)
  


• Paste versus Conventional Tailings (Aug.18, 2004)
  


• First Industrial-Scale Use of the CombinOx^® Detoxification Process (Aug.13, 2004)
  


• Remediating Mine-Related Water Pollution (Jul.15, 2004)
  


• Paste Technology Overcomes Coal Mining Legacy (Jul.15, 2004)
  


• The Benefits of Backfill (Jul.12, 2004)
  


• Major Gold Producers Commit to Cyanide Code (Jun.30, 2004)
  


• Cyanide Management in Gold Mining (Jun.24, 2004)
  


• Focus on Acid Rock Drainage (Jun.24, 2004)
  


• P906 Emerging Technologies for Ecological Rehabilitation at Mine Closure (Jun.22, 2004)
  


• US EPA Confirms Efficacy of Virotec Technology in Remediation Trials at Gilt Edge Mine, South Dakota (Jun.14, 2004)
  


• Tailings Co-Disposal (Apr.22, 2004)
  


• Prize for Pollution-Eating Nano-Sands (Mar.31, 2004)
  


• Golder Wins Multi-Mill Backfill Contract (Mar.30, 2004)
  


• Processing and Disposal of Minerals Industry Wastes Papers Published (Mar.4, 2004)
  


• Tailings Engineering Trends in Southern Africa (Mar.2, 2004)
  


• Paste- The Latest Fashion in Tailings Disposal (Mar.2, 2004)
  


• SA Joins Global Clean-Coal Pact (Jan.30, 2004)
  


• Virotec Awarded Remediation Contract in Albania (Jan.27, 2004)
  


• Greens Call For Securing of Silvermines Tailings Pond Site (Jan.27, 2004)
  


• Mining's Malignant Menace (Jan.26, 2004)
  


• Tailings Management (Jan.15, 2004)
  


• Glow Discharge Plasma Technology (Jan.15, 2004)
  


• BioteQ To Treat Acid Drainage At Two More Sites (Jan.15, 2004)
  


• Environmentally Friendly Manganese Metal Production (Jan.15, 2004)
  


• Assessing Risks For Common Water Treatment and Mining Chemicals (Jan.14, 2004)
  


• Reducing Waste and CO2 Emissions in the Cement Industry (Dec.22, 2003)
  


• R&D Grant for Extraction Process (Nov.18, 2003)
  


• AUS$2 Million for Greenhouse Ideas (Nov.10, 2003)
  


• Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Cleaner Production: ‘Improving Environmental, Economic and Ethical Performance in the Mining Industry’ (Nov.7, 2003)
  


• Advances in Tailings and Waste Management (Oct.27, 2003)
  


• SA Reviews Uranium Mining Process (Oct.24, 2003)
  


• US Reverses Waste Regulations (Oct.22, 2003)
  


• Research Centre Sweats Over Dry Ideas to Limit Water Use (Oct.9, 2003)
  


• Mintek Receives ISO 14001 Certification (Sept.16, 2003)
  


• New Study Asks: What Use are Environmental Management Systems? (Sept.16, 2003)
  


• New South African Project to Provide Sustainable Enviro Remediation (Sept.5, 2003)
  


• Green Processing of Gold (Aug.29, 2003)
  


• Bacteria to Clean Up Arsenic Pollution (Aug.29, 2003)
  


• Tailings Management (Aug.26, 2003)
  


• Landmark No-Go Pledge Signed (Aug.26, 2003)
  


• Cleaner Processing (Aug.20, 2003)
  


• NETL Testing Mercury Removal Technology (Aug.20, 2003)
  


• Metals from AMD (Aug.19, 2003)
  


• Noranda's New Electronic Recycling Facility to Begin Operations (Aug.8, 2003)
  


• Remediation in Romania (Aug.5, 2003)
  


• Acid Rock Drainage Handbook Now Online (Aug.4, 2003)
  


• New Proposals On Mine Waste Extraction (Aug.1, 2003)
  


• Austpac Announces New Waste Plant (Aug.1, 2003)
  


• Global Centre For Post Mining Regeneration (Jul.18, 2003)
  


• US Toxic Releases Reported (Jul.18, 2003)
  


• Better Mercury Controls (Jul.18, 2003)
  


• Xerion Signs Slag Reclamation Agreement (Jul.17, 2003)
  


• Mining, NV Mining Top US Polluters (Jul.8, 2003)
  

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