http://mining.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-01-20T16:41:36Z Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/22/mercury-in-small-scale-gold-mining-what-the-minimata-convention-really-says.htm <p>Along the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.unep.org/hazardoussubstances/Portals/9/Mercury/Documents/INC5/press_release_mercury_Jan_19_2013.pdf">UNEP press realease</a>, the Minimata Convention <i>-"named after a city in Japan where serioous damage occurred as a result of a mercury pollution in the mid-20th century"-</i> signed on January 19 in Geneva delivers <i>"a significant boost with governments agreeing to a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent [mercury] emissions and releases".</i></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/22/mercury-in-small-scale-gold-mining-what-the-minimata-convention-really-says.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/22/mercury-in-small-scale-gold-mining-what-the-minimata-convention-really-says.htm Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:08:17 +0000 2013-01-22T13:08:17Z http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/20/one-day-after-the-new-global-treaty-on-mercury.htm <p>The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) held in Geneva, Switzerland finally adopted on January 9 a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/next-inc5-to-issue-a-global-ban-on-mercury.htm">global treaty on mercury.</a> This marks the end of a four years process involving more than140 countries; four years of difficult negotiation along which were bargained facts, figures and dates. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/20/one-day-after-the-new-global-treaty-on-mercury.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/20/one-day-after-the-new-global-treaty-on-mercury.htm Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:41:36 +0000 2013-01-20T16:41:36Z http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/icmgp-2013-organisers-build-on-mercury-regulation-momentum.htm <p>As noted by the International Conference on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/od/Accidents/a/Why-Is-Mercury-Used-In-Gold-Mining-And-Why-Is-It-A-Problem.htm">Mercury as a Global Pollutant</a> (ICMGP) organizers: <i>"Mercury is moving towards the top of the agenda for regulatory bodies and interest from the public domain is growing".</i> </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/icmgp-2013-organisers-build-on-mercury-regulation-momentum.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/icmgp-2013-organisers-build-on-mercury-regulation-momentum.htm Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:17:52 +0000 2013-01-13T13:17:52Z http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/next-inc5-to-issue-a-global-ban-on-mercury.htm <p>The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) started to build on the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/od/Accidents/a/Towards-A-Global-Banning-Of-Mercury-In-Mining.htm">EU and US banning strategies</a> for mercury in 2009. </p> <p>At date, five rounds of negotiation named "Sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee" (or INC) were successively held between the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.unep.org/hazardoussubstances/Mercury/InterimActivities/Partnerships/CurrentPartners/tabid/3437/language/en-US/Default.aspx">Governing Council partners</a>. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/next-inc5-to-issue-a-global-ban-on-mercury.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/13/next-inc5-to-issue-a-global-ban-on-mercury.htm Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:14:52 +0000 2013-01-13T13:14:52Z http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/05/few-days-left-for-ekati-geologists-to-ruin-winstons-plans.htm <p>The story begun in 1991 when geologists Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson founds, after years of exploration, the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/od/MiningCommodities/a/Do-We-Use-Explosives-To-Obtain-Diamonds.htm">diamantiferous deposit</a> that will become Canada's first surface and underground diamond mine, the Ekati mine.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/05/few-days-left-for-ekati-geologists-to-ruin-winstons-plans.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2013/01/05/few-days-left-for-ekati-geologists-to-ruin-winstons-plans.htm Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:10:09 +0000 2013-01-05T13:10:09Z http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/q3-2012-update-confirms-cigar-lake-production-objectives-for-2013.htm <p>No doubt it will significantly impact the international uranium market for the coming years: the <a href=http://mining.about.com/od/Uranium/a/A-Focus-On-New-Mining-Uranium-Resources-And-Reserves.htm>long awaited come back of Cigar Lake mine</a> is about to happened... on schedule.</p> ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/q3-2012-update-confirms-cigar-lake-production-objectives-for-2013.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/q3-2012-update-confirms-cigar-lake-production-objectives-for-2013.htm Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:02:09 +0000 2012-12-16T13:02:09Z http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/mining-to-take-over-military-uranium-godsend-from-2013.htm http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/mining-to-take-over-military-uranium-godsend-from-2013.htm Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000 2012-12-16T13:00:00Z http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/new-found-uranium-deposit-wont-reduce-chinese-imports.htm <p>China just brought new evidence that <a href=http://mining.about.com/od/Uranium/a/Why-Uranium-Demand-Will-Grow-No-Matter-What-Happens-In-The-Economy.htm>uranium demand will continue to grow independently from the global economic context</a>. The forecasted imports are set to grow regularly at least for the next ten years to fuel the amazing economic growth of the country. The World Nuclear Association estimates China will be using 20,000 tons of uranium a year by 2020.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/new-found-uranium-deposit-wont-reduce-chinese-imports.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/new-found-uranium-deposit-wont-reduce-chinese-imports.htm Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:56:32 +0000 2012-12-16T12:56:32Z http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/oecd-emphasizes-on-uranium-based-energy-role-in-low-carbon-strategies.htm <p>A recent <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.oecd-nea.org/nsd/reports/2012/nea6887-role-nuclear-low-carbon.pdf"> report issued by the Nuclear Energy Agency and the Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development</a><i>"provides a critical analysis of the contribution that nuclear energy can make to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions".</i></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/oecd-emphasizes-on-uranium-based-energy-role-in-low-carbon-strategies.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/16/oecd-emphasizes-on-uranium-based-energy-role-in-low-carbon-strategies.htm Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:51:18 +0000 2012-12-16T12:51:18Z http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/04/barbara-patron-saint-of-miners-2.htm <img class="left" src="http://0.tqn.com/d/mining/1/0/u/-/-/-/Saint_Barbara_Wieliczka_Salt_Mine.jpg" width="150" height="220" alt="Saint Barbara statue, Wieliczka Salt Mine" /><p><p>December 4 is a very special day for the mining industry. This is the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://german.about.com/library/blbarbara.htm">feast day of Barbara</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://technology.infomine.com/articles/1/136/barbara.saint.mines/the.legend.of.aspx">Patron Saint for Miners and Blasters</a>, and globally for all the professions that relate to fire (firemen, fireworks specialists, etc.) </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/04/barbara-patron-saint-of-miners-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://mining.about.com/b/2012/12/04/barbara-patron-saint-of-miners-2.htm Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:30:49 +0000 2012-12-04T03:30:49Z