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 Senator McCain and MiningThursday, June 05, 2008U.S. Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain have introduced legislation for the third year in a row that would allow a new copper mine to be developed over a huge mineral deposit outside Superior, Arizona. read more » Paste Fill FencesTuesday, May 13, 2008The Red Lake Mine in eastern Ontario currently does nearly sixty percent of its mining using overhand cut and fill, twenty-five percent using underhand cut and fill, and about fifteen percent using pillar recovery. read more » Compromise Reached Between Mining Company and Conservation GroupsMonday, April 21, 2008An accord was reached between conservation groups and mining interests, ending an 18-year effort to stop the development of a large gold mine on Buckhorn Mountain in north central Washington State. read more » Cyanide in Backfill 2Wednesday, March 26, 2008I had not considered the question of cyanide in tailings used as mine backfill. So I asked Terry Mudder to comment. This is what he said read more » Pillar SoftwareMonday, March 10, 2008Two software codes from NIOSH that are in the news. They were used to analyze conditions at the Crandall canyon Mine prior to the disaster that killed 6 miners and 3 rescue workers. read more » |
