Category: pollution

Catastrophic Tailings Spill at Mount Polley Mine

From Mining Watch Canada     Friday, August 08, 2014 On August 5, approximately 10 billion litres of wastewater and 5 billion litres of solid tailings waste escaped the impoundment at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine in the interior of British Columbia. The creek that received the brunt of the flow...

From the mountains to the sea; following the Watut River

From the mountains to the sea; following the Watut River Article for the Mineral Policy Institute June 2012 Newsletter Morobe Project report (April 6-16, 2012) Jessie Boylan …Except it was the other way around; we stepped foot into a long (5+ meters) dug out canoe, equipped with an outboard...