Doctors at hospitals in Belarus and Ukraine are seeing highly unusual rates of cancers, mutations and blood diseases in their young patients. An assessment by the Russian academy of sciences says there have been 60,000 …
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Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Figures for Deaths and Cancers Still in Dispute
Nuclear power losing importance world-wide
The world-wide renaissance of nuclear power that has so often been predicted will not take place in the next few decades. Nuclear energy will be on the decline till the year 2030, and will continue …
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Down the Yellowcake Road
From Exploration to fuel production, this documentary relates the contamination, water consumption, waste generation, costs to the American taxpayer through government subsidies, health impacts,and the CO2 emissions that are caused by the front end of …
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The risks of nuclear energy are not exaggerated
Most scientists in this field agree that there is danger even in small doses of radiation.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/20/evidence-nuclear-risks-not-overrated.…
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BHP Billiton isn’t putting another nickel in
Recently there’s been some speculation that BHP Billiton – the world’s biggest mining company – may be about to exit from nickel production.
In 2008, it pulled out of the Gag Island project in West …
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Court blow to Australian farmers fighting BHP Billiton coal exploration
FARMERS trying to block BHP Billiton from exploring for coal in some of the most fertile land in New South Wales have lost the latest leg in their legal battle, but have promised to keep …
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Women sue BHP Billiton mine in Canada for discrimination
Two women who say they suffered harassment and gender discrimination while training to work at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories have launched a $10-million lawsuit against the mine owners and their trainers. …
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Review of a BHP Billiton bauxite project in Suriname
The Independent Review of SRK’s Impact Assessment of Suriname’s Bakuis Bauxite Mine has four goals. First, to help people who may be impacted by the Bakhuis bauxite project to understand what the impacts may be, …
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Rio Tinto’s Q4 iron-ore output jumps 49%
Diversified giant Rio Tinto’s iron-ore output surged by 49% in the fourth quarter of 2009, as a result of continued high demand from China, CE Tom Albanese reported. “In the Pilbara [region] we achieved record …
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Rio executives detained in China to learn fate
Australian Stern Hu and three other detained Rio Tinto executives will find out on Monday if their pre-trial investigation will continue or if they’ll soon go to court. The four detained executives from Rio Tinto’s …
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Manslaughter charges filed in Vedanta chimney case
Indian police have filed manslaughter charges against three local managers of the Britain-based Vedanta mining group in connection with an industrial chimney collapse that killed 40 workers (see http://londonminingnetwork.org/2009/09/uk-company-vedanta%E2%80%99s-indian-disaster/ for background). The three men, all …
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Disaster strikes down workers at Russian mine, part-owned by football billionaire
Without question it’s the most dangerous mining company in Russia. In 2007, and within the space of two months, the Evraz group was held responsible for negligence which led to the deaths of 148 mineworkers. …
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