Romania’s Ministry of Culture has decided that the town of Rosia Montana and its surroundings should be classified as category A historic monuments. This means that any intervention that may affect the area is forbidden.
Two top executives of Brazilian company Samarco Mineração SA, the joint venture between BHP Billiton and Vale involved in last year’s deadly dam burst at an iron ore mine, are taking a temporary leave of absence.
BHP Billiton and Vale are trying to claim that the impacts of last November’s massive tailings dams disaster at Samarco in Brazil are much less than previously estimated. Tell that to the hundreds, if not thousands, of those who continue to suffer from it!
The data have never allowed clear causal connections to be made between the operations of (Glencore-controlled) Espinar’s Tintaya mine and the presence of heavy metals in water supplies. This is because of the natural presence of such metals in the underlying geology. But various reports have rightly insisted that the government has the responsibility to attend to the health of the people, whatever the cause of the problem.
An industrial accident on Kennecott Utah Copper’s Magna site left a man with traumatic leg injuries Friday morning.
