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Weija Dam at risk as GWCL warns against harmful human activities

B & FT Online 28 Mar 2025
Johnson, discussions around water pollution in Ghana often focus on illegal mining (galamsey), but other human activities also pose significant threats to the country’s water bodies ... our water bodies.
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The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of

The Los Angeles Times 28 Mar 2025
After separating out the minerals, the mining ships then pipe back overboard the processed waters, sediment and mining “fines,” which are the small particles of the ground-up nodule ore.
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Denmark supports water sector with Aveyime project

B & FT Online 28 Mar 2025
Illegal mining – commonly known as galamsey – and biological waste from human activities were identified as major causes of water contamination ... They agreed that investing in modern water ...
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SSAB to deliver SSAB Zero to Toyota Material Handling Europe

Steel Technology 28 Mar 2025
Metso is launching Water Treatment Skids (WTS) for efficient and reliable water treatment in industrial settings, like mining, metallurgical and chemical processing ... for Australia’s Mining Industry.
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Going against Beshear, Kentucky legislators send some controversial bills on to become law

Courier Journal 28 Mar 2025
Water protections. What is the bill about? The bill reduces pollution protections for some water resources, including groundwater, and would permit coal mines and other industries to align with federal water definitions.
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Reservoir war: Is this plan a win-win, or a backstab to environmentalists?

News-Press - Fort Myers 27 Mar 2025
A proposed rock mine in the Everglades has ignited controversy and threats against water managers.The project highlights the challenges of balancing economic interests with environmental protection in Florida.
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Stone quarry in Rockwood came as a surprise to officials, residents

Daily American 27 Mar 2025
"Basic monitoring found sediment from the activity is going into the water," he said ... If there is subsidence and the quarry falls in, it will be exposing the mine and leach more acidic water ... "It's not just the water and bike trail.
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Wallbridge Mining Completes Updated Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment of Fenelon Gold Project

Resource World 27 Mar 2025
Total cash costs per ounce are operating costs, composed of mining (UG and OP), processing, water treatment and tailings, minesite G&A and royalty costs, divided by payable gold ounces ... Mine dewatering ...
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B.C. greenlights Mount Polley dam increase at site of major mine spill

North Shore News 27 Mar 2025
government has issued a consent order to Mount Polley Mining Corp ... The dam at the Mount Polley gold and copper mine collapsed on Aug. 4, 2014, sending 25 million cubic metres of mine waste, water and construction materials downriver.
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How Sinixt people overturned their ‘extinct’ status and helped begin restoring Upper Columbia

The Spokesman-Review 27 Mar 2025
The agency hopes to review plans in Canada to expand a mine at Copper Mountain ... “And what we experienced is increased pesticides, as well as lands and waters that have been contaminated by historic mining and smelting.
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Bygones: Duluth warned of 1975 storm's effect on water quality

Duluth News Tribune 27 Mar 2025
The Duluth Water & Gas Department recommended reduced water consumption as a health precaution because of a substantial increase in asbestos fibers in Lake Superior water due to turbidity caused by the recent storm.
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Massive 18M tons of lithium worth $540B unearthed in US, could reduce China’s grip

Interesting Engineering 27 Mar 2025
While this method is more environmentally friendly than traditional lithium mining, it still raises concerns about water usage, seismic activity, and the ecological health of the already fragile Salton Sea region.
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Owner of gold and silver mines near Nederland applies to reopen

Daily Camera 26 Mar 2025
As the owner Cross and Caribou mines outside Nederland seeks to resume mining, Nederland’s elected officials and nearby residents have questions and concerns after previous water quality violations led to a temporary shutdown.
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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source

Grist 26 Mar 2025
Mining in northern Chile “uses volumes of water comparable to the flows of the Loa River,” the longest waterway in ... The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds.
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Trade-offs of the green transition: Is mining critical minerals better than extracting fossil fuels?

Grist 26 Mar 2025
And mining for coal, of course, is similarly destructive as other kinds of mining ... The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds ... The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds.
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