Blasting forward.
Good news--blowing the tops off mountains will soon be so much easier! The Bush administration has made changes to the Stream Buffer Zone Rule, a 1983 regulation that prohibits coal-mining companies from conducting activity within 100 feet of an intermittent or perennial stream unless water quality, and...

Court in Costa Rica Suspends Clearing Operations at Crucitas.
Trading Symbol: TSX-V: IG CALGARY, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Infinito Gold Ltd. ("Infinito Gold" or the "Company") announces that its subsidiary in Costa Rica, Industrias Infinito S.A. ("IISA"), has received a Change in Land Use Permit from the regional authorities in San Carlos Costa Rica allowing the...

Holcim Phils. puts sustainable dev't at core of cement business.
The country's leading cement company Holcim Philippines Inc. has placed sustainable development as one of its major priorities while pursuing a profitable business in the country. This was stressed by Holcim Philippines chief operating officer Ian Thackwray in a presentation on Response Ability to Meet Today's Needs...

Peabody's Viking Mine Earns Environmental Honors From Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Peabody Energy's Viking Mine has earned the 2008 Excellence in Mining and Reclamation Award from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The award recognizes the mine's success in reclaiming 850 acres of forest and farm land in Daviess County southeast of Montgomery, Ind....

Mining firm probed on river-flow diversion.
ITOGON, Benguet -- The management of Benguet Corp. (BC) is being investigated for the alleged diversion of the natural flow of the Antamok River.The company allegedly constructed two diversion tunnels which are now being blamed as the cause of the huge landslides at two sitios of Barangay Luacan and...

UO professor makes case to invest in `green' jobs.
Byline: Ilene Aleshire The Register-Guard A University of Oregon professor has urged a congressional committee to look at creating "green" jobs in rural areas to help stimulate the economy. "With our country in one of the most severe recessions in decades, we need a large...

Alpha Natural Resources Donates $25,000 to The Nature Conservancy's Clinch Valley Program.
Gift to go toward inventory of Clinch River watershed ABINGDON, Va., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Nature Conservancy announced today that Alpha Natural Resources has donated $25,000 to the international group to help advance its conservation work in southwestern Virginia's Clinch River Valley. The gift...

Coal Company Donates $25,000 to Nature Conservancy.
ENERGY RESOURCE-23 December 2008-Coal Company Donates $25,000 to Nature Conservancy(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Coal supplier Alpha Natural Resources has donated $25,000 to the Nature Conservancy to help advance conservation work in southwestern Virginia's Clinch River Valley. Spanning 2,200 square miles in the remote mountains and...

New life coming to a quarry near you.
Wisconsin sand, stone and gravel quarries are no longer the pits--thanks to legislation that provides a new lease on life to closing sites. "A potential liability becomes an asset," says Philip Fauble, a hydrogeologist with the state Department of Natural Resources who says the sites can become...

Mining and the Environment IV/l'exploitation miniere et l'environnement IV.
INTRODUCTION From October 19-26th, 2007, over 500 delegates from 20 countries met to discuss the state of the environment with respect to mining. This quadrennial international conference, fourth since 1995, was co-chaired by Graeme Spiers (Centre for Environmental Monitoring) and John Gunn (Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit) of...