Toxic timebomb
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Energy Resources Australia, which runs the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park, has blamed its workers for the contamination problem at its mine. The workers are blamed to have mistakenly connected the hose from the mine's process tank and the failure of the existing system caused polluted water to backwash through mine's fresh water pipe system.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2004
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Creature from the gold lagoon
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The worlds Biggest gold miner, Denver based Newmont Mining is accused by environmentalists and the Indonesian government of dumping mercury and cyanide-laden tailings into the Sulawesi's Buyat Bay, polluting fishing stocks and poisoning townsfolk. Newmont has a market worth about $30bn but activists cast Newmont as the exploitative giant.
Publication Name: The Bulletin with Newsweek
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1440-7485
Year: 2004
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