Mining Worldwide
Call for care in uranium exploration, extraction
German experts yesterday urged the government to exercise maximum care in uranium exploration and extraction to ensure the mineral does not affect people’s health.
Read MoreStop the Talvivaara Uranium Mine
Finland is a land of tens of thousands of lakes and rivers. The Talvivaara polymetallic and uranium mine in Sotkamo was granted a license to mine nickel in 2006. Talvivaara has since proven itself to be a hazard for water systems on both sides of the watershed.
Read MoreOn the Yellowcake Trail
by Anna Tilman This series of articles, “The Yellowcake Trail,” tracks all aspects of uranium in Canada from the mining and milling, to processing and use, throughout its eighty-year history. The series begins with the history of uranium in Canada, from its initial discovery to the rapid development of mines that placed Canada as the…
Read MoreMovie on the situation in Falea
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Read MoreHUES3 Media Release: Helen Caldicott coming to Saskatoon
MEDIA RELEASE October 24, 2012 Stop uranium mining in the province until radioactive mine tailings are contained, say 68% of Saskatchewanians Dr. Helen Caldicott coming to Saskatoon to speak on “Our Toxic Nuclear Legacy: Let’s END Saskatchewan’s Growing Radioactive Footprint”
Read MoreMakita: Open Letter from an Iqualuit physician (2011, en)
Government of NunavutUranium Consultation March 15, 2011Dear Premier Aariak, Thank you for inviting the opinions of Nunavummiut on uranium. I am writing to you as a parent, a physician and as someone who caresdeeply about the future of Nunavut. I have not been shy to speak outagainst nuclear energy and specifically uranium mining. Part of…
Read MoreHUES3 Core Committe: New Facebook page and media censorship
Hi everyone, Thanks to the kind efforts of the webmaster for Coalition for a Clean Green Saskatchewan, which hosts the HUES3 Campaign web page, we have a Facebook page for the media release distributed earlier this week: Saskatchewan public opinion survey tells CCNI Nuclear Centre, “No nukes in the tar sands!”
Read MoreOntario’s new mining rules eliminate most exploration on private land
By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, ottawacitizen.com OTTAWA — Big changes to Ontario’s Mining Act will prevent companies from looking for uranium and other resources on private land, and require consultation elsewhere from First Nations. That makes Marilyn Crawford happy, mostly
Read MoreNew Website by IFES, GREN, ROTAB and CODDAE
The project IFES au Niger has launched this Website with partners GREN, ROTAB and CODDAE. Quote: “La création du site CIEXTRAN.ORG cadre avec le programme de l’IFES au Niger qui bénéficie du soutien technique et financier de l’USAID et qui vise à « améliorer la transparence et la participation citoyenne dans les industries extractives au Niger ».”
Read MoreDirt Cheap 30 years on – Screening in Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin
The reworked edition of the 1980 film: Dirt Cheap 30 years on will be shown in movie theaters throughout Europe. Sunday, September 23rd 8pm, at the SMART Project Space in Amsterdam. Wednesday, September 26th 6pm, in the Fairtrade Room of Mundo-B, 26 rue d’Edimbourg, 1050 Brussels. Friday, September 28th 8.30pm, at Cinema Moviemento in Berlin-Kreuzberg.…
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