The Washington Post (July 28, 2008) - The federal government is "putting the public's health and safety at risk" by not cleaning up safety and contamination hazards at abandoned mines on public land in the West, the Interior Department's inspector general said.
Mining Journal (July 25, 2008) - Cameroon is luring a flood of new mining investors who it hopes will invest over US$10 billion and create over 27,000 jobs in the central African nation over the next few years, a top mines ministry official said.
Charleston Gazette (August 1, 2008) - Governor Joe Manchin's top mine safety officials blasted the federal government's version of a rule to require emergency rescue chambers in the nation's underground coal mines.
