New HR study on mineral exploration reveals mid-career attrition by women is a key challenge
A new study shows that while mid-career attrition is affecting the entire mineral exploration sector, the trend is noticeably higher for women.
A new study shows that while mid-career attrition is affecting the entire mineral exploration sector, the trend is noticeably higher for women.
Low levels of zinc and copper are associated with miscarriages in pregnant women, Digital Journal reports. Scientists at the University of Granada compared data from two groups of women — with one half having suffered miscarriages and the other half who had normal pregnancies — and found that lower levels of zinc and copper in the women who had miscarriages, suggesting a deficiency of one or both elements could be involved.
Rio Alto Mining (CVE:RIO) said that an illegal work stoppage at La Arena Gold Oxide Mine forced it to suspend mining operations. The company's stock opened down 6.82% to $2.46. The company, issuing a statement on Thursday, says that it is in discussions with government representatives, community groups and others to resolve the issue.
several hundred people showed up on Parliament Hill to protest the pipeline plans and the growth in the oilsands industry. The demonstration was organized by Greenpeace and other groups who say the pipeline from Alberta to Texas is harmful to the
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 26, 2011) - Canadian Zinc Corporation (TSX:CZN)(OTCQB:CZICF) is pleased to report that the Mackenzie Valley Review Board ("MVRB") has officially closed the public registry for the Environmental Assessment on the Company's Prairie Creek zinc/silver/lead mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The closure of the public registry on September 22, 2011, marks the completion of the technical information and reports, public hearings and comment, and submissions stages of the Environmental Assessment.
Fin24 is reporting that a huge tailings dam being built in Kuma township could get kyboshed due to opposition from environmental groups, pressure groups and demands from landowners. The Kareerand tailings dam being built by First Uranium TSX:FIU, JSE:FUM 15km outside Stilfontein is a R400 million project motivated by a need to solve the ubiquitous dust cloud that currently envelops Kuma residents from 15 old tailings dams — relics from the Buffelsfontein and Hartbeesfontein gold mines — says Fin24, which describes the dam in some detail:
The State of Wisconsin is being forced to weigh the age-old concerns over environmental protection versus economic development as it looks to rewrite its mine law to accomodate a huge iron ore mine in an impoverished region of the state. Asked earlier this year to shorten its environmental permitting process from 5 years to 300 days, the State is now taking a second crack at rewriting its mining legislation after draft legislation was scrapped due to public outcry regarding the secretive nature of the process. Groups opposed to the open-pit mine, which would stretch four miles along Ashland and Iron Counties, say the mine would endanger water and air quality and create an ugly scar on the landscape.
Allana Potash Corp. (TSX:AAA)(OTCQX:ALLRF) ("Allana" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has intersected three zones of strong potash mineralization in Hole DK-11-27 ("Hole 27").
The state of Montana and Arch Coal, Inc. will line up together in state court Tuesday against environmental groups seeking to derail the company's plan to mine a 1.3 billion ton reserve within the most productive coal region of the country. St. Louis-based Arch has paid $159 million to the state and Great Northern Properties to lease the Otter Creek coal tracts, located near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
CTV reports a US federal appeals court threw out an antitrust class-action lawsuit accusing seven companies of engaging in a global conspiracy to raise the price of potash since 2003 on the grounds that it could not rule on the alleged wrongful conduct on markets in India, China and Brazil. The defendants included Agrium, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Mosaic Co., and four companies that conduct mining operations in Russia and Belarus: Uralkali, Silvinit, Belarusian Potash and International Potash. Together the groups produce some 70% of the world's potash.