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Mining Life Conference

Mining Life Conference Report back Mia Pepper, Mining Legacies Project Officer MPI Director and Board members attended the Life of Mine Conference in Brisbane – June 2014 to present our peer reviewed paper on Mining Legacies in Australia. It was clear from the conference that there are many frustrations...

Catastrophic Tailings Spill at Mount Polley Mine

From Mining Watch Canada     Friday, August 08, 2014 On August 5, approximately 10 billion litres of wastewater and 5 billion litres of solid tailings waste escaped the impoundment at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine in the interior of British Columbia. The creek that received the brunt of the flow...