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Tailings Defined

The remaining portion of a metal-bearing ore consisting of finely ground rock and process liquid after some or all of the metal, such as uranium, has been extracted.

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Sampling, gold recovery continues at Golden Summit

Published September 5, 2008, 2:46 pm, Alaska Journal of Commerce

Employing nearly 30 people this summer working shifts round the clock, Freegold Ventures Ltd. continues to dig up bulk samples from its hard rock gold deposit called Golden Summit, located about 20 miles northeast of Fairbanks, processing that material through a chemical-free, gravity-based recovery plant to extract a gold concentrate.

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Power company opposes protection

Published September 4, 2008, 10:37 am, Otago Daily Times

Central Otago power company Pioneer Generation will oppose an application by the New Zealand and Otago Fish and Game Councils to the Minister for the Environment to prohibit damming and diversion of the Nevis River.

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NovaGold makes $20M move

Published September 3, 2008, 7:07 am, Prince George Citizen Online

NovaGold Resources Inc. has agreed to sell its interest in an option agreement in a copper-zinc project in Alaska for $20 million in common shares of Mantra Mining Inc.Vancouver-based NovaGold said Tuesday the sale is part of the company's continued strategy to maximize the value of its core mining projects, which includes the multi-billion-dollar Galore Creek in northern B.C.The Galore Creek ...

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Optimization Study Improves Geovic Cameroon Cobalt Project

Published September 3, 2008, 7:00 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

Geovic Mining Corp.(OTC.BB: GVCM), on behalf of its 60%-owned subsidiary Geovic Cameroon PLC, is pleased to announce results of an Optimization Study of the Nkamouna Cobalt-Nickel-Manganese Project in Cameroon, Africa.

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ONA Energy Announces Commercial Operation of its Yongxing Power Plant in the Hunan Province of China

Published September 2, 2008, 7:56 am, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance

ONA Energy Inc.(Frankfurt: O3X) is pleased to announce that on August 30, 2008, the Company has started commercial operation at its 60% owned, 60 MW environmentally friendly waste to energy power plant in Yongxing County, in the Hunan Province in China.

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COMPANY RELEASES

Published September 2, 2008, 5:02 am, Mineweb

Wesizwe Platinum Limited ("Wesizwe") today announced its intention to acquire Anglo Platinum Limited's ("Anglo Platinum") entire 37% stake in the Western Bushveld Joint Venture (WBJV), which is held through its wholly owned subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited's (RPM), for an amount of R1.162 billion in exchange for 211,850,125 new shares in Wesizwe.

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First Uranium working towards supply security

Published September 1, 2008, 4:20 am, Independent Online

First Uranium says it maintain in regular contact with government, Eskom and the Nuclear Energy Corporation of to ensure requirements of its operations are included in plans for secure power supply in South Africa.

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First Uranium enters into exclusive agency agreement with Traxys to market and contract future uranium production

Published August 31, 2008, 10:30 pm, CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

First Uranium Corporation today announced that an exclusive agency agreement has been entered into with the Traxys Group, a global metals, minerals and energy marketing company. As per the agreement, Traxys will market, on an exclusive basis, all of the uranium production from First Uranium's underground Ezulwini Mine and its tailings re-treatment operation at Mine Waste Solutions , except for ...

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GAO: Report on DOE's Uranium Tailings Cleanup Program: This is a PDF file with graphics as well as a full December 1995 Report on the status of the agencies cleanup of major tailings sites across the Rockies.

Fri Aug 8

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) Blog: Moab Uranium Riding the Rails: Yesterday, the Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirmed its prior decision to relocate the uranium mill tailings predominantly by rail from Moab, Utah. The tailings will be trained from the banks of the Colorado River 30 miles north to Crescent Junction, Utah. DOE may still consider using truck transport under certain circumstances, but it won't be the primary mode of transportation for the contaminated pile. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fpogoblog.type pad.com%2Fpogo %2F2008%2F08%2 Fmoab-uranium- ri.html
DOE confirms it will move contaminated Moab tailings by rail, not truck - Salt Lake Tribune: About 16 million tons of mill tailings abutting the Colorado River near Moab will be moved by rail to a permanent disposal site, the Department of Energy said Tuesday, reaffirming a decision not to ship the contaminated uranium mill tailings by truck along rural roads. "After evaluating the alternatives for safely transporting the mill tailings from Moab and considering input received from citizens in the Moab community and surrounding areas, [the Department of Energy] has decided to ship the tailings using the existing Union Pacific Railroad track," Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management James A. Rispoli said in a news release. "We believe our decision will be most protective of the community over the long term."

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Tailings tab could top $1 billion - Salt Lake Tribune: The cost of hauling away the Moab tailings by 2019 could exceed $1 billion, according to the latest estimate by the U.S. Energy Department, the agency managing the cleanup.
Deseret News | Cleaning up Moab tailings could cost up to $1 billion: ... The Energy Department estimates it could cost up to $1 billion to clean up the uranium mill tailings in Moab by 2019, based on an anticipated report issued to Congress late Tuesday. The 2019 deadline...

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Moab residents tell feds: Ship uranium tailings away by train, not truck - Salt Lake Tribune: ... center here confirmed Bette Stanton's view: The best way to haul the massive Atlas Corp. uranium tailings pile out of town is not by truck but by rail. "There� 39;s something about contaminated trucks...

Wed Jun 4

Energy Department to move mill tailings from Moab, Utah: ... Energy Department on Thursday will discuss how to best move 16 million tons of uranium mill tailings off the banks of the Colorado River in Moab, Utah. The Energy Department 9;s contractor on the...

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