Kennecott’s spokeswoman for the proposed Eagle Mine, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is Deb Muchmore. While retaining that post, Muchmore is now, curiously, spokeswoman for Citizens to Protect Michigan Jobs, a “developing opposition group that is expected to soon include mining interests.” It is unclear at this time if Muchmore is being paid by Kennecott to spearhead the company’s front group.
Baraga, Michigan – Susan J. LaFernier, vice-president of the
Susan LaFernier, KBIC vice-president, addresses the crowd at Eagle Rock during the Protect the Earth event on Aug. 2, 2009
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC), announced today, Sept. 16, 2009, that KBIC was “delighted” that Administrative Law Judge Richard Patterson ruled it was necessary for Kennecott Mining Company to protect Eagle Rock as a traditional place of worship. However, she added disappointment with his decision to uphold mining and ground water permits previously approved for Kennecott by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) — since the mine is expected to have potential adverse effects on the environment.
To read the remainder of this article, by Michele Bourdieu, please visit the article page, at Keweenaw Now.
Marquette, Michigan – Administrative Law Judge Richard Patterson announced on
Eagle Rock, on the Yellow Dog Plains, near Big Bay; Photo courtesy Michele Bourdieu
Tuesday, Aug. 18, that he will uphold permits issued to Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in 2007 for the company’s “Eagle Project,” a nickel and copper sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains, with one critical exception that could nix the project or at the very least require a major overhaul of the mining plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Marquette County, Michigan - The Walk to Eagle Rock, a sacred Native American site on the Yellow Dog Plains, on Sunday, Aug.2, 2009, was a
Over 175 people walk to Eagle Rock, on the Yellow Dog Plains; Photo courtesy Michele Bourdieu
community event, bringing together people of at least three, if not more, generations — Native and non-Native — from Michigan, neighboring Great Lakes states and even from the far West.
To read the rest of this article, by Michele Bourdieu, please visit Keweenaw Now.
Marquette, Michigan — Last weekend, Aug. 1-2, “Protect the Earth 2009,” the second annual Great Lakes Community Gathering of people opposed to metallic sulfide and uranium mining in the
Utah activist, Tim DeChristopher, presents at Northern Michigan University on August 1
Upper Peninsula and nearby Great Lakes states, offered workshops with expert speakers; musical entertainment; Native American dance, drumming and spiritual ceremonies; and a two-mile walk to Eagle Rock. This Native American sacred site is a proposed target of the “Eagle” Project, Kennecott-Rio Tinto’s potential metallic sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains near Marquette.
“After three years of studying the application and related documents my original opinion has not changed, but I would add a conclusion that either the writers and all of the reviewers were not experienced and competent in mining and geology, or that their intent was to deceive, to ensure that permits would be issued without delay. Maybe both.”– Jack Parker
Marquette, MI – Kennecott Mineral’s Eagle Mine application is incompetent, at best, and fraudulent, at worst. That according to mining expert Jack Parker.
In a new thirty-three page report, entitled KEMC Eagle Project: A Fraudulent Permit Application?, Parker outlines several, but not all, of the major problems with the underground portion of the company’s mine application. In part, according to Parker, the project, (formally approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in 2007 following delays associated with the suppression of documents critical of the mine’s design), was designed using “doctored” data, a “misinterpretation” of surficial geology and rock stress, and lacked reference to applicable mine case histories and a “sound mining analysis to prevent the mine from collapsing.”
London, England – A beleaguered Rio Tinto board defended itself from criticisms coming from a number of shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) Wednesday, in London, England. High on shareholder’s minds was the proposed $19.5 billion deal to sell access to a number of key company assets, including Kennecott, to the Chinese government-owned Chinalco as part of what many speakers described as offensive to existing shareholders and a direct result of poor investment and management decisions made by the company over the last several years. Read the rest of this entry »
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