from Headwaters:
Following reporting by Headwaters that Rio Tinto’s original ore hauling transportation route for its Eagle Mine called for the company to access existing rail networks and avoiding trucking transportation through city streets, the company now has a response. Read the rest of this entry »
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from Keweenaw Now:
Two citizen groups — the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council and the Center for Biological Diversity — and Laura Gauger (formerly Furtman), who is a member of both groups, recently filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit against Flambeau Mining Company, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto / Kennecott, over its partially reclaimed Flambeau Mine near Ladysmith, Wis.
To read the rest of Michele Bourdieu’s article visit Keweenaw Now.
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Marquette County road commissioners were told tonight that Rio Tinto’s currently-approved and original ore hauling plan does not involve heavy truck traffic through Marquette, but instead delivery to the LS&I rail line, northwest of Marquette, that avoids heavy truck traffic through the streets of Marquette, Negaunee and Ishpeming.
“I don’t understand why the road and some of the transportation issues that are being raised now were not raised when Kennecott first put in their mine transportation application initially, and which was amproved,” said County Commissioner Mike Quayle, reading from a personal statement. Read the rest of this entry »
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Editorial from Headwaters on the Rio Tinto ore hauling controversy:
Last week Rio Tinto announced plans to drop its pursuit of the 22-mile 595/Woodland Road to haul ore from its Eagle Mine to the Humboldt Mill, in Marquette County. The company’s project director, Andrew Ware, claimed Rio Tinto will now “move forward with the originally designated route” and drive through the city streets of Marquette.
Problem is, Rio Tinto doesn’t really have an approved route to do so. Read the rest of this entry »
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I’d like to call Kennecott’s bluff.
It’s likely Kennecott isn’t even fully considering the “new” haul route through Marquette. It’s more likely a red herring – a manipulation to try to force public sentiment back the other way – to get the original road–595–approved while skirting around the law and not sharing all of the alternatives with the public.
Why bluff? Well, for the same reasons you might in a game of poker, to provoke a fold by an opponent who holds a better hand. Kennecott is trying to use the “new” route to get locals to argue their case for them. Third party advocacy is preferable to direct corporate advocacy, especially when it has the potential to help eliminate federal involvement. Read the rest of this entry »
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by mining expert Jack Parker (posted from Keweenaw Now):
Those who discuss and argue about the best and worst haul-road proposals are working for Kennecott. They have been duped — by “intelligence” at Rio Tinto/Kennecott — into making the topic appear to be acceptable and legitimate. It is neither acceptable nor legitimate. Don’t feel bad — they do it all the time, world-wide. Big budget!
My main contention is that Kennecott does not have a permit for any road, anywhere; and they know it, so they avoid that topic and divert the attention of opponents and innocent bystanders from it by fomenting discussions and arguments which are, in reality, pointless. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Marquette Mining Journal is reporting that Rio Tinto is once again cancelling plans to build a controversial ore haul road through remote lands in northwestern Marquette County [Read previous Headwaters' coverage of this issue by contributor Catherine Parker]. The decision comes after a December meeting where federal officials made clear that original objections to the road project would not change simply because the company now planned it to be a public, instead of a private road:
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From a press release submitted today:
MADISON, Wis.— The Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, the Center for Biological Diversity and Laura Gauger filed a Clean Water Act citizen suit today against Flambeau Mining Company over its partially reclaimed Flambeau Mine near Ladysmith, Wis. According to the suit, the mining company is violating federal law by discharging pollutants, including potentially toxic metals like copper, iron and zinc, into the Flambeau River and a tributary known as “Stream C” that flows across the company’s property. Read the rest of this entry »
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The independent Tucson Sentinel ran an excellent article on BHP-Rio Tinto’s planned Resolution copper mine, in Arizona. The copper mine would be the largest of its kind in the U.S. The Sentinel reports the company has obtained official and public support by making donations to the town of Superior, as well as working with environmental and recreation groups, such as the Arizona Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy; both have remained silent on a controversial public land swap that would benefit not only the mining company, but the two large environmental organizations, as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wisconsin Public Radio carried a story December 28 on a new federal lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council and the Center for Biological Diversity related to Kennecott’s now-closed Flambeau Mine, in Wisconsin.
Listen to the story at the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council.
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