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Barrick Gold fined $114,000 for cobalt contamination from Hedley-area mine
Barrick Gold has been hit with a fine of $114,750 for exceeding the amount of cobalt in the effluent from its decommissioned ...
MINING.COM4d
Barrick fined for releasing excessive cobalt into British Columbia river
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX) has been hit with a C$114,750 ($79,800) fine for its repeated, excessive discharge of ...
Business in Vancouver5d
Mining company fined $114K for polluting B.C. river with high cobalt levels
Barrick Gold Inc. was penalized for repeatedly discharging toxic mine waste into a stream that feeds the Similkameen River.
Revelstoke Review3d
Similkameen mining company fined over $114k for cobalt waste pollution
Barrick Gold Inc. has been handed a $114,750 fine after it was determined by provincial inspectors that the company had ...
Canada's National Observer2d
Waste not, profit much: toxic tailings could produce billions worth of critical minerals
Action Canada study concludes "re-mined' tailings from 10,000 abandoned and 200 operating mines could be processed for a ...
More toxic water leaks into nearby creek from Yukon's Eagle mine site
An estimated 150,000 litres of toxic water made its way to nearby Haggart Creek over a couple of days in February, officials ...
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Mining company fined $114K for polluting B.C. river with high cobalt levels
The company claimed the cobalt released in the mine waste appeared to be less toxic than other forms of "free cobalt." In toxicity tests, Barrick said the highest cobalt concentrations in the ...