Magma Copper Co (nka BHP Copper Inc)

Newmont Mining Corporation remains a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the Pinal Creek Group regarding groundwater contamination emanating from copper mining operations in Globe, Ariz., and Miami, Ariz.

The suit was filed on Nov. 5, 1991, in the U.S. District…

BHP Billiton Limited, as of June 30, 2008, has provided US$125 million for its anticipated share of the planned remediation work of groundwater contamination at a site in Arizona, based on a range reasonably foreseeable up to US$170 million, and…