Newmont Mining Corporation says that remedial actions at the Midnite Mine site, on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the State of Washington, are ongoing.
The Company’s 51 percent owned subsidiary, Dawn Mining Company LLC, previously leased an open pit uranium mine,…
Newmont Mining Corporation says that US$714 million at June 30, 2010 and US$698 million at Dec. 31, 2009 were accrued for reclamation costs relating to currently producing mineral properties in accordance with asset retirement obligation guidance.
The current portions of US$33…
Newmont Mining Corporation continues to be involved in environmental matters regarding the Ross-Adams Mine site in Prince of Wales, Alaska.
By letter dated June 5, 2007, the U.S. Forest Service notified the Company that it had expended about US$300,000 in response…
Newmont Mining Corporation says that an appeal filed by the an Indonesian non-governmental organization named Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) is still being processed by the district court of South Jakarta before being reviewed by the Indonesian Supreme Court.
On March…
Newmont Mining Corporation says that subsidiary Newmont Canada Limited’s appeal in a lawsuit involving St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. is still pending.
On Nov. 11, 2008, St. Andrew filed an Application in the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada, seeking a…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s 51.35 percent-owned unit, Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., continues to be involved in environmental claims regarding a mercury spill near the town of Choropampa, Peru.
In June 2000, a transport contractor of Yanacocha spilled about 151 kilograms of elemental mercury…
Newmont Mining Corporation continues to be a potentially responsible party at the Grey Eagle Mine site near Happy Camp, Calif.
By letter dated Sept. 3, 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified the Company that the EPA had expended US$3 million…
Newmont Mining Corporation accrued US$149 million at June 30, 2010 and US$161 million at Dec. 31, 2009 as liability for environmental obligations.
These amounts are included in Other current liabilities and Reclamation and remediation liabilities.
The Company is involved in several matters…
Newmont Mining Company says that, in March 2010, the U.S. District Court in Arizona approved the Company’s settlement of all claims and liabilities in the Pinal Creek Group environmental matter.
The Company was a defendant in a lawsuit brought on Nov.…
Newmont Mining Corporation accrued US$157 million at March 31, 2010 for environmental obligations, compared with US$161 million at Dec. 31, 2009.
The Company is involved in several matters concerning environmental obligations associated with former mining activities. Generally, these matters concern developing…