Newmont Mining Corporation says that an appeal filed by Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) against Company subsidiary PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (PTNMR) is still pending in the Indonesian Supreme Court.
WALHI is an Indonesian non-governmental organization.
On March 22, 2007, WALHI filed…
Newmont Mining Corporation accrued US$153 million environmental liability at Sept. 30, 2009, compared with US$163 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
These amounts are included in Other current liabilities and Reclamation and remediation liabilities. The Company said it believes that it is…
Newmont Mining Corporation accrues US$157 million for environmental obligations at March 31, 2009, compared with US$163 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
The Company’s mining and exploration activities are subject to various laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. These…
Newmont Mining Corporation says that preliminary remedial actions, water treatment, and testing at the Midnite Mine Site on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the State of Washington are underway.
The Company’s 51-percent owned subsidiary, Dawn Mining Company LLC, previously leased an…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, Newmont Capital Limited, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled an environmental matter over the Lava Cap mine in Nevada County, Calif.
In February 1999, the EPA placed the Lava Cap mine site on the National Priorities…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s 51.35%-owned subsidiary, Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., is still named a defendant in lawsuits filed by Peruvian citizens on the elemental mercury spill incident in Choropampa, Peru.
In June 2000, a transport contractor of Yanacocha spilled about 151 kilograms of…
Newmont Mining Corporation continues to believe that the mining rights of its 51.35%-owned subsidiary, Minera Yanacocha S.R.L. (Yanacocha), will be upheld, the Company said in its Quarterly Report for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008.
Yanacocha is involved in a dispute…
Newmont Mining Corporation remains a potentially responsible party for environmental conditions at the Adams Ross mine in Prince of Wales, Alaska.
In a June 5, 2007 letter, the Forest Service notified the Company that it had expended about US$300,000 in response…
Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia’s (WALHI) March 2008 appeal to the Indonesian Supreme Court is still pending regarding an Indonesian Court’s ruling that WALHI’s claims against Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary on allegations of pollution in Buyat Bay were without merit.
WALHI, an…
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…