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…
Newmont Mining Corporation reports that in August 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado approved a settlement regarding all outstanding issues at a site in Leadville, Colo.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas previously…
U.S. — November 6, 2008 — The corporate owners of numerous Coldwell Banker real estate brokerage offices in southern Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island face civil penalties for over 100 violations of lead paint disclosure rules.
The two real…
Newmont Mining Corporation remains a potentially responsible party associated with a historic tailings pile at the Grey Eagle Mine site near Happy Camp, Calif.
By letter dated Sept. 3, 2002, the Company was notified that the Environmental Protection Agency had expended…
Sonoco Products Company, as of Sept. 28, 2008, had accrued US$71.469 million for environmental contingencies compared with US$31.058 million as of Dec. 31, 2007.
The accruals include US$68.561 million at Sept. 28, 2008 and US$28.996 million at Dec. 31, 2007, for…
DENVER, Colorado — November 6, 2008 — Kenneth L. Schell and Twin Peaks Excavating, Inc. of Erie, Colo., have agreed to pay a civil penalty of $35,000 for alleged unauthorized discharges of excavated material to Rock Creek.
The alleged violations of…
Newmont Mining Corporation is still facing a lawsuit regarding an abandoned mine adit on property previously owned by a Company predecessor and currently owned by the City of Grass Valley, Calif.
On Feb. 3, 2004, the City brought suit against the…
Newmont Mining Corporation and its 51 percent-owned subsidiary, Dawn Mining Company LLC, are still facing a suit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
The U.S. EPA, in the suit…
Newmont Mining Corporation’s subsidiary in Indonesia is still awaiting a ruling on an appeal by the prosecution, in an action in the Indonesian Supreme Court claiming alleged pollution at the Buyat Bay.
In October 2008, a panel of Supreme Court justices…
Newmont Mining Corporation reports that at Sept. 30, 2008, US$153 million was accrued for environmental obligations associated with properties that the Company or its subsidiaries previously owned or operated, compared with US$125 million at Dec. 31, 2007.
In addition, the Company…