Is there any place on this Earth that deserves protection from industrial mining? Mining is arguably the most destructive industry on Earth. Cyanide heap leach mining uses tons sodium cyanide to extract gold from mountains of ore. A ton of ore yields only a gram or so of gold, and a typical mine creates millions of tons of toxc waste that must be contained forever. Large cyanide leach mines always leak, often catastrophically, killing entire rivers. All of this is bad news, but the really bad news is that in the heart one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the world, Bristol Bay, Alaska, a consortium intends to open the largest open pit cyanide leach mine in the world. If there is any place on this Earth that should definitely NOT be the site for a massive leach mine, this is it. Without Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay can go on being the magnificent gem it has been for many millenium. With Pebble Mine, the statistics tell us that most of Bristol Bay and the surrounding watershed will be dead within ten years of the mine's opening. The AURUL Baia-Mare disaster was tiny compared to what will happen at Bristol Bay, yet Hungarian officials declared AURUL to be the worst disaster since the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. Everyone knows these facts to be true, but greed destroys. These CEOs want their riches, at any cost. And at any cost, Pebble Mine must never open. Please help us stop Pebble Mine. Click on the links here, see the video, and sign the petition. You'll be doing the Earth a world of good.
http://www.mining.com/2011/11/28/81-opposed-to-pebble-mine-new-poll-says/?utm_source=digest-en-au-111129&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest
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Stamp Program Objectives
In order to address the global mercury problem, Aladdin has developed the Strategic Abatement of Mercury and Poverty (STAMP) program. This program is designed to induce artisanal and all mercury mining users to adopt Aladdin's highly efficient mining technologies. The fundamental strategy looks to illustrate the economic advantages of HGP to the miners. Although being able to provide a safe work environment , safety benefits alone are not sufficient to convince indigent miners to abandon mercury processing. Ultimately, the success of the program must rely on its ability to provide the miners with a greater level of income than what they are able to derive when using mercury. The broad objectives of the STAMP Program are as follows:
1. Employ as many artisanal miners as is possible while maintaining the economical integrity of the program.
2. Work to eliminate the use of mercury when extracting gold in the customary artisanal alluvial concentrates and hard rock deposit areas.
3. Increase artisanal miner wages above the national average and provide bonuses based on gold revenues.
4. Create new employment opportunities and provide training for higher paid jobs in the trades, management, administration, accounting, mining, geology, process engineering, and attendant disciplines.
5. Provide a humanitarian fund to benefit the miners and their families.
6. Convert sites to farming land or forestry after gold is depleted from the properties.
7. Attract artisanal miners to proven gold reserves set aside by large scale mining companies and / or the government.
8. Make a profit for all stakeholders
Aladdin's Pledge To Social Responsibility
Aladdin's Pledge To Social Responsibility
Aladdin Technologies Inc. is dedicated to bringing environmentally friendly processes to host countries so that mineral wealth can be extracted in a way that does not endanger local ecosystems or the health of native people. This interest - coupled with a commitment to mutual respect and a close involvement with all stakeholders - is behind the company's drive to help the government and citizens of countries achieve maximum benefit from their mineral resources. We also recognize that shareholder interests are best served when - based on our ethical treatment of indigenous people and sensitivity to environmental issues - countries actively seek out business relationships with the company.
Social responsibility is not simply an abstract concept, but rather, a realistic moral command and business strategy. Aladdin will do whatever is reasonable to help the communities of people around the world with which it interacts. Therefore, to disregard the tenants of mutual respect and fair trade would not only be morally corrupt, but it could also damage shareholder value in company mineral endeavors. Aladdin endeavors to be a leader in the way in which it brings obligations of social responsibility to its business enterprises.
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