After the mine is over
* For the first time in its history, the US Environmental Protection Agency has designated an abandoned mine site as a "public health emergency".
* A group of backwoods campaigners isn't letting Rio Tinto walk away from its closed-down Wisconsin copper mine.
Other news this week
• Up to forty miners have died in a Sumatra coal mine disaster
• US embassy demands release of anti-bauxite lawyer in Vietnam
• Mongolia's new president moots his state's new mining policy
• Girls may suffer worst from hazardous mining, says ILO
Peacock poppycock
It was meant to be a celebration of good works by India's biggest mining company. But something went wrong at the World Environment Foundation awards...Or did it all come out right in the end?