Archive for May, 2008

Old Mining Law has NM Implications

A mining law reform bill passed the House last year, and now the Senate is looking at it. A committee led by Senator Bingaman is expected to bring forth a bill soon to reform the 135-year-old law that governs hardrock mining, including gold and uranium. The current hard rock mining laws, which include […]

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Coal Mining Industry, Premier Beattie has done a flip-flop

Premier Beattie has done a flip-flop before, when he commissioned a study on the effects of uranium mining on the coal mining industry in Queensland. When that report stated that there would be very little impact on the coal industry, Beattie said he would allow uranium mining if the Labour Party changed it’s policy at […]

Saturday, May 17th, 2008