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Geotimes June 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Legal victory for mining In Barrick Goldstrike Mines vs. EPA, now being heralded as a victory for the mining industry, the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., ruled in April that mine operators do not have to report trace metals in waste rocks to the EPA.
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Geotimes December 2003 Mike G.C. Wilson	South Africa's Geological Gifts South Africa has a long and complex geological history which goes back some 3.7 billion years, and the country is blessed with an amazing array of mineral resources of various ages. South Africa ranks second only to the United States in variety of mineral commodities in the world.
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Mother Jones August 1999 Maryanne Vollers	Razing Appalachia First they dug out the land. Then they strip mined it. Now Big Coal is leveling the mountains themselves--and tearing communities apart.
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