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Gold/Mining/Energy : DROOY Durban Deep- Best S. African Mine -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: baystock who wrote (498)3/25/2000 8:26:00 PM
From: Bob Dobbs  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 851
 
It seems Dome Mine had a spill in Papua New Guinea. Here's the BBC account:

Cyanide seeps into PNG rivers

Deadly sodium cyanide has seeped into a river in Papua New Guinea after falling accidentally from a helicopter.
Dome Resources, the Australian mining company involved in the incident, said between 100 and 150 kilos of cyanide had dissolved after rains washed it into the river.

The company said it had recovered about 70% of the one-tonne cyanide pellet load from the dense jungle about 85 kilometres north of the capital, Port Moresby...

news.bbc.co.uk