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Excerpts from Quebec Mines web site with links.

$4.1 million to clean up 18 exploration sites in the Nord-du-Quebec region

On August 24, 2007, the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF), the Kativik Regional Government (KRG), the Makivik Corporation and the Fonds Restor-Action Nunavik entered into a $4.1 million agreement to clean up 18 abandoned mineral exploration sites in Nunavik. The agreement provides for the sites to be totally cleaned up by spring 2012. The rehabilitation will be managed by the KRG.

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A new guide for mining site rehabilitation in Quebec

The Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF), in cooperation with the Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs (MDDEP), has just completely revised Québec’s Guidelines for Preparing a Mining Site Rehabilitation Plan.

This tool has been made available to the mining industry to make it easier to prepare a rehabilitation plan that complies with the requirements of the Mining Act. The Guidelines were due for an update, since the laws, regulations and directives that govern mining activity in Québec have been revised in recent years.

The new guide should be accessible on the MRNF’s Website before the end of 2007.

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Radioactive wreckage and tens of millions of landmines still blight Iraq after decades of war and the deadly violence that engulfed the nation after the 2003 invasion, the environment minister has said.

Article link Space war com

Long after a conflict, landmines remain buried underground unless someone can locate and detonate them. According to the United Nations (UN), there are more than 100 million landmines buried in 68 countries around the world. The UN estimates that more than 2,000 people are killed or injured by landmine explosions each month.

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The ASTAMIDS system is designed for the U.S. Army to detect, characterize and locate minefields and obstacles and provide information to help locate and characterize non-mined areas and show safe avenues for U.S. troops.

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Advanced ground penetration radar, originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the Moon and other planets on ESA planetary missions, is now being used in Canadian mines to spot hidden cracks and weaknesses in mine roofs.

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Interesting to hear what real people are saying for a change

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Follow on article to be posted later, Under construction.

As part of our support for the international humanitarian de-mining effort we will host a section of the blog dedicated to news on de-mining methods and technologies.

Its always a pleasure to see the amount of effort being expended to solve the problem of land mines left over from old conflicts, this truly international problem does have a surprisingly large and dedicated number of groups working to eradicate these deadly devices.

Below is a link to just one such group and its solution to the problem.

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