Asbestos Mining

Kirk Hartley

Cape Asbestos – Still in Play – This Time for 3 Consecutive Cancers

A July 3, 2015 article in The Northern Echo in the UK brings news of another suit against Cape entities. Mr. Stephenson, the plaintiff,...

Kirk Hartley

Canada’s Chrysotile Institute Has Closed

After decades of operation, the Canadian-based Chrysotile Institute has closed. The web site is here, but who knows for how long. Future...

Kirk Hartley

Quebec Government Decides to Guarantee Loan for Asbestos Mining for Indian Fiber Buyer

The Montreal Gazette is reporting that the Quebec government has now said it will guarantee a loan to continue asbestos mining and...

Kirk Hartley

Asbestos Mining Investment Apparently Will Go Forward at Quebec’s Jeffrey Mine – Folly o

This story from the Montreal Gazette recounts apparent new investment in asbestos mining in Quebec’s Jeffery mine. It’s disappointing...

Kirk Hartley

Asbestos, Canada Tries to Define Its Future After Over a Hundred Years as Home to the Old Jeffrey C

Johns-Manville for many years owned the chrysotile mine in the Canadian town of Asbestos. The town is northeast of Montreal, and not too...

Kirk Hartley

Asbestos Mining and South Africa – Unclosed Mines

This January 2010 article from South Africa reports on this new auditor general report raising major issues regarding failed clean up of...

Kirk Hartley

Asbest: The Russian Town that Is All About Producing Asbestos and the Dangers of Amphibole Fibers

A May 5, 2009 Slate article by Shaun Walker is about Russian towns that revolve around one industry. Such towns, he says, are known as...

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