Then and now: what CRL said about jobs before SaveStraddie
Here’s something to think about when considering the mining companies’ claimed commitment to Straddie and economic contribution to the island. […]
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Miners brush off concerns
In one of its recent publications Unimin subsidiary CRL suggested the anti-sand mining position adopted by FOSI and other groups […]
Read moreOn the mining lease: CRL tour
Paul Vekselstein and Sue Ellen Carew attended the CRL Environmental Working Group (EWP) meeting and mine tour in August.Company spokespeople […]
Read moreFOSI President’s Report (mid 2009)
In the last year the global economic crisis together with new scientific predictions of the rapid escalation of global warming […]
Read moreLatest island news in brief
New owner for CRL Stradbroke silica sand miner Unimin Australia, subsidiary of a Belgian-based private mining company, is the new […]
Read moreCRL’s future mine plan: downsizing & job losses
Prior to its takeover by Unimin, Consolidated Rutile Ltd (CRL) announced major changes to its North Stradbroke Island sand mining […]
Read moreCRL sand case update
In our last newsletter we reported the unanimous decision of the Redland City Council in August, 2008, to reject a […]
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