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Mining Projects Need Stiffer Standards - Report

NEW YORK -- Less than one month after a devastating mining incident rocked the United States, a coalition of some of the world's leading environmental and humanitarian aid groups is calling for tighter environmental and safety rules for the global mining projects financed by the World Bank.

The demand for stronger safety rules stems from an independent analysis of the Bank's new guidelines on private-sector mining.