1.   The mine was shut down last August after a spill of polluted water from a waste pond flowed into a nearby river.

2.   Environmental officials fear that a coal waste pond leaking noxious sludge will continue to threaten ground water and the Ohio River.

3.   In Syastroy, the waste came from an open waste pond belonging to the Syasky Pulp and Paper Mill.

4.   Mining is to begin in November, but Eurogold is currently constructing a waste pond.

5.   On his tour, Wise was greeted by residents waving photographs of coal mine waste ponds at the head of their narrow valley.

6.   Recovering more of it would also help clean up active and abandoned waste ponds, he said.

7.   The Guyanese government ordered a halt in production until last February, when the company took several corrective measures including installing an internationally-monitored waste pond.

8.   The Guyanese government ordered a halt in production until last February, when the company took several corrective measures including installing an internationally monitored waste pond.