Brussels, 03/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is proposing to introduce harmonised rules governing the management of waste from the mining industry and quarries. The draft directive approved by the College of Commissioners aims to avert water and soil pollution from tailing ponds, waste heaps, etc, drawing on the lessons of the Baia Mare accident (accidental spillage of cyanide into the Tisza and Danube rivers following leaks from a Romanian gold mine in July 2000). The directive...