In Re: Gold King Mine Release in San Juan County, Colorado, on August 5, 2015

  1. June 08, 2022

    Mine Contractor Can't Skirt Property Value Suit Over Spill

    A New Mexico federal judge won't let a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor sidestep allegations that a toxic waste spill at a Colorado gold mine caused area property values to plummet, largely leaving residents' claims intact to be decided at trial.

  2. June 01, 2022

    Mine Contractors' Liability Defense In Spill Suit May Proceed

    A pair of Environmental Protection Agency contractors that have been sued over their roles in a 2015 gold mine spill in Colorado, which released 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the region's watershed, may continue to argue they can't be held liable for that incident, a federal judge held Tuesday.

  3. February 24, 2022

    EPA Contractor Can't Shift Blame For Mine Spill, NM Says

    A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor can't shift the blame for the 2015 Gold King Mine blowout to the state of Colorado, tribal and state energy companies, mining companies, and other nonparties, the state of New Mexico has told a federal judge.

  4. January 21, 2022

    Feds, Mining Cos. Ink $90M Deal In Gold King Mine Spill Suit

    Four federal agencies and two mining companies announced a $90 million settlement agreement to put an end to multidistrict litigation regarding a 2015 contamination incident at the Gold King Mine where 3 million gallons of toxic acid drainage infiltrated local rivers.

  5. August 06, 2021

    Judge Sanctions Feds Over Evidence In Gold King Spill Suit

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deserves sanctions for losing evidence stored on iPhones and an iPad related to a major 2015 spill of toxic water from a dammed gold mine, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

  6. July 07, 2021

    Navajo Can't Appeal Gold Mine's Exit From Toxic Spill Suit Yet

    Navajo Nation members can't appeal a New Mexico federal judge's decision to let a mining company and its subsidiary out of litigation related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill until after the first phase of the trial is over, the judge has ruled.

  7. May 25, 2021

    EPA Contractor Can't Duck Gold King Spill Suit, Navajo Say

    The Navajo Nation and New Mexico urged a federal judge Monday not to release from their lawsuit a contractor accused of triggering a 2015 toxic water blowout from the Gold King Mine, saying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractor isn't shielded from state law liability.

  8. May 07, 2021

    Mining Cos. Settle Toxic Spill Claims With Utah For $5.5M

    A group of mining companies along with the state of Utah filed a joint bid on Friday urging a New Mexico federal judge to accept a $5.5 million settlement agreement that would resolve claims against the mining entities over a 2015 mine collapse that contaminated water sources.

  9. May 04, 2021

    Mining Co. Beats Feds' Toxic Spill Claims, For Now

    Mining company Kinross Gold Corp. has escaped cross-claims from the U.S. government stemming from a 2015 mine collapse and waste spill, after a New Mexico federal judge found the government hadn't disputed the company's argument that the court lacks jurisdiction.

  10. January 13, 2021

    Tribe Reaches $10M Settlement With Mining Cos. In Toxic Spill

    The Navajo Nation said Wednesday that it had reached a $10 million settlement with two mining companies it sued over the 2015 Gold King Mine waste spill that poisoned waterways used by the tribe.