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Article: United States : Iron Range copper mine project inches ahead.
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- October 29, 2009
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PolyMet, a Canadian company, purchased the former LTV steel taconite plant in Hoyt Lakes and plans to transform it into the processing center for copper and other metals. It says the ore contains very low amounts of sulfur and its processing would be environmentally safe.
Environmentalists worry about water pollution from a proposed Iron Range copper mine, but a plant official says the method is safe.
By TOM MEERSMAN, Star Tribune
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