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Vol. 10, No. 21 Week of May 22, 2005
Providing coverage of Alaska and Northwest Canada's mineral industry


MINING NEWS: Alaska’s Red Dog mine tops Toxics Release Inventory

State and Teck Cominco argue that true quality of environment is not reflected in bald statistics; risks to humans ‘well within acceptable limits’ according to new assessment by Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Sarah Hurst

Mining News Editor

Red Dog’s unenviable position at the top of the Environmental Protection Agency’s national Toxics Release Inventory doesn’t mean that the world’s largest zinc mine is a dangerous polluter, according to the state of Alaska. The Teck Cominco-operated mine in the Arctic, near Kotzebue, released 487.4 m....

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DEC: Risks ‘well within acceptable limits’

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