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Will You Be Mining?
Senate committee considers mining reform, not all that into it |
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25 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:13 PM on 25 Jan 2008 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing yesterday on mining reform, indicating unwillingness to overhaul 136-year-old U.S. mining policy anywhere near as much as would a House of Representatives bill passed this fall. Senators seemed generally open to creating a cleanup fund and placing royalties on new mines, but key lawmakers from Western states balked a ... |
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