Results for keyword: Molybdenum
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A mining town gets a second chance
The writer says Leadville faces a return to life as a mining town
by Stephen Voynick, Jun 19, 2006 -
In search of the Glory Days
Twenty years after its longtime mainstay, the Climax Molybdenum Mine, closed, Leadville, Colo., is still groping for a secure economy and a new identity.
by Steve Voynick, with Ray Ring and Hal Clifford, Dec 23, 2002 -
'The mine is everything'
An anonymous Questeno says the Molycorp mine has given much to the community and been a good steward of the land.
by Sandhya Ganapathy And Eirian Humphreys, Aug 28, 2000 -
'A mine divides a community'
Lifelong Questa resident Berlinda Trujillo has spent years in labor and environmental struggles with the Molycorp mine.
by Sandhya Ganapathy And Eirian Humphreys, Aug 28, 2000 -
'If you want the jobs, you're going to have to deal with it'
Questa resident Alice Martinez defends the Molycorp mine, where her husband worked for many years.
by Sandhya Ganapathy And Eirian Humphreys, Aug 28, 2000 -
'Molycorp hasn't been a good neighbor to us'
Lifelong Questa resident Joe Cisneros says Molycorp has damaged his air, water and community.
by Sandhya Ganapathy And Eirian Humphreys, Aug 28, 2000 -
The life and times of a mining town
A timeline traces the history of the Molycorp mine in Questa, N.M., and its environmental problems.
by Ernest Atencio, Aug 28, 2000 -
The mine that turned the Red River blue
Though the economic future of the area is uncertain, activists welcome a possible Superfund listing for the huge Molycorp molybdenum mine in Questa, N.M., as a way to save the town and the Red River from yet more mine-waste pollution.
by Ernest Atencio, Aug 28, 2000 -
Amax's return delayed
Cyprus-Amax's plan to open a controversial molybdenum mine near Crested Butte, Colo., has been stalled by a water court judge's postponement of a trial over whether the mining company can build a reservoir.
by Stanley Yung, Nov 23, 1998 -
Amax returns with a vengeance
Cyprus-Amax is determined to start mining molybdenum near Crested Butte, Colo., despite local opposition which defeated the company once 20 years ago.
by Shara Rutberg, Dec 08, 1997
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