New York-based copper producer Asarco Inc. said Oct. 25 that it has signed an agreement to merge with Mexico’s largest copper company, Grupo Mexico (HCN, 4/13/98). Total value of the deal is $1.18 billion. The copper industry has been consolidating in reaction to a global oversupply of the metal and record low prices earlier this […]
Ali Macalady And Karen Mockler
Posted inOctober 11, 1999: A home-grown Water War
The Wayward West
Idaho Lt. Gov. Butch Otter can’t stay out of hot water. The Environmental Protection Agency recently socked Otter with an $80,000 fine for dredging 2.7 acres of wetlands and a stream channel without a permit. It was his third EPA violation since 1992. Otter told the Idaho Statesman he accepted responsibility for failing to secure […]
Posted inOctober 11, 1999: A home-grown Water War
Recreation drives a forest
Colorado’s White River National Forest is a busy place. It hosts 11 ski areas – two-thirds of the state’s downhill skiing – and attracts about 8.4 million visitors a year (HCN, 12/7/98). Recreation use has boomed, with four-wheel drive devotees wanting more roads, and cross-country skiers hoping for more huts for winter use. Now, a […]