Asarco Pays $1.79 Billion To Fix Sites

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 23:28 in Earth & Climate

After a four-year legal battle a mining company has paid the government a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution across 19 states.

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