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  • Major coal companies in Colombia such as Alabama-based Drummond Co., Glencore International AG and BHP Billiton Ltd. use their own rail lines to deliver product from open-pit coal mines located relatively close to the coast.

    Riot Police Face Striking Truckers in Colombia Dan Molinski 2011

  • Major coal companies in Colombia such as Alabama-based Drummond Co., Glencore International AG and BHP Billiton Ltd. use their own rail lines to deliver coal from open-pit mines located relatively close to the coast.

    Striking Colombia Truckers Stall Traffic With Roadblocks Dan Molinski 2011

  • Associated Press An open-pit ironore mine proposed for this northern Wisconsin site would create 700 direct jobs, backers say, but opponents worry about pollution.

    Mine Plan Prompts Backlash Amy Merrick 2011

  • A voice suddenly began to speak from the rear end of the cell close to the open-pit latrine.

    A Simple Case 2010

  • A voice suddenly began to speak from the rear end of the cell close to the open-pit latrine.

    A Simple Case 2010

  • —Plans to develop an open-pit iron mine in northwestern Wisconsin are the latest flash point in a growing national debate that weighs the prospect of new jobs against concern about environmental damage.

    Mine Plan Prompts Backlash Amy Merrick 2011

  • Picture a two-mile-wide open-pit mine gouged into the landscape at the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed.

    Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

  • Picture a two-mile-wide open-pit mine gouged into the landscape at the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed.

    Joel Reynolds: Telling Rio Tinto To Stop the Mine in Bristol Bay Before It Starts Joel Reynolds 2011

  • "People care about jobs, but also we're going to eat, breathe and drink the environmental impacts of this open-pit mine," said Mike Wiggins, chairman of the Bad River Band of Chippewa, a tribe whose reservation is about 10 miles from the proposed mine site spanning Ashland and Iron counties.

    Mine Plan Prompts Backlash Amy Merrick 2011

  • A voice suddenly began to speak from the rear end of the cell close to the open-pit latrine.

    A Simple Case 2010

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