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Teck confesses to a century of US river pollution

Marc Howe | September 11, 2012 | 3:14 am Base Metals Energy Precious Metals Canada Europe Coal Copper Gold Lead Zinc 

Diversified mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TCK.A) has confessed to polluting the upper reaches of Columbia River in Washington State for nearly a century with effluent discharge from one of its BC-situated smelters. The admission was made by Teck subsidiary...

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