From the Friday, May 27, 2005 online edition of Mineweb out of Johannesburg, South Africa . . .
[This write-up contains background information I've not seen in any previous articles.]
Montana's Governor has asked U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to get the International Joint Commission involved in the fight between his state and the British Columbia Ministry of Mines over a proposed open-pit coal mine near Fernie, B.C.
This is the second time in less than a year that a U.S. state has gone to the International Joint Commission to resolve a dispute concerning alleged U.S. pollution generated by Canadian mining operations.
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, U.S. Senator Max Baucus, D-Montana, and the Montana Legislature have all expressed their objection to the proposed coaking coal project near the BC/Montana border. Cline Mining Corp., whose major shareholder is The Mitsui Matsushima group of Japan, has ownership of the property which was originally explored by Rio Algom in the 1970s.
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