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Uranium mine permit process grinds forward

April 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic

SD Department of Environment and Natural Resources recommends mining permit be granted. Continue Reading

OPINION: Uranium mine too great a risk for SD

February 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Powertech (USA), Inc., a Canadian company with just 10 employees owned by a stock market hedge fund, is planning a massive uranium mining operation near Edgemont.
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SD regulators more authority in uranium mine regulation

January 22, 2013 in The Daily Republic

RAPID CITY (AP) South Dakota environmental officials have asked the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission for more authority in regulating a proposed Powertech USA Inc. uranium mine near Edgemont.
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DENR recommends approval of Powertech plan

December 17, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Powertech Uranium Corp. plans to pump groundwater into the underground ore deposits near Edgemont to dissolve the uranium. Continue Reading

Black Hills ranchers clash over proposed uranium mine

December 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

One rancher fears the so-called Dewey Burdock Project by the Canadian corporation Powertech Uranium will most likely deplete the underground aquifer system that supplies her 8,000-acre ranch with clean water.
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US, state agencies review proposed uranium mine near Edgemont

November 19, 2012 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE(AP) Federal and state agencies are on the cusp of deciding the fate of a long-debated uranium mine in southwestern South Dakota that would produce about 1 million pounds of uranium oxide annually for the next two decades.
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