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A group of neighbors who live directly south of the Tyrone Mine is proposing that Grant County adopt an ordinance that would attempt to hold mining companies accountable for adverse environmental impacts on communities adjacent to mineral extraction sites. Freeport-McMoRan, which also owns the Chino and Cobre open-pit copper mines in Grant County, is in the process of expanding its operations to the west and to the south of the … ....

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