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As part of our series “Digging Deep: What Does RMI Mean For Glenwood Springs?” Aspen Public Radio is looking at the origins of the company, its leaders, how its current financial path may be a familiar one and what one expert has to say about the company’s financial fate.
From Yearbooks to Limestone
Gregory Dangler and Chad Brownstein began what was originally called Rocky Mountain Resources in 2015 after co-opting another company named Online Yearbook that had existed for a few years already, according to Rocky Mountain Industrials’ 10-K SEC filing. That company was set up to develop and market digital yearbooks for schools, companies and government agencies. But not only did Dangler and Brownstein change the name from Online Yearbook to RMR Industrials, Inc., they also transformed the original company’s business plan into what RMI is today.
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Federal studies to determine the extent of that impact could take months, but Aspen Public Radio spoke with experts to get a sense of what they might find as part of our series Digging Deep: What Does RMI Mean For Glenwood Springs?
An in-depth gauge of any potential harm would come in the form of an Environmental Impact Statement – a lengthy study conducted by the Bureau of Land Management used to determine whether the mining company should get a green light to expand digging.
The agency said such a study would take at least a year, but experts who have seen other similar mines – and conducted preliminary studies on this one – can postulate as to what an expanded mine could mean for the natural world.
Digging Deep: A Long List Of Permits Stands In the Way Of RMI s Mine Expansion aspenpublicradio.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspenpublicradio.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.