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Court Seeks More Details On Mine Tailings Case

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DAN JOLING

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court asked for supplemental briefs in a case that could set a precedent in how mines dispose of tailings, the waste rock left over after metals are extracted.

Justices on Monday ordered briefs by May 15 in a lawsuit that focuses on the proposed Kensington Mine north of Juneau.

Mine developer Coeur Alaska Inc. in 2005 received permits from the Army Corps of Engineers to dump tailings into in Lower Slate Lake. ...

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