Fredericktown New Cobalt Mine - Missouri Whitewater Association

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- 04/12/2018 at 11:27 am #12637
  DaggerDan
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  They show a picture of the Fredericktown City Lake, but is that where they are going to start digging? It says nearby. I wonder where all this land was purchased?
  
  http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/st-louis-business-owner-hastie-buys-missouri-cobalt-mine-as/article_3a410b61-9a1f-5188-8d4a-f9ef950ebe8a.html
  
  https://dailyjournalonline.com/business/local/fredericktown-cobalt-mine-purchased/article_9f369076-5e11-5d32-826c-ce3d42dd31ea.html
- 04/12/2018 at 1:38 pm #12643
  chris
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  I guess it might be one of these: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.Cleanup&id=0701102#bkground
  
  #2 has the same name as the company, but that may not matter??
  
  Hopefully, not #6. Though it is a little disturbing to think we routinely boat through a superfund site.
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- 04/15/2018 at 11:45 am #12687
  Bilbo
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  The only place where cobalt is mentioned as a contaminant is OU5, but that may also not matter if this is a new mine.
  
  https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.ous&id=0701102
- 04/26/2018 at 11:38 am #12799
  Vincent Swoboda
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  The need for cobalt is rising because of the increased sales of lithium ion batteries with Electric Vehicles one of the largest uses for those. When I look over the EPA’s info on the Madison County I see that most of these mining sites are still not completely clean. Are tree hugging Prius drivers about to cause more environmental damage?
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