[DaggerDanParticipant]

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

[chrisParticipant]

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.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by  chris.

[BilboParticipant]

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

[VinceSwobodaParticipant]

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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