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Jun 24, 2009 | WLUC-TV Negaunee

Refinery booming, still scheduled for shutdown

They've weathered economic storms in the past. But residents in Ontonagon County say there aren't many options for workers at the White Pine Refinery, facing a plant closure next year.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Vancouver Sun

HudBay to close copper smelter, refinery

HudBay Minerals Inc., which last February cancelled its $672-million acquisition of Lundin Mining Corp.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

NewsCenter 25

White Pine Refinery shutting down

The White Pine Copper Refinery in Ontonagon County will be closing down withinA one year.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

The StarPhoenix

HudBay Minerals to close copper smelter in Flin Flon, Manitoba

HudBay Minerals Inc. announced Thursday it plans to close its copper smelter in Flin Flon Man., before July 1, 2010, a move expected to affect the nearby community of Creighton.

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Mon May 04, 2009

WLUC-TV Negaunee

CAC and DNR to meet

The Western Upper Peninsula Citizen Advisory Council, CAC,A for the Department of Natural Resources will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. EDT, Monday, May 18, at Konteka Motel, located at 400 Main Street , Mineral Circle Plaza in White Pine.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

WLUC-TV Negaunee

Board set to close Ontonagon school

After a bond proposal that would have moved Ontonagon elementary students into the high school failed last year, school administrators are trying it again.A But this time they're not going to the public.

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