Mining and Metals Industry News Sample

Jun 19, 2002 23:43:28

COEUR D’ALENE: Faces Suit Over Bunker Hill Superfund Site in Idaho

FREDERICK, Maryland (SunStream News) -- Coeur D’Alene Mines Corporation was named as a defendant in a private class action filed in January 2002, in the Idaho District Court for the First District, in Kootenai County, Idaho. The suit was filed against against the companies that have been defendants in the prior Bunker Hill Superfund site and natural resources litigation in the Coeur d’Alene Basin. The suit demands that the Companies finance medical monitoring to identify and treat health problems allegedly caused by their mining and smelting activities, which poisoned the region’s water and soil with lead and other heavy metals. At this early stage of the litigation, the Company cannot predict the outcome of this suit.

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Source: Class Action Reporter

Publication Date: 2002-06-20

 

NWS:	LAW

COY:	CDE

IND:	MNG

GEO:	n-us-id

 

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