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January 2010
No. 411

Ash Grove Durkee to Close

Citing decreased demand, Ash Grove Cement Co, the US’s second largest industrial mercury emitter, is suspending operations at its Durkee facility this week. The company has committed to spending up to $20 million to cut its pollution 75 percent by July 2010 using a carbon injection system that would capture mercury in existing fabric filters. That work will go forward despite the plant shutdown.

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