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COPPER MINING: Unstable pit wall cuts Highland Valley output

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | July 7, 2009 | 6:49 am Base Metals Copper

BRITISH COLUMBIA — The Highland Valley Copper operation belonging to Teck Resources of Vancouver will be forced to curtail production for the next 18 months after a stress crack in the east wall of the Valley pit was identified late in June 2008…..more at Canadian Mining Journal