Alcoa Refuses to Sign Compromise Over Mining Regulations, Indiana
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A dispute between southwestern Indiana residents and Alcoa Corp. over local mining regulations has come to a standstill.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports that Boonville Mayor Charlie Wyatt and an association of about 40 residents say Pittsburgh-based Alcoa refused to put into writing a compromise the parties had reached about an expansion of coal mining.
Alcoa had filed a lawsuit against Boonville last week after the city approved an ordinance that bans explosives for mining within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the city.
Alcoa says the expansion at Liberty Mine is needed to provide fuel for partially restarting a smelter plant at its Warrick Operations along the Ohio River near Evansville. Alcoa says it plans on restoring about 275 of the 600 jobs it cut by shutting down the smelter in 2016.
Source: Associated Press
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