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[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

First of all...  I haven't done my homework...  but I wanted to pass along 
something I vaguely remember reading about Ti.  Perhaps this will ring a 
bell in someone else's mind?

I think there have been environmental issues with regard to Ti mining in the 
news.  If I remember correctly, Ti is often strip mined.  The article I read 
was about Ti strip mining in Russia (or was it the USSR?) and there were 
some issues about either the area being mined (sensitive/non-renewable?), 
the methods used, or perhaps pollution (rivers, air, ???) because of the 
mining.  Wish I could be more specific...

A quick web search yielded web sites for African, Canadian, Australian, and 
British companies.

FWIW, it's unclear whether the "issues" I read about for Ti were any 
different that "issues" for other resources mined in the same manner.  
Obviously, this wasn't anything I've read about recently.

Muddying the waters...

Mara
Stitches, GAME99
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