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A blighted Russian city pans for cash (International Herald Tribune)

Wednesday, 11 July 2007

The smelters of Norilsk produce a fifth of the world's nickel while emitting 1.9 million tons of sulfur dioxide a year - more than all of France. Spotting a business opportunity, factory officials have brought in a contractor to extract metals from the black sludge that covers the region, and make a few more rubles. Read more at: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/parking+lot+sweepers/SIG=11qr1ndi7/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/11/news/letter.php.

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