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Mountain Mist Mine, Hicks Chapel
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Mining in your backyard, part four: The story of Mountain Mist Mine and the neighbors contesting it

by Jack Igelman August 7, 2023August 7, 2023

Residents of Hicks Chapel, a rural community in McDowell County, challenge to mining expansion was rejected by an administrative law judge.

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Mining in your backyard, part two: The story of Mountain Mist Mine and the neighbors contesting it

by Jack Igelman March 3, 2023April 21, 2023
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by Ben Sessoms July 6, 2022July 7, 2022
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by Ben Sessoms June 21, 2022June 21, 2022
Brian Long, plant manager of Chemours Fayetteville Works in Bladen County.
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