Drummond agrees to clean up Alabama mine leaking into Black Warrior River, pay $3.6M

Source: https://www.al.com/, May 18, 2022
By: Dennis Pillion

The Drummond Company has agreed to clean up an abandoned mine site west of Birmingham that environmental groups allege has been discharging acidic mining waste into the river since the mine closed decades ago.

Drummond will also pay $3.65 million toward the plaintiff’s legal fees and supplemental environmental projects in the area. The old mine is located along the banks of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River.  Read more.

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