While we focused on waste removal, our ore release from the open pit suffered and we dipped into our lower-grade stockpile to feed the mill.

FORBES: Pan American 3Q Silver Output Lifted By Newly Acquired Dolores Mine; Adjusted Earnings Fall

The principal danger for people living near Jaduguda, say environmentalists, is a 40-hectare "tailing" pond used to hold liquid and solid waste produced in the processing of the ore into yellow cake.

CNN: NUCLEAR FALLOUT

Both L.A. and New York City are considering major waste-to-energy projects, and Waste Management is experimenting with new technologies, including a test facility in Arlington, Ore.

WSJ: Grappling With a Garbage Glut