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Records show safety complaints, poor maintenance at site of deadly pulp mill disaster 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- September 5, 2026
SEATTLE — A pulp mill in Washington state where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals, records reviewed by The Associated Press show. State inspectors had planned to visit the plant to interview workers about two unrelated safety complaints
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US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets 0
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- August 3, 2026
EXETER, N.H. — A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Donald Trump’s administration desperately wants to produce domestically from the
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Oil companies are expected to reap big profits because of US-Iran conflict 0

NEW YORK — Analysts are expecting major oil companies to report raking in large spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted shortages. The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow