Montana's closed toxic Open Pit Copper Mine is so costly

Berkeley Pit, a flooded open-pit copper mine with green water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Ej2EtE744

The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, is an abandoned open-pit copper mine that filled with groundwater.

The water is acidic and metal-rich, so pumps and treatment have to keep the level below the point where it would flow into local streams.

Saturday September 12th 2020