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U.S.Magnesium

USA / Utah / Grantsville /
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lots of hazardous waste-PCB'S&HCB'. Magnesium has been produced at the 4,525-acre site since 1972. US Magnesium, previously called MagCorp, has a total of approximately 375 to 380 employees, according to Tripp. That makes the company, which is owned by billionaire industrialist Ira Rennert’s Renco Group, one of the largest private sector employers in Tooele County.
US Magnesium extracts magnesium chloride from the Great Salt Lake and sells the separated chlorine waste. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory, the company recycled about 252 million pounds of chlorine in 2007, enough to fill about 1,400, 90-ton tankers.
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Coordinates:   40°54'56"N   112°43'44"W
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