Even though it's still not a done deal, Kennecott Minerals moved forward Thursday with its plans for a nickel and copper mine in the Yellow Dog Plains of Marquette County.
Kennecott's president David Salisbury spoke to potential contractors and vendors in a packed room at the Ramada Inn in Marquette.
"As we begin the process of contracting for work," Salisbury said, "many of those jobs will come through early contacts. So they will be folks locally that are working in the businesses that were represented today."
Kennecott is hoping to start construction of mine in late summer, and being mining operations in 2009.
There are still a few obstacles for the mining company to overcome.
The Department of Environmental Quality still has to give its final okay on permits for the mine, and public hearings on the matter will be held early next month.
Kennecott also needs to get a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding groundwater discharge before it can start building.
The mine has attracted controversy and opposition locally because it would extract the ore from a sulfide body which some say could threaten the environment.
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