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"Really, we’re trying to make sure our employees have jobs," said the mine’s CEO. "How can we make this enormous resource continue to work for our workers, our state and our shareholders?"

"The more competitive choices in Montana that businesses have, the better off we all are," he said. "We exist to be a competitive force in the market place. It gives Montana employers more opportunity to shop around."

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“It doesn’t guarantee the expansion’s going to be in Butte, but what it does do is create a market for the product for the next seven years,” he said. “It equates to good news and we are still working very closely with REC to help them determine that Butte’s the best site.”

"The first couple of months we’ll feel it," Stordahl said. "We’re going to stay aggressive and our service will take care of it."

John Schneeberger and Corrine Gantt founded the Bitterroot Composite Lumber Company. The business would use mill waste and biomass from restoration and fuel-reduction projects as well as recycled plastics to create boards for outdoor decks. The business itself would be called Montana Decks.