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...would not meddle in such deals as Standard Oil of California's $4 billion bid to buy Amax, a producer of molybdenum and specialty metals, Standard Oil of Ohio's decision to buy Kennecott Copper for $1.8 billion, or Arco's purchase in 1977 of the Anaconda Co. The mere mention of such mergers between natural-resource giants would have set an oldtime trust-buster's blood boiling, and even Baxter conceded that his agency would act if the combinations turned out to be blatantly anticompetitive. But then he softened his stance by saying that there...
...that the Rossing mine of Namibia--South Africa's major source of production--is now the largest uranium strip mine in the world. Nor is it a coincidence that Rossing's predecessor in this dubiously prestigious position was the Jackpile Mine at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico--operated by Anaconda for the Atomic Energy Commission, and now by ARCO (the parent) for anyone who wants uranium. As Morton points out, "There is a relation between racism and uranium...
Proclaiming the city's energy eminence are the names over the doors of its new office towers: Energy Center I, the Petroleum Building and Anaconda Tower (the old copper mining company, now owned by Atlantic Richfield oil, is big in uranium). Construction of a 36-story Amoco Tower and a 23-story Energy Plaza will be completed next year. In all, 27 major office buildings are now going up. Work on two dozen more office complexes will begin in 1980. All this has transformed the once unimpressive skyline of Denver...
...installed the necessary cables. Failing that, GTE and the Iranians are likely to get into a court brawl when the injunction expires. As if to leave no doubt about its intentions to rap U.S. firms, the Iranian regime next day announced that it was abrogating a large contract with Anaconda, involving the building of a $1.7 billion copper purification plant...
...Anaconda made the first discovery of uranium in the U.S. at Laguna Pueblo, N.M., in 1951. Within 20 years, Anaconda's mine has become the largest uranium strip mine in the world, over five miles long and without any prospect for restoring the land to its original condition...