Spanish Firm to Move Planned Pulp Mill In Uruguay Away From Argentine Border

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Buenos aires—The Spanish firm Grupo Empresarial rnENCE Dec. 12 said it will relocate a planned $1.2 billion pulp mill in Uruguay to the Rio de la Plata, away from the border with Argentina, which has strongly protested the mill based on pollution fears.rnAfter meeting with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner rnin Buenos Aires, ENCE chairman Juan Arregui said the plant will be built in the Department of Colonia, 60 kilometers from the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, rather than on the Uruguay river directly across from Argentine territory.