Senator Tester tours Butte, Montana research lab

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., visited Butte Friday to tour a titanium research laboratory that is working to develop a new, environmentally friendly process of refining various types of ore.

Universal Technical Resource Services http://www.utrs.com/seaport_about.html , or UTRS, received $4.8 million in federal money last year and is seeking another $8 million in the upcoming budget.

"After the financial year 2011 process we feel we won’t need any more money for research," said Mike Lewis, the company’s director of business development.

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