Stories from January, 2025
Stories from January, 2025
Reinstating Ambler Road permits was part of the "Unleashing Alaska" executive order signed by President Trump on first day back in office. With the stroke of a pen on his first day back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reverse the previous administration's decision to revoke permits required to build a road to the Ambler Mining District, along with a series of other Biden era initiatives that are significantly impacting resource...
Reaching its zenith in 2024, Red Dog zinc output is expected to diminish... at least for now. Teck Resources Ltd.'s Red Dog Mine in Alaska produced a whopping 555,600 metric tons (1.22 billion pounds) of zinc during 2024, accounting for roughly 5% of all the galvanizing metal mined on Earth last year. The phenomenal Northwest Alaska zinc-lead-silver-germanium mine, however, has reached its apex. Over the coming years, Red Dog's output and status as the world's largest...
Agreement signed at AME Roundup focuses on mineral exploration, capacity building, and sustainability. Across Canada's North, Indigenous governments are increasingly taking a seat at the table, shaping how resource development unfolds on their lands. For the Tlicho Government, this proactive approach reached a new milestone at AME Roundup 2025, where it signed a memorandum of understanding with Australia-based Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. to explore the mineral potential of...
Funds will support ARE's endeavors to educate Alaska youth on natural resource opportunities. In support of fostering a new generation of Alaskan natural resource workers, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the Alaska Resource Education (ARE) $300,000 to fund the mission of spreading awareness about careers in the energy sector. "This funding will benefit hundreds of students by allowing us to further our mission of spreading awareness about Alaska's natural resources...
Natural gas shortage has GVEA generating more Usibelli coal-fired power on the supply side, discussing demand-side scenarios with Fort Knox. While the idea of rolling blackouts during the cold and dark days of an Interior Alaska winter is less than ideal, Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) cautioned its customers in Fairbanks and the surrounding area to be prepared for such a scenario. To help keep the lights on and the furnaces running, Alaska mines are adding coal to...
New study prepared for Trilogy Metals demonstrates that mining a small portion of the Bornite deposit would extend mining in the Ambler District to 30 years. A new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for developing an underground mine at the high-grade Bornite copper deposit in the Ambler Mining District shows that the two largest deposits outlined so far at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP) could deliver copper and other metals critical to the United States into the...
Northern Star's Alaska operation continues to trend toward 300,000 oz/y gold production rate. Northern Star Resources Ltd. Jan. 21 announced that its Pogo Mine produced 72,786 ounces of gold during the final three months of calendar year 2024, pushing the annual total to the brink of 280,000 oz. Since completing an expansion of the Pogo mill to 1.3 million metric tons per year in 2022, Northern Star has been steadily ramping up gold output at the high-grade underground mine...
