The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Alaska released a public notice and draft project authorizations June 1, relating to the NovaGold Resources Rock Creek mine project located eight miles outside Nome. A 30-day public review and... — Updated 6/25/2006

Mining exploration spending in the Yukon Territories during 2005 was estimated at C$53 million, up 141 percent over the previous year, according the Yukon Minerals Advisory Board annual report issued June 1. The report said that was a significant... — Updated 6/25/2006

Alaska vendors reaped a share of $110 million spent last year to keep the open pit Fort Knox gold mine humming night and day, according to Lorna Shaw, community affairs director of mine owner Fairbanks Gold Mining, a subsidiary of Kinross Gold... — Updated 3/26/2006

Stephen Hodgson, vice president of engineering for Northern Dynasty Mines Inc., says he often hears people who don't live in Alaska talk about the isolation of his company's Pebble mine prospect, but he doesn't consider Pebble to be isolated at... — Updated 3/26/2006

Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. has seen the future, and the future - its Jumbo Dome project - is bigger and better than anything the company has mined in the past, says Steve Denton, Usibelli vice president of business development. Jumbo Dome promises to... — Updated 3/26/2006

This summer, Vancouver, British Columbia-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. will spend $20 million on an expanded-scale continuation of its drilling program at the newest discovery in the east zone of its Pebble mine project near Iliamna on the... — Updated 2/26/2006

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. will defer permit applications for its Pebble project near Iliamna on the Alaska Peninsula for at least one year while it evaluates the ramifications of its adjacent new east zone... — Updated 12/25/2005

South Africa-based AngloGold Ashanti is happy with its exploration results in Alaska so far, and it will be back for more in 2006, says Jeff Pontius, the company's exploration manager. "It's paid out pretty well for us, we have a lot of gold... — Updated 11/27/2005

Toronto-based Metallica Resources Inc. has identified targets for its 2006 exploratory drilling program on the Alaska Peninsula, according to Mark Petersen, Metallica geologist and exploration manager. Petersen said Metallica is moving forward... — Updated 11/27/2005

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. is looking to speed up the rate of mining, and to improve gold recovery at its proposed Pebble porphyry copper-gold project near Illiamna in Southwest Alaska. Because of the enormous... — Updated 11/27/2005

Whether the Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Pebble project in Southwest Alaska is economic to develop is a question for others, but Pebble field geologist Richard Moses is certain of one thing: The rocks at and around the Pebble prospect are the... — Updated 10/30/2005

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. has discovered a significant new porphyry copper-gold system at its Pebble project in near Iliamna in Southwest Alaska, according to Ronald Thiessen, company president and CEO. The... — Updated 9/25/2005

Agrium Inc. plans to proceed with a 310,000 tonne potash expansion at its Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, potash mine, the company said in an April 11 statement. The expansion will increase Agrium's total annual potash capacity to 2.1 million tonnes.... — Updated 4/24/2005

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski said conserving natural gas could help save Agrium's Kenai Peninsula fertilizer plant and suggested reopening the Healy clean coal plant, a $300 million experimental power generation facility that was shuttered in 2000 a... — Updated 2/27/2005

Homer Electric Association and Northern Dynasty Mines Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., will conduct a joint initiative to review the feasibility of a phased power development plan for the Pebble gold-copper-molybde... — Updated 1/30/2005

After a busy summer, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. is on schedule and optimistic it can meet its timeline for a 2009 commencement of mining operations at its Pebble deposit, a proposed open pit, gold-copper-molybdenum-silver mine near Iliamna in... — Updated 11/28/2004

The future looks bright for the Pebble gold-copper-molybdenum project near Iliamna in southwestern Alaska. Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. President and CEO Ronald W. Thiessen said a preliminary assessment of the project indicates excellent... — Updated 11/7/2004

Robust metal prices are the most positive factor affecting Alaska's mining industry over the past year, according to Steve Borell, executive director of the Alaska Miners Association. "Metal prices are what drives the industry," Borell said. He... — Updated 10/31/2004

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. has zeroed in on a port site on the southwest corner of Iniskin Bay on Cook Inlet, to serve its Pebble deposit, a proposed open pit, gold-copper-molybdenum-silver mine near Iliamna in Southwestern Alaska, according to... — Updated 10/31/2004

Tucson-based Liberty Star Gold Corp. started a boring project Oct. 23 on its expansive Big Chunk project properties, which border the Northern Dynasty Mineral Ltd. Pebble project near Iliamna in Southwestern Alaska. Drilling was scheduled to last... — Updated 10/31/2004