Articles from the February 28, 2010 edition
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Statistics show mining matters to Alaska
The Alaska Miners Association recently released an economic benefits summary of the Alaska mining industry. This summary indicated that in 2009 the Alaska mining industry provided 3,300 direct jobs... — Updated 2/28/2010
Elephant in the room burdens our economy
The economic catastrophe that has plagued the national economy for the past 24 months has precipitated a laundry list of blame factors and proposed solutions that are simultaneously well intended and, thus far at least, ineffective. The bailout of... — Updated 2/28/2010
To be a true Alaskan is to be pro-mining
I am a great supporter of Alaska's mining industry. How could an Alaskan not be? In 2009, Alaska's mining industry paid a total of US$12.3 million to local governments, US$35 million to the state government in royalties, rents, fees, and taxes,... — Updated 2/28/2010
Porphyries can bolster gold supply
As the price of gold soars to all-time highs and physical demand climbs in the face of a weakening U.S. dollar, gold companies are embracing new approaches and shifting focus from pure gold deposits to polymetallic, or gold-containing, base-metal... — Updated 2/28/2010
Pebble opponents seek river protections
Environmental groups are pushing for special protection of watersheds near the enormous Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum deposit, which, according to the most recent estimate by the Pebble Partnership, contains around 80.6 billion pounds of copper,... — Updated 2/28/2010
Cupric Canyon scours globe for copper
Bankers, miners and scientists are predicting a shortage of copper in the coming decade as developing countries, particularly China and India, urbanize and industrialize. This growing need has spurr... — Updated 2/28/2010
Terrane wreck lures explorers to Alaska
Geologically, Alaska is a terrane wreck, with multiple tectonic plates dumping their mineral payloads over the landscape. Geologists are still sifting through the wreckage in many places across the... — Updated 2/28/2010
B.C. mining prepares for rally in 2010
Mineral exploration activity in British Columbia fell 58 percent to $154 million in 2009 from C$367 million a year earlier, but one B.C. government official said the outcome still was the sixth-highest for exploration spending in the past 20 years... — Updated 2/28/2010
Roundup 2010 goes for the gold
With base metal prices bouncing back and liquidity returning to the financial markets, a feeling of optimism filled the Westin Bayshore Hotel during the 2010 Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver... — Updated 2/28/2010
City weighs cost of geothermal project
A large abandoned underground gold mine just south of the City of Yellowknife could provide the Northwest Territories community with geothermal power, an environmentally friendly resource to help meet the Far North community's energy needs. But... — Updated 2/28/2010 Full story
High court backs regulators on Red Chris
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Jan. 21 that federal regulators must confine their mine project review scoping decisions to alternatives allowed under provisions of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. But in a unanimous decision, Canada's... — Updated 2/28/2010 Full story
Red Chris Project still faces a big challenge
Though federal and provincial regulators prevailed in a legal challenge to the green light they gave Imperial Metals Corp. for the Red Chris copper-gold porphyry project in northwestern British Columbia, the proposed mine has another major hurdle t... — Updated 2/28/2010 Full story
Red Dog Mine faces possible shutdown
Coming off of a record year of zinc production, Red Dog partners Teck Resources Ltd. and NANA Regional Corp. are facing the possibility that operations at the zinc-lead mine will be shut down in... — Updated 2/28/2010
Amalco vows to be force in exploration
Left leaderless and weighed down with about C$11 million in debt in mid-2009, it appeared Freegold Ventures Ltd. would become another casualty of the market collapse of 2008. Many believe this... — Updated 2/28/2010
Technology evolves with CO2 emission cuts
As researchers around the world strive to shrink the level of greenhouse gases pouring into the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion and other sources, one aspect of the challenge is taking on new dimensions. Coal has long been recognized as a di... — Updated 2/28/2010 Full story
Peel land use plan gets 1-year timeout
The Government of Yukon has issued an immediate one-year interim withdrawal from mineral staking for all Crown Land, Category B settlement lands and fee simple lands in the Peel Watershed Region of Yukon Territory in hopes of providing certainty... — Updated 2/28/2010 Full story
