Articles from the June 24, 2007 edition
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Red Dog mine faces new challenge
The Red Dog Mine, 17 years after startup, is unquestionably the economic and human resources success story of the Northwest Arctic Borough. Zinc and lead prices are strong, and production is up at the mine, which is operated by Teck Cominco Alaska... — Updated 1/10/2018
Alaska mine wins a round in legal battle
An Anchorage judge gave little credence to arguments by a Nome citizens' group that construction of Rock Creek gold mine should be halted, decisively ruling in favor of developer NovaGold Resources. After a hearing in Alaska District Court June 7,... — Updated 6/24/2007
British Columbia producing faster than ever
The mining industry in British Columbia surpassed itself in 2006, with revenues at an all-time high, according to the annual survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Net income for companies active in the province totaled C$2.3 billion, by far the... — Updated 6/24/2007
Mining news summary: Drills turning all over Alaska
A recent piece in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper indicated that the U.S. Department of Labor has determined that mining employment has hit a 4-year low in Alaska. I'm not sure who the Depa... — Updated 6/24/2007
Petition calls for Cook Inlet coal mining ban
TRustees for Alaska, the non-profit law firm that represented the Nome plaintiffs in the case against Rock Creek mine, has teamed up with another citizens' group to oppose coal mining in the Cook Inlet area. The new group is called the Chuitna... — Updated 6/24/2007
High prices excite B.C. moly investors
Molybdenum prices have gained altitude and performed a "loop the loop" in recent years that aerobatic pilots would envy. Skyrocketing from a low of $2 a pound in 2002 to a peak of $50 a pound in 2005, before dipping to the $20-a-pound range last... — Updated 6/24/2007
Starfield Resources sees shine in PGMs
Geology isn't always a fast-moving business, especially when you consider that minerals lie around for billions of years before they're discovered and eventually mined. So the fact that Toronto-based Starfield Resources has recently sprung into... — Updated 6/24/2007
Hemis launches hunt for offshore gold
A geologist who worked in Alaska decades ago is following a long-harbored ambition to find out if there is gold on the seabed in Cook Inlet. Doug Oliver helped to build the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and returned to the state in the early 1980s... — Updated 6/24/2007
BLM reclaims historic mining properties
Fortunately for Alaska, there are relatively few abandoned mine sites in the state that pose a hazard to the public. Historically, placer mining was widespread in Alaska, which means there aren't too many deep adits where necks can be broken. But t... — Updated 6/24/2007
'The Birdman of Treadwell'
If Edwin Warren's diary is anything to go by, most miners in Alaska in the early 20th century were more interested in spending their paychecks on booze and debauchery than writing eloquent accounts of their daily lives and natural surroundings.... — Updated 6/24/2007
Yukon government comes to Minto's aid
The open pit Minto mine in the Yukon produced its first copper-gold concentrates in late May as part of the equipment commissioning process. Production is forecast to ramp up to full capacity during the third quarter of 2007, Vancouver-based... — Updated 6/24/2007