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Kinross Alaska breaks ground at Gil Mine
GIL-SOURDOUGH – With a Sept. 23 blast of explosives that fractured rock in preparation for the start of mining at Gil-Sourdough, Kinross Gold Corp. has raised the bar for mine openings with a... — Updated 10/28/2021
Tough tungsten vulnerable to China control
Extremely hard and with the highest melting point of all the metals, tungsten's toughness is legendary. Like many of the other metals that have found their way onto critical mineral lists in... — Updated 9/16/2021 Full story
Gold – a pathfinder to critical minerals
Though gold is not considered a metal critical to the United States, this increasingly valuable precious metal could serve as a pathfinder element for several of the other minerals and metals the... — Updated 12/30/2020 Full story
US stomachs bismuth import dependence
Would you consider drinking heavy metals to make your stomach feel better? A serum containing arsenic, cadmium, lead or mercury would only make matters worse and could be deadly. Bismuth, the... — Updated 12/30/2020 Full story
Tough tungsten at high supply risk in US
America's supply of tungsten, an extremely durable metal that is vital to a broad range of American industrial sectors, is at high-risk. A recent U.S. Geological Survey assessment to identify which... — Updated 12/23/2020 Full story
An Alaskan fortune: 'Wise Mike' Stepovich
A true northern pioneer far from his Eastern European home, 'Wise' Mike Stepovich, settles in a new land and leaves behind a historic legacy in Alaska's Golden Heart City. The history of Fairbanks... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Critical Minerals Alaska – Tungsten
Extremely hard and with the highest melting point of all the elements on the periodic table, tungsten is a vital ingredient to a wide-range of industrial and military applications, yet none of this... — Updated 9/25/2020
Gold – a pathfinder to critical minerals
Since the stampedes of prospectors trekked North in the latter half of the 19th Century, the lure of Alaska's rich gold lodes has drawn dreamers and miners North. Today, four hardrock mines and... — Updated 6/22/2020 Full story
China domination makes tungsten critical
Extremely hard and with the highest melting point of all the elements on the periodic table, tungsten is vital to a broad spectrum of commercial and military applications, yet there are no mines in... — Updated 6/22/2020 Full story