North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Owners of the Kensington mine announced in mid-August that it has finished building nearly all the facilities that it needs to begin operations.

But plans for a disposal facility for a slurry containing millions of tons of mine waste into a small lake are still on hold, the Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. said.

The federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in May that the Idaho-based company's plan...