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

The Nature Conservancy Jan. 26 announced a deal that secures the sale and permanent retirement of an Alaskan coal field, while ensuring long-term income for an Alaskan Native community.

The deal will see the Chugach Alaska Corp., an Alaska Native regional corporation whose traditional lands stretch along the gulf of Alaska from the Kenai Peninsula to the Alaska Panhandle, sell the rights to it...