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

When When Steve Wackowski asked his superiors at the U.S. Department of Interior office in Washington D.C. for a message to deliver at the Alaska Miners Association's annual convention in Anchorage, their response put an exclamation point on a clear shift in federal policy since President Donald Trump took office – "The war on mining is over."

This does not mean the United States' mining sector ha...