Over the past year, the firm owned by one of the biggest enemies of Pebble -- a huge copper and gold prospect -- has been investing millions of dollars in an international mining firm that wants to develop the controversial project in Southwest Alaska.
Workshop to look at placer mining
A man who started his own mining company will be giving a workshop this weekend in Fairbanks on placer mining.
Pebble Partnership expects to spend $140 million in '08
Two mining companies collaborating on the Pebble mine prospect have set a budget of more than $140 million this year.
Idaho firm increases Greens Creek holding to 100 percent
Hecla Mining Company said Thursday that it has bought for $750 million the Rio Tinto PLC subsidiaries that held a 70 percent interest in the Greens Creek silver mine and joint venture located near Juneau.
A tiny earmark in a multibillion-dollar budget has sparked a huge new debate surrounding one of the state's biggest controversies -- the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska.
Monitoring of Pebble drilling is questioned
A former federal fisheries biologist is critiquing state regulators' oversight of mineral exploration at the massive copper and gold Pebble prospect in Southwest Alaska.
Pebble Partnership names Shively point man
The Pebble Partnership, a group formed last summer to increase support for developing a huge copper and gold deposit upstream from salmon-rich Bristol Bay, announced Wednesday that John Shively will head the partnership.
Court date set for Red Dog pollution lawsuit
A pollution lawsuit filed by a few Kivalina residents against the operator of the Red Dog Mine will go to trial in Anchorage federal district court on May 19.
Citizens' group files suit over Chuitna coal plan
A citizens' group has filed a lawsuit over a proposal to develop a large strip coal mine across Cook Inlet from Alaska's largest city.
Goldbelt considers property options around Juneau
JUNEAU -- After plans to build a dock for the Kensington Mine were foiled, Goldbelt is brainstorming about what to do with its property at Cascade Point.
Blood lead levels in Alaska raise concern
Roughly one in 10 Alaska workers tested for lead in their blood in recent years -- mostly because they worked around it -- had an amount that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers unhealthy.
Judge rules against clean-water initiative
JUNEAU -- A Superior Court judge in Fairbanks has ruled a clean-water ballot initiative is unconstitutional because it usurps the Legislature's duty of allocating state resources.
The value of the minerals discovered so far at Pebble is between $345 billion and $500 billion, based on current metal prices, according to 2007 drill results announced Monday.
Proposed gold mine would bring big pay
A study says the Kensington mine would have Juneau's second largest private-sector payroll.
Pebble prospect mining interests fund endowment
The companies exploring the massive Pebble copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska announced today they are creating a $5 million endowment for fisheries and economic development in the region.
Old munitions may slow gravel mining
PALMER -- It's possible that unexploded 90 mm and 120 mm artillery shells are nestled amid wetlands, meadows and forests within an 86,57-acre wedge on Point MacKenzie, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Oil, gas, gold, zinc prices for Tuesday
The price of North Slope oil sold on West Coast open markets closed Tuesday at $99.16 a barrel, up $4.81 for the day. The U.S. natural gas price, at the Lower 48's Henry Hub, was $8.91 per million BTU on Tuesday, up 20 cents from Monday's price.
Inside Alaska business
Mitsubishi becomes stakeholder in Pebble
The Mitsubishi Corp., Japan's largest trading company, recently disclosed that it has acquired 9.1 percent of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., the Canadian company that has a 50 percent stake in the massive Pebble copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska.
Jewelers being asked to boycott gold from Alaska mine (1/3/07)
Jewelers are being asked to boycott gold from a huge open pit mine proposed for Alaska that many Alaska Natives fear will ruin their way of life.
Rio Tinto begins divesting with Greens Creek Mine
Hecla Mining Co., the Idaho-based minority owner of the Greens Creek Mine near Juneau, plans to purchase the mine from London-based Rio Tinto for $750 million.
Jewelers say they won't buy Pebble prospect's 'dirty gold'
Some businesses refuse to sell salmon from fish farms or "conflict diamonds" from war-torn countries. Now, gold from Alaska's proposed Pebble mine would apparently be kept out of the display case by some jewelers.
Jewelers being asked to boycott gold from Alaska mine (1/3/07)
Oil, gas, gold, zinc prices for Tuesday
Miners, Natives seek to block initiatives
Oil, gas, gold, zinc prices for Monday
Donlin Creek gold supply leaps 77 percent
Oil, gas, gold, zinc prices for Monday
Tax bill could double state mine revenue
Coeur pursues dual strategy for mine tailings
Gold mine proposes new disposal plan to U.S. Forest Service
Seafood and minerals hog export market
Red Dog Mine pollutants stir controversy
Poor training blamed for mining deaths
Anti-Pebble campaign turns in 60,000-plus signatures
Mining ventures see potential in Southwest
Mining restrictions lifted across Southwest Alaska
Precious metals project near Wrangell suspended
Precious metals project near Wrangell suspended
Natives in for big royalty boost
Natives in for big royalty boost as mine reaches profitability
Native groups sue state to try to halt Pebble initiatives
Native groups sue state to try to halt Pebble ballot initiatives
Voter initiatives on mining move forward
Mining initiatives move forward
MEA to shelve coal plan for at least five years
MEA to shelve coal plan for at least five years
Initiative could damage Alaska mining, critics say
Warring mining firms vow to keep the peace
Warring mining firms vow to keep the peace
Initiative could damage Alaska mining, critics say
Allure of metals in state sets records for mining industry
Mining Hall of Fame honors mercury miners
Allure of metals in state sets records for mining industry
Gold mine is stalled by ruling
Gold mine is stalled by ruling
AFN opposes vote to curb pollutants
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