Projecting the jobs 11/29/2009
AEDC CEO Bill Popp works with Petroleum News and Mining News on new project forecast
Like one of Scrooge's Christmas apparitions, a ghost of Alaska's future could portend doom, or could just prove to be a warning of the consequences of not taking appropriate action. And from the persp...

Mining Explorers 2009: Coeur regains tailings permit 11/01/2009
High Court ruling allows miner to construct tailings facility; first gold in 2010
Hailed as a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.'s tailings disposal permit at the Kensington gold mine located about 45 miles, or 73 kilometers northw...

Oil Patch Bits: AIC wins two Juneau area construction contracts 09/13/2009
Alaska Interstate Construction LLC said Sept. 3 that it recently won two construction contracts in the Juneau area of Southeast Alaska. The company successfully bid for the principal civil and piping...

Mining News: Corps gives go-ahead for Kensington Mine 08/30/2009
After years of litigation, Coeur Alaska prepares to construct tailings facility; EPA tells state agency it will not oppose permit
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Aug. 14 re-issued a long-disputed tailings permit to Coeur Alaska for the Kensington Mine. Modifications to the permit extend its expiration to 2014, offsetting the fo...

Mining News: Alaska explorers hit potential pay dirt 08/30/2009
Miners report encouraging exploration results in their search for a range of commodities, from the expected to the unpronounceable
They say when it rains, it pours, and that is just what is happening with news from field programs all over Alaska. Results from summer 2009 programs are pouring in from the Brooks Range to Prince of...

AK-WA Connection 2009: Firms find ways to weather the storm 08/23/2009
Drawing on experience, diversity and innovation, companies make the Alaska-Washington connection to offset effects of recession
Businesses engaged in the Alaska-Washington trade, along with the rest of the nation, have spent recent months coping with challenges presented by the worst economic downturn in modern history. They...

Mining News: Where have all the flowers gone? 07/26/2009
The founding fathers would frown on government's increasing interference with property rights as demonstrated by EPA's latest move
No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." Fifth Amendment, U.S. Constitut...

Mining News: News from Alaska field slows in summer 07/26/2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers report tallies the devastating financial impact of the 2008, 2009 recession on mining companies worldwide
The Alaska summer is in full swing but news is slow in arriving from new field programs and mining operations around the state. The biggest news in the past month was the U.S. Supreme Court's affirma...

Mining News: EPA wants second look at Kensington plan 07/26/2009
The federal agency seeks re-evaluation of gold project's tailings permit; leaders say Supreme Court ruling should be final word
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take another look at the tailings disposal permit it issued for the Kensington gold project near Juneau. In a Jul...

Mining News: Supreme Court upholds Kensington permits 06/28/2009
High court rejects challenge to Coeur tailings disposal plan; Southeast Alaska gold mine expected to start production in late 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 vote to uphold Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.'s tailings disposal permits at the Kensington gold mine located about 45 miles northwest of Juneau. The June 22 decis...

Mining News: Juneau Assembly addresses future threats to Kensington permits 05/31/2009
Although the Supreme Court is still deliberating the fate of the Kensington project's tailings permits the Juneau assembly is proactively opposing proposed federal legislation that could override a ru...

Mining News: Alaska supports Southeast gold mine 05/31/2009
The State of Alaska, Tlingits stand by Coeur Alaska as it fights to legitimize tailings permits for its Kensington gold mine
Coeur Alaska, developer of the Kensington Project near Juneau, is drawing the ongoing support of Alaska and Alaskans as it continues its legal battle to gain regulatory permission to begin gold produc...

Mining News: Court asks questions in Kensington case 05/31/2009
Souter retirement could affect justices' decision in long-running EPA-Corps rules conflict with potentially far-reaching results
Although it is somewhat unusual, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the parties and amici (friends of the court) in Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (the Kensington case) to brief...

Mining News: Alaska mining project roundup 01/25/2009
Alaska saw robust mining activity in 2008 across the full spectrum of the industry, from small placer operations to major producers, and from exploration programs to advanced development projects. Her...

Mining News: Miners see bumpy road to mineral riches 01/25/2009
Execs cite lack of infrastructure and lengthy litigation as top concerns for doing business in rural state that needs industry
Alaska is rich with minerals and considered a safe place to do business. As a result, investment has flowed into the state. Today, a variety of mines and mining projects are scattered across the vast...

Mining News: High court hears Kensington Mine appeal 01/25/2009
Potentially precedent-setting decision could define extent of EPA jurisdiction over discharges under Clean Water Act amendments
On Jan. 12, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, generally referred to as the Kensington case. Like all co...

Mining News: Gold bucks trend by holding its own 01/25/2009
Global financial turmoil fails to tank production, investment in precious metal around the world even as costs continue to rise
Despite the strong price and increasing investment surge for gold, Gold Fields Mineral Services reported in it's Gold Survey 2008 summary that global gold mine production dropped 4 percent in 2008 to...

Mining News: High Court: Fill or slurry? 01/25/2009
Justices query lawyers about whether tailings from the Kensington Mine should be considered fill or effluent and why it matters
The U.S Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 12 in a case that challenges Coeur Alaska Inc.'s federal permit to dispose of tailings from the Kensington gold mining project into a nearby lake. Thoug...

AK-WA Connection 2008: Law firm excels for clients, employees 11/30/2008
Perkins Coie attorneys draw on Alaska, Washington resources to raise the bar in getting results in and out of Alaska's court
Seattle-based Perkins Coie served Alaska clients for years before it became the first major law firm in the Lower 48 to establish an office in Anchorage in 1977. In the ensuing 30+ years, the firm has...

Mining News: Miners spend record $4 billion in 2007 11/30/2008
Alaska mines and projects attract more investment in exploration, development and production on wave of strong metals prices
Alaska's mineral industry set a new spending record of about $4 billion in 2007, up 13.3 percent from the value of the industry's expenditures in 2006, according to an 89-page report released Nov. 5 b...

Mining News: Congressmen trade words over Kensington 10/26/2008
NJ Democrat collects signatures in support of SEACC, while Republicans, led by Rep. Don Young, urge colleagues not to sign
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., D-New Jersey, has circulated a letter to his fellow representatives encouraging them to sign an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Southeast A...

Mining News: Advanced stage exploration projects 10/26/2008
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.'s Kensington gold mine project, located about 45 miles northwest of Juneau, is expecting a Supreme Court ruling on its tailings permits in early 2009. If the court upholds th...

Mining News: When the dust settles... 10/26/2008
AMA director Borell predicts Alaska will become more attractive to mining companies and reflects on important events of 2008
Alaska's mining industry captured the attention, not only of Alaskans but also the country during the past year when a controversy over the proposed Pebble Project in Southwest Alaska bubbled to the s...

Mining News: Alaska mining industry faces credit crunch 10/26/2008
High-quality exploration, development projects will likely survive despite worldwide shortage of venture capital, financing
The national sucking sound of venture capital exiting the mining industry has now expanded to a worldwide sucking sound as virtually all of the world's economies fight the massive, unprecedented credi...

Mining News: Coeur gives up on alternative permitting plan 09/28/2008
Regulatory delays prompt Kensington mine developer to terminate paste tailings review despite endorsement of environmental groups
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. has terminated a permitting process for building a paste tailings facility for the Kensington gold mine project, which is located 45 miles north-northwest of Juneau. The deci...