MINING NEWS: Full steam ahead for Full Metal Minerals 11/26/2006
Vancouver-based junior aggressively pursuing Alaska projects in partnership with other mining companies and Native corporations
An investor attending the Alaska Miners Association convention in Anchorage mentioned that he was listening intently to all the exploration talks because he was looking for the next Full Metal Mineral...

THE EXPLORERS 2005: Accessing Alaska's oil and gas future 11/31/2005
Access: Webster defines it as "freedom or ability to obtain or make use of," or alternatively "permission, liberty or ability to enter, approach, communicate with, or pass to and from." With respect...

First sale draws $1.3M 10/30/2005
Alaska Peninsula bidders: Shell, Hewitt in Point Moller, Nelson Lagoon area
The State of Alaska's first Alaska Peninsula areawide oil and gas lease sale -the first state lease sale in the Bristol Bay area since the 1980s - drew two bidders Oct. 26, Shell Offshore Inc. and Hew...

Alaska governor asserts state's rights to manage coastal resources 02/27/2005
Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski is asserting state's rights in a dispute with the federal government over changes in the state's coastal zone program, and has said that unless the federal government backs...

DEC chief leaves state service 10/31/2004
Alaska Commissioner of Environmental Conservation Ernesta Ballard is leaving state service Oct. 25 to become a senior vice president at Weyerhaeuser Co. Ballard, 58, said the new position with one of...

What went wrong? 04/11/2004
The story behind failed gas line talks between MidAmerican, state of Alaska
From the start of its talks with the state of Alaska, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. was looking for the state to put up something of value before the company would spend money on possibly building a...

MidAmerican drops out 03/28/2004
Firm withdraws state application for Alaska gas line, wanted exclusive position
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has withdrawn its application to the state and shut down its effort to build an Alaska natural gas pipeline, less than two months after state and corporate officials cr...

Gas pipeline incentives back in federal energy bill 04/06/2003
Lisa Murkowski, Ted Stevens win Senate Finance approval; tax break based on gas wellhead price below $1.35 per million Btus
Gasline incentives are back on track in Washington, D.C. In March 31 address to the Alaska Legislature, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said gasline tax incentives were not in the Senate energy bill...