MINING NEWS: Most exciting industry developments in a decade highlight '07 Alaska Miners Convention 11/25/2007
For those of you who could not attend the Alaska Miners Association convention in Anchorage in early November, you missed what I understand was a record attendance and presentations on some of the mos...

MINING NEWS: Truce called at Alaska's Donlin Creek project 11/25/2007
Toronto heavyweight and Vancouver junior agree on 50/50 partnership to operate world-class gold project in western Alaska
Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp., the world's largest gold producer, and Vancouver-based junior NovaGold Resources Inc. have agreed to a 50-50 partnership on the world-class Donlin Creek project in we...

THE EXPLORERS 2007: Gas giant BG strong partner 11/18/2007
London-based BG Group, one of the world's largest natural gas companies, entered Alaska in January 2006, with a Brooks Range Foothills joint venture agreement with Anadarko Petroleum and Petro-Canada....

MINING NEWS: Mining News Summary: '07 summer exploration results set stage for 'one heck of a 2008' 10/28/2007
The results from Alaska's summer field campaigns continue to pour in from all over the state, while field crews wind down their summer work and kick off their winter programs. If the results released...

MINING NEWS: B.C., Yukon power lines win key approvals 10/28/2007
Western Canadian governments want to improve quality of life for rural residents and spur mine development in remote areas
Two of Canada's westernmost governments are moving forward with power transmission projects aimed at bringing lower cost energy and jobs to rural residents while spurring mine development in remote ar...

Shell, Frontier sign JV to build drillships 10/21/2007
Shell EP Offshore Ventures Ltd. and Frontier Drillships Ltd., a subsidiary of Frontier Drilling, have signed a deepwater/Arctic drillship joint venture agreement, Shell said Oct. 16. Under the JV, She...

MINING NEWS: 'Termination dust' prods explorers to wrap up busy exploration season 09/30/2007
Even though the concept of global warming is a welcome idea to many companies working in Alaska, its effects are not being felt fast enough to allow companies to complete all of the work they had hope...

Look up ... way up 09/09/2007
Nexen, OPTI JV in labor crunch at Long Lake oil sands project; forced to delay startups, hike costs by another 10-15 percent
Canadian independent Nexen and technology innovator OPTI Canada are close to finding an answer to a question that has bedeviled civilization: How high is up? The joint partners in the Long Lake oil sa...