Alaska mineral industry value drops below $1 billion for first time since 1995; exploration expenditures level off after four-year declineCoal production fell by 300,000 tons, but with gold, platinum and silver prices up, the industry expects a turn-around in 2003 Curt Freeman PNA Contributing Columnist
The preliminary numbers are in for the Alaska mineral industry’s performance in 2002 and while exploration expenditures have leveled off after four years of steady decline, Alaska’s total mineral industry value dropped to below the $1 billion level for the first time since 1995.
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