MINING NEWS: Mining and the law: Severance taxes on hard rock mining is a bad idea

J.P. Tangen

For Mining News Alaska

There has recently been a great deal of talk about how the hard rock mining industry in Alaska “needs to pay its share.” One proposal is that this industry should be singled out for the imposition of a severance tax. In discussing this matter with a friend who is not involved with the hard rock min....

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