MINING NEWS: Tough times at Fort Knox gold mineProduction dropping at mine, 55 million tons of waste rock must be moved, mining operations suspended at True North Patricia Jones Mining News Editor
Production at the Fort Knox gold mine northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, declined 5 percent last year to 391,831 ounces of gold and that downward trend is expected to continue in 2004 and throughout 2010, the estimated remaining life of Alaska’s largest gold mine.
A number of factors contributed to las....
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Waste removal considerations Satellite shut-down New equipment
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